Beer: Rollin’ Golden Belgian Ale

Brewery: Steamworks & New Belgium Brewing

Location: Vancouver, BC

Style: Belgian Blonde Ale

Alcohol: 7%

Before I get into anything, Rollin’ Golden Belgian Ale comes wrapped in a wicked little package, that just means you know it’s gotta be something special!

With two months to go to my wedding, my fiancée and I are putting together our lists. You know, the one that starts with Jennifer Aniston and ends somewhere around Zooey Dechanel. It just too hard to decide on the top five! I don’t want to leave anyone out. I find myself in the same situation every time I go to the beer store. There’s just too many awesome breweries pumping out too many kinds of awesome beer these days. When you jam-pack them next to each other in one tiny space, how can you expect me to choose just one in under an hour? Thanks to Vancouver’s legendary Steamworks Brewery and New Belgium Brewing , the new(ish) expansion to Vancouver out of Colorado, my last trip the liquor store was a little easier. Rollin’ Golden Belgian Ale is an awesome blend of collaboration and innovation of two awesome breweries. That’s knocking out two beers with one bottle if you ask me!

Complexity wrapped up in simplicity. It’s the only way that I can possibly think of to explain the taste of this beer. Right off the bat you get a punch of something fruity, but that’s not exciting, it’s what comes next that’s the really interesting part. Lots and lots of spices jump out of nowhere. Different kinds of spices too. After my first mouthful, I went running for the bottle to find what the hell those flavours were; Ancho Chilies, De Arbol Chilies and Szechuan Peppercorns. The sound of it seems a little odd, insane maybe, but let me tell you it totally works without becoming overly powerful or crazy. It almost tastes smokey, but that has to be the belgiumness of it mixed in with the chilies. I’ve got to say, it all just works together and I would love to see more of this flavouring work its way into more brews!

If the Rollin’ Golden Ale is a sign of the collaboration and outside of the box thinking that the industry is pushing towards, I just got even more excited about beer!

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