Castelain ChTi Cuvée de Noël Brune

Formerly brewed at Castelain
Style: Bière de Garde
Benifontaine, France

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Frothy beer initially, but the head soon disapppears. The aroma and flavour resembles a weak dunkel. Overall the beer is malty, and is good.

swingtop bottle, 65cl, bbf 8-4-2006, tasted 15-10-2009 dark brown, smooth light brown head. sweet stale hops, faint cellar. this one didn’t age well. flavor is sweet, spicy, faint honey, stale hops, cellary and mouldy.

Bottle: Pours dark brown with a huge, foamy, beige head. Good lacing. Nose, cinnamon of malt and caramel. Flavour of malt,brown sugar and raisins. Medium bodied. A little thin in the palate. Ends up more dry.

From LIC, Aarhus, DK. Bottled, 271108. Dark brown with small head. Aroma of malt, dried fruit and some hops. Flavor is balances sweet of caramel, raisins and roasted malts

Thin head on dark brown body. I was a little skeptical, but it turned out to be anexcellent Yulebeer. I drank it with pleasure, and all guest approved.

The color is dark brown and the head is nice, but quickly disappearing, leaving a nice lace. The aroma is hoppy, malty and the mouthfeel is rather smooth and dry. the flavour is sweet and malty, with roasted malt. It has notes of candy sugar, coffee, port wine, dark, ripe fruits and the sweetness is sticky and cloying - far too much. The finish has light citrus, that helps a bit.

650ml bottle (Gallows Bird, Espoo, Winter Ales 2004) Malty focus in aroma and taste. Mellow, slightly winey, warming. Some spice - anis?

65 cL bottle. Pours black with a huge brown head. Sweet molasses aroma, a slight bit of spice too. Medium bodied mouthfeel. Flavour is breadish at first, it then goes sweet and reveals a sweet molasses flavour. Dark malty and dry notes of raisins and plum. Underneath is soft spice flavour and a very minor yeasty note, but both appear more mellow than in a classic belgian brune. Quite nice.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a longlasting off-white head. Sweet malty caramel aroma with some spicy hints. Sweet malty caramel flavor with some spicy hints and hints of yeast. Sweet malty finish with caramel in the aftertaste.

Dark brown color, unclear. Has a beige head, medium lasting. Dark, malty notes. A little lactic note in both aroma and flavor. Flavor is mostly sweet. Medium body.

Bottle. Dark red / brown color with a large good lacing light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty and yeasty, suger / syrup. Flavor is heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.