Belgian ales are much more aromatic and spicy.
Copper-colored, fruity, spicy, and soft. These beer are entirely unlike any beer you have ever seen, smelled, or tasted. Dark red in color, they are crisp and firm in body, sharply sweet-sour, and incredibly thirst quenching. The distinctive sweet and sour taste comes from their long aging in uncoated wooden tuns. As the beer matures, lactic acid builds up leaving a sharp, but refreshing, sour flavor.