Hardywood Singel
Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and uninhibited, Hardywood Singel is a feat in balance. Sunshine golden with a fluffy head and a veil of Belgian ale yeast, Singel’s tropical fruit esters complement its spicy hop aromatics. Delicate in body, Singel’s mellow, dry finish culminates a truly ethereal experience.
Hardywood Singel’s stylistic inspiration originates with the Trappist brewers of western Europe, who are often celebrated for their gloriously complex dubbels and tripels, and whose devotion to crafting heavenly libations is second to none. Unknown to many, some of the Trappist brewers also brew a milder ale for daily consumption within the walls of the monastery. Hardywood Singel is our interpretation of this style.
Hardywood Singel’s stylistic inspiration originates with the Trappist brewers of western Europe, who are often celebrated for their gloriously complex dubbels and tripels, and whose devotion to crafting heavenly libations is second to none. Unknown to many, some of the Trappist brewers also brew a milder ale for daily consumption within the walls of the monastery. Hardywood Singel is our interpretation of this style.
3.4
187 reviews
Richmond, United States
Community reviews
Bottle from Beer52 pack that I basically gifted myself. Nice golden pour, although the normal sized head instead of the wild pillowy ones I often get from Belgian beers gave the game away. I can see what they were doing here - take a singel and add a bit more of a citrus prickle - and it does the job well without being up there with the greats it's looking to emulate. I liked the clean, dry finish, and the moreish refreshment of the whole thing, but I definitely got the powdery thing others have mentioned. I reckon I would be rating this higher if I had been drinking it on a warm sunny day, to be honest.
Lockdown Sunday, April 2020, the day we walked along the shore. Little brown bottle from Beer52's America Pack. Hot frmented, yeasty pale ale with features in common with golden Belgian ales. Not as potent and smooth. A little sharp. Powdery bitterness, which increases. This is an American pale ale with some influences from Belgium. I prefer the Belgium made beers. This doesn't work for me. [2.6]
Many Thanks for this Belgian-Style Blonde Ale to Jacek Wigier (wineofdreams@gmail.com). Bottle from Beers of Europe. Poured into Palm steam glass. Niewielka pian, klarowna barwa, delikatny aromat wiosennych kwiatow na lace, W smaku delikatne lekko slodowe z subtelna i elegancka goryczka. Pijalne
330ml bottle. Pours dark gold with a small head. Aroma is slightly sour lemonade and yeasty straw. Taste has straw, yeast and icing sugar. A bit of rough booze.
[12oz bottle from Total Wines, Naples, FL.] A hazy pale amber pour with a thin white head; aroma of Belgian yeast; typical Belgian blonde taste with some orange, cardamon and banana; then a dry biscuity finish with lingering orange zest. Rather good.
Draught at The Apothecary Tap, Banbury, Oxon. Hazed gold with white head. The Belgian yeast stands out in this beer, ester, banana, pear drop notes along with a hopped orange peel flavour. Tangy and bright. Very pleasant.
Hazy golden colour with a small white head. Aroma of yeast, apricot and light spicy hops. Biscuit and bready malts taste with hint of fruit, caramel, orange zest, apricot and light spicy hops. Possible slight taste of brandy too. Medium bodied and moderate carbonation. Nice dry, spicy hop bitterness to finish.
Clear golden in color... Aroma of light Belgian malts, grains, candi sugar, yeast... Flavor of biscuity bready malts, spice, light earthy hops, yeast... crisp mouthfeel, tasty beer
Pours hazy gold, thick head, quite creamy.
Flavours of spiced toffee, butterscotch and bubblegum, bready yeast too. Very pleasant if a little too astringent in the finish.
Bottle from Brewklopedia, Leicester. The bottle is a gusher! Light yellow and hazy with a sizeable white pillowy head. Butterscotch, clove, bready yeast in the aroma. Taste is bittersweet. It's sweeter at the beginning with the slightly astringent hop notes coming to the fore in the finish. More yeast and some toffee in the finish. Light body, soft carbonation. Nice one.
