Duyck Jenlain Ambrée

Brewed by Duyck
Style: Bière de Garde
Jenlain, France

2 euros for 75cl at the bon marche in paris. pleasantly surprised. bitter enough to qualify for a beer I would drink frequently.

Bottle. Pours with a nice amber color and a medium head. Aromas of caraeml and berries, flavors of caramel, toffee, strawberry and a slight hoppiness at the end. Nice drinkabale beer.

Poured a hazy amber color with a thin off-white head. Matching aroma and flavor. Sweet notes of sugar and caramel. A touch of fruit. NOt a whole lot going on.
Earlier Rating: 8/14/2005 Total Score: 3.3
Poured a dark amber color. Malty sweet aroma with fruit and a touch of caramel. Flavor was sweet from start to finish with a medium body.

Bottle. Amber-red colour with a nice medium rather short lasting head. Bit sweet aroma with malt and spices, bit fruity. Flavour is sweet and nicely fruity, bit spiced with some anis and vanilla, slight chocolate and nuts. Sweet malty finish.

Bottle. A light amber color with a white head. A toffee and apple aroma. Very sweet and rather flat with a light lemon and caramel finish.
Earlier Rating: 7/5/2004 Total Score: 3
Bottle. Copper color with caramel, toasted malts, honey, and a subtle spice. Smooth and soft. I had this at a bar in Paris in June 2004.

75 cl bottle purchased in Paris, France for 3.80 euros. Pours a rich, glowing amber orange with a frothy cream head. Very good looking beer. Smell is very interesting, with dust, leather, and soft fruit malt. Full-bodied beer, dry with no lingering. Sweet plum, apple, yeast, coriander, pepper, and alcohol. Not overwhelming or even suggesting of 7.5% though. Flavors all stay with in the realm of tasty and nothing is bad here. Solid drinking beer, I could have drank the entire 75cl bottle, which is rare to say amongst many of the bigger bottles.

From a caged corked, H-6 on the cork, 750 ml. green bottle with a blurb on the back label, sampled at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. Poured a clear reddish amber with a frothy, foamy head that settled into a thin sudsy lacing. Aromas of lightly toasted grains, a apple and grape fruitiness with a little orange zest, earthy yeast, and a soft floral hoppiness. Good even carbonation and a crisp, dry, velvety smooth medium-light bodied mouthfeel. Pleasant tasting, toasted grassy grains and caramelized sugary maltiness, earthy, peppery yeastiness, a light fruitiness, a bit apple and orange, spicy hops with a soft, but lingering bitterness, a slight taste of alcohol towards the end, the alcohol provides a subtle warming in the palate, and a dry grainy, subtle fruity, spicy finish. Not a great, but not a bad Biere de Garde, if I lived in northern France, I could see this being a everyday beer, easy, smooth drinkability, but at $6.99 a bottle here in central Illinois, only once in awhile ale.

pours a cloudy orange with no head. aroma of burnt toffee, citrus, and hints of alcohol. flavors of yeast, toffee, hops, and a hint of lemon. light bodied. lightly bitter.