 kiefdog (517), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jun 20, 2008
75cl bottle from Habersham Liquors (Savannah, GA). Pours a orange-golden color with a thick, frothy, creamy white one to two finger head. Excellent head retention. Aroma is sweet and spicy with notes of orange and ripe citrus, fresh wild spices, grass, straw, slight notes of alcohol and maybe just a little honeysuckle. Fairly highly carbonated ale with flavors of fresh fruit, spice, wood and straw. A little bitterness on finish, but not unpleasant. Somewhat watery to medium-bodied mouthfeel. Almost seems as if the aroma emanating from the snifter is better than the flavor itself. . . . Overall, a very nice Biere de Garde.
Metalhead (542), Lake Zurich, Illinois, USA
Oct 26, 2008 Bright gold pour. Big rocky head. Aroma was yeast , citrus and must. Flavor was yeast a tad citrus but had a really bad perfume like and dry finish. Glad this was free.
cellar (409), Dublin, Ireland
Oct 12, 2008 Clear gold, carbonated, with nice headd. Strong fruity aroma of ripe banana, yeast and malt. Some spices develops in mouth. Flavour is very sweet and finish as well. ALcohol well hidden.
DocLock (4173), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 16, 2008 Bottle from Capone’s. Pours hazy gold with 3-finger, fluffy off-white head. Nose is dry florals, rock sugary malt, and hopcitrus. Tastes floral, on the dry side, with some hopcitrus, earthy yeasty, and estery notes. Medium, well carbonated palate.
JesseM (423), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Sep 6, 2008 Updated: Oct 30, 2008750mL bottle from a trade with a friend in Ottawa. This is a style I’m really interested in right now, so I’ll pretty much take any examples of it to try. This one pours a very pale gold with a large white head. The aroma is not as funky as I was hoping, but it’s still intriguing. Alcohol, with nice straw-like malts and some nice Earthy hop presence, and the mildest hints of funk. The taste is more of the same, with a nice fuller feel from the ABV. Some sourish corn, but it actually seems intended and isn’t as gross as you might think. The alcohol is definitely there, but not at all cloying. Nicely hopped, a touch of pepper, and with a generally woody touch to it which is quite nice. Mild yeast component and tinny flavour to the finish as well. Very good IMO, but just not enough funkyness to it to really make it a standout. Probably a bang on blonde Biere de Garde.
maeib (4042), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Aug 20, 2008 Bottled. A bright orange/gold coloured beer with a bright white head. The aroma is slightly spicy with grassy hops and yeasty notes. The taste is spicy, peppery hops. A bit of funk and good yeastiness. Pretty good.
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