Keg @ North Bar, Leeds. Light clear golden with a glow. It's a sweetened-hoppy ale with Belgian yeast evident in aroma and taste, and gentle in the palate, with some bubble-gum in its aroma.
Tap. Golden color with medium white head. Aroma of Belgian yeast, malt.spices. Taste pretty the same.
Taps hazy solar yellow with a thick eggshell head. Aroma gives up tropical, yeasty, malty and subtle butterscotch notes. Flavor presents tropical, fresh malt, yeasty, butterscotch, and a hi t of citrus. Texture offers fair body and lively fizz. Sing-el its praises.
Bottle from GBBF 2018 and drunk at home. Clear gold colour lasting white head. Yes it has some light esters, light peach light banana, light bitterness on the finish. Light in the malts. It's not bad, but really just quite light for a 6% beer. But nice esters.
It pours clear yellow with a white head. It has strong earthy elements with floral, spice and a bit of coriander.
Bottle, golden pour with a thin haze and a fast-settling head. Spicy-funky nose carries through into a dry-sweet and fruity-malty body. Peppery bitterness, more funk and touches of golden stonefruit.
Bottle at home in Tysons VA. Huge fluffy active head, grainy malts, phenols, black pepper, farmhouse musty yeast on the nose. Bit of skunk. The mouthfeel is fluffy and carbonated, old fermented fruit flavors, grassy, clove and white pepper, finishes dry with dusty old noble hop qualities. Has a cellared quality, and very Trappist - like. This is good.
35,5cl Bottle @ Beer Republic, Breda, Netherlands.
Hazy golden colour with a medium size white head.
Aroma is malt, yeast, fruits, spices.
Taste is malt, sweet, yeast, citrus, peach, spices, wheat.
Medium body, average carbonation.
Gold with lovely pillowy head typical Belgium nos, taste lemon Belgium yeast bubblegum hay bottle from boe
True Singel. Not many out there that come this true.
Bottle at Beerdock Leek. Pours a hazy golden colour with a medium white head. Aroma of dog biscuits, yeast, slight apricot and subtle spicy hops. Taste of biscuity, bready malts, some fruit, slight caramel, orange zest, maybe apricot, a little brandy and subtle spicy hops. Medium bodied and moderate carbonation. A lingering, dry, spicy hop bitterness in the finish. Aroma was not inviting but the taste is a lot better. Rich, European malts and a zing of citrus and fruit. Spicy hop finish too, got better and better.
Solid stuff. Faithful rendition with a good bitter aniseed fruit bite late. Some thickness in the palate & indeed may overstate the 6.2%.
Keg at Brewski, Chorlton. Clear golden. Small but lasting head. Notes of orange zest and spices. Dryish taste. Solid Belgian inspired fare.
355ml bottle. Minimally cloudy, orangey golden colour with small to average, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Sweet-ish, biscuity malty, fruity and grassy-spicy, hoppy aroma, notes of yellow apple, apricot, mirabelle, mild, peppery spicy overtones. Taste is sweet-ish, biscuity malty, yeasty fruity and mildly bitter hoppy, notes of yellow apple, mirabelle, apricot, peppery spicy overtones; smooth and soft palate. Well balanced, very tasty, maybe a bit too clean.
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ The Shnoodlepip, London.
[ As Hardywood Singel ].
Clear medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, wheat, moderate yeasty, weizen yeast - belgium yeast. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, belgium yeast, fruity yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160810]
5-3-5-3-11
Malt:Bread,nuts
Bubblegum,woody
Cloudy soft mouthfeel
In my opinion:more than duvel
Leicht trübes Gold mit durchschnittlicher Schaumkrone. Malzig, hefig, blumig, fruchtig, Zitronenschale, leichte Pfeffernoten, sehr süffig.
Bottle from Alesbymail. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, yeasty and light spicy. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 150118
Draft @ Draft House Old Street. Old Street EC1. Pours a pale hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy weak yeasty aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty finish.
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