Dupont La Bière de Beloeil

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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75cl bottle @ home shared with Dutchdrebus and Ansjelaah. Slightly unclear dark orange color with lots of small yeast paticles in it, big off-white head that lasts quite a while. Smell malts, soap, slightly hops and herbs. Taste malts, lightly sweet and a herbal finish. Bit winey as well. Medium body, low to medium carbo.

Bottle @ benzai. Hazy orange colour with lots of particles. Smells malty, hay, honey and some wine/cork. Tastes wine, cork, wood, hay, malts, herbs, soapy and grains. Too much carbo, medium body.

At just on cool. Cork bursts off with a cloud of CO2 following. Pours light. A dull, deep, orange chestnut in colour and opaque from the proteins in suspension. Big Belgian head is sadly diminishing leaving but a ring of white. Nutty praline and sulphury burst up first; warming, oddly buttery with hints of dodgy candied nuts. Second whiff a minute later has supple, ripe fruit like doughy cantaloupe and honeydew, peach and lychee all hinting at the yeast used. There is also a hint of Belgian pale candi, nutmeg and mace spice and a touch of oaken wood. Odd hint of camphor and eucalypt kick it off as different on first sip. Nice level of sweetness, candyish, upfront. A wheatlike, drying and gritty toasted malt mid-palate and finish where it seems to drop off without a trace. Medium light body and sprightly in carbonation, it has a good overall mouthfeel. Very nutty, earthy, yeasty and musty in the tail with a piercing vanillin note. As it warms the palate shifts towards the nutty praline with an ever building taste of pale wood and absorbing yeast undertones. I expected more fruit esters but this was actually a killer Biere de Garde. Would love to try it again as I got caught up just drinking to truly absorb it. Nice (Corked 75cL, BBE 01/14, Mane Liquor, Belmont)

Draft. Pour is hazy copper/amber with a yellow head, good retention/some lace. Aroma is slightly tart, earth, fruity esters, grain. Taste is quite malty, dry, earth, bread, fruity yeast, light booze. Palate is dry, soft, creamy, with a sweet finish. Good.

Courtesy of BDR. Dark copper color with a large but quickly falling head. Strong floarl and earthy aroma. Quite herbal, grassy and earthy. Somewhat yeasty.

This beer tasted slightly tart and sweet, this turned to quite an acidic taste on the palate

Hazy blond with big foamy head. Light hop in the aroma, some yeast too. Flavour also has some spicy yeast and light citrus. A little sharp, tart and also slightly soapy.

Light beige creamy head. Cloudy amber colour. Aroma is malty, fruity (peach, cherry) and light caramel and wooden notes. Flavor is malty too with fruity (peach, ripe apricot and berries) and vanilla tones, ending in a moderately malty and fruity finish. Medium to full bodied.

S: hazy brown-orange, light collar, medium bubbles, light lacing A: spicy, slightly sweet, sticky, malty T: balanced strength, a bit of spice, a bit of malt, medium finish O: solid, different for a saison, richer & thicker than other saisons, but good ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours hazy copper with a fluffy, persistent dense head. Aroma is banana, clove, raisin, biscuit, somewhat faint. Taste is banana bread, clove, coriander, orange peel, raisin, some abv. Body is medium, creamy, frothy, long complex finish. Overall, a unique brew that is highly delicious. Didn’t even know it was a biere de garde until I decided to log the rating.