Dupont La Bière de Beloeil

Brewed by Brasserie Dupont
Style: Bière de Garde
Tourpes-Leuze, Belgium

Pour is warm amber with a fluffy off white head...smell is yeasty, sweet malts, a little citrus...wonderful balanced mouthfeel...delicate flavors of tart citrus, biscuits, maybe salty...alcohol completely hidden...my new favorite DuPont beer!!!!!!!

’la Bière de Beloeil’ - 75cl bottle from Beers of Europe. Reddish orange with persistant rocky head. Aroma of orange, pepper, oily hops, brett and grapefruit. Great spritzy mouthfeel, long, hoppy finish. No sweetness at all. This was excellent stuff and closer to Orval than any other beer I’ve tasted.

75 cl bottle, ’2005’ on the cork. Turbid, dark amber with the slightest of green shines, delicate pearling and an initially big but tender white head (big bubbles). The typical orangey and yeasty aroma of Dupont with soft, rich sweetish notes of grain biscuits with dried fruit and butter - but no rancid diacetyl; rather a warm scent spread by a good craft bakery. Aromatic hops, too. Full, juicy, malty but by no means sweet taste with dried fruit, oranges, moderate spiciness - the brewery thumbprint is there again. Elegant, attenuated bitterness in the aftertaste. Creamy palate, hefty carbonation, slightly warming and drying finish. Yippie, there’s one more bottle in the cellar! (No, it’s not for now...)

75 cl champagne corked bottle. Pours hazy orange with a huge head. Complex yeasty and sweet aroma full of spices and apples.Flavours are not any less complex, sweet fruitiness from apples and orange zest, spices, including coriander. Some sour notes as well. Dry mouthfeel. An excellent beer, reminding me of the great Blaugies, not far apart geographically nor when style-wise (may I suggest Saison Grand Cru?).

Bottle, Cafe Delirium, Brussels. Head is initially large, frothy, off-white, mostly lasting. Body is hazy medium amber, bottle conditioned. Aroma is moderately malty (caramel, cookie), moderately hoppy (flowers), lightly yeasty (cobwebs), with notes of honey, peach, and toffee. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation. A lovely beer in the pattern of La Bavaisienne, though slightly more attenuated and thus a little less luscious but by the same token more easily quaffable.

Bottle, 75 cl ’2006’ on the cork. Dark amber with creamy white head. Aroma typical orangey and yeasty of Dupont with sweetish notes of grain biscuits and spices pepper ?. Medium body. Taste is hoppy, spicy bitterness in the aftertaste. A "special, but, good beer" Re taste @ 15.09.09.

Very nice and strange BdG. Unexpected color. Big fluffy head. Nice roasted malt character. Alcohol is well hidden. Yummy.

Bottled. Pours out in a beautiful hazy reddish amber colour topped with a rich sticky white foam. The funky Dupont yeast is certainly there along with mild herbs, tart nectarines, blood-oranges and minerals. Full, fruity and yeasty flavour of nectarines, herbs, leaves mild anise, toasted maruenge and alcohol. Full full yet quite lively mouth feel with curtains of that that beautiful yeast character. Medium-dry, yeasty and warming finish of wet wood, mild spices and dried oranges. Stunningly charming!