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4845
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Brewed by Duyck
Style: Bière de Garde
Jenlain, France
Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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RATINGS: 26   MEAN: 3.11/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.04   SEASONAL: Spring   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
With this fine, malty ale, the Brewery Duyck continues the long tradition in Northern France of cooking up a special brew in the first months of the year to celebrate the longed-for end to winter’s cold and darkness. Bière de Mars, or "March Beer" - so named for the season in which the first bottles were usually ready to drink - was made from the best ingredients of the last growing season, and was heartier and more flavorful, meant to be laid down and drunk for many months. The chief aroma is of grain, in this case France’s famed barley and wheat malt, which is balanced on the palate by the refreshing and bitter fruitiness of great Alsatian hops. Intended to be served chilled.


3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Homer321 (127) - Rockledge, Florida, USA - JUL 22, 2008
smell is sweet like a maibock, little adjunct or corn smell. continuous carbonation that leaves a bite on the lips. flavor is sweet almost like white grapes. overall nice.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
pforei (338) - USA - JUL 19, 2008
Bottle from New Beer Distirbutors. Gold amber color with moderate head. No overwhelming araoma of yeast. Mainly a malty, grainy and slightly floral and touch fruity. But mild in flavor. Crisp and thin.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
zombywoof (419) - Shawnee, Kansas, USA - JUL 15, 2008
I thought the aroma of this was better than the flavor- bready, mild citrus and some light floral notes. The taste was more sudued- cereal, lemongrass, mild sweet malt and some light fruit.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
joekinty (263) - rockledge, Florida, USA - JUN 3, 2008
pours a clear straw color floral fruity malty aroma with nice head and lacing flavor is floral sweet with a nice clean crisp finish

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
DuffMan (4428) - the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, CANADA - MAY 16, 2008
Hazy deep golden with a largey finely bubbled white head leaving gentle lace. Surprisingly malty aroma, sweet, with dried grass and subtle perfume. Sweet cereal maltiness, hints of chamomille, reedy/stemmy bitterness. Certainly malt-heavy, very nice.

3.8
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Cletus (6064) - Connecticut, USA - APR 1, 2008
Pours gold with a white head. Smells funky with some lemons, touches of hay, horse blankets, some touches of sugar and perfumy. Tastes of dry malt, some touches of sugar, some tea and earth, some bitterness, hints of grassiness on the finish.


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