Castelain Jade

Brewed by Castelain
Style: Pale Lager
Benifontaine, France

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Pale yellow, slightly, no head> Yeasty/musty aroma. Slightly sour taste with hints of malt and hops. OK.

Mildly dry lemony citrus aroma. A bit woody, sweet, very light and whispy, birch tree bark and moderately dry finish with loads of setiment.

citrus sour aroma, medium yellow, shitload of sediment, appley, smooth with hints of spritzy bitter finish

A somewhat hazy golden yellow color on the pour, the head “Average” In size, structure is frothy, the color off white and the lace left behind is a fine sheet to conceal the glass. Nose is dominated by malt, lightly sweet, fresh and clean, start is sweet malt, the top cadaverous. Finish is lightly acidic, the hops sparse in their bite, dry as a bone aftertaste, drinkable, but certainly nothing to write home about, “Average”, nothing more, nothing less.

Golden in color, with a small head. Aroma is sweet, with touches of hay and a wet dog. Mine proved a bit overly effervescent, which got in the way of the flavor a bit. What flavor I did taste seemed pleasant enough--sweet, somewhat bready, with a good bitter dose of Saaz.

Light yellow color, the bottle had alot of floaters. Smells and taste a bit like gueuze to me. Leathery and barnyardish. Not bad, if thats how is suppose to taste.

Bottled(330ml). -the only thing why is this beer specially is because it is organic, I expected much more, pale golden colored, refreshing, yeasty and hoppy aroma, thin head

UPDATED: APR 4, 2004 Pours with a remarkably fresh bouquet of flowers, perfumey hops, wood, biscuity malt, cilantro, candied pale malt, touch of caramel, and clover honey - probably due to its freshness. The teeny bubbled, white, pillowy, and rocky foam rides the glass like a champ atop the hazy straw-like liquid. Sits substantially on the palate with a bottle conditioned feel. Honeyed pale malt flavors with floral tones and a lovely light spiciness to accompany the long finish of pale malt and honey. Not a world class biere de garde nor anything standoutish, other than its very true-to-the-style attitude and quaffabilty.

Pale straw color; Head was thin but dense; Nose clued me in right away that something was terribly wrong- couldn’t get the glass to my lips. This bottle had soured badly. Purchased in June from Liquid Solutions- buyer beware. ReRate- Dryer then expected. Good mouthfeel. Mild.

UPDATED: APR 4, 2004 Rerate: Thin and malty, but with a big alcohol component for only 4.5%. Definitely herbal. Original: Yeasty, with similar drippy haystack malt components as in a good Helles. Very country, very fresh.