Forestinne Nordika

Brewed by La Caracole
Style: Saison
Falmignoul, Belgium

Serve in Tulip

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Bottle, Beers of Advent day 24. Pours clear-to-filmy orange with a white halo. It is a Christmas beer, apparently- says so on the bottle. Appetising, highly Belgian aroma; Rowntree’s mandarin jelly set with real tinned mandarins and sprinkled with ground ginger and coriander. Bright, botanical and heavily mandarin-accented, either from hops or spices or both; orange barley squash, vanilla and pine needle hints. Feels a bit witbier-like; fresh and tangy, perfumed, very drinkable. Completely unchristmassy. One of the best beers of Xmas so far.

Bottle, 33 cl. Clear amber color, with a white head. Aroma malts, bit fruits, sweetness. Medium bdoy. Taste sweet, malts, caramel, bitterness, dry finish. Good.

Bottle at Le Poechenellekelder. Pours amber/dark with off-white head. Heavy sweet cooked fruit aroma. Medium body, mild carbonation. Fruity. Like apple, citrus and peach. A bit spicey. Light bitter finish. Nice.

33cl. kerstbier festival Essen.+ bought bottles to get home. opaque copper colored bier. short head, few carbonation. sugar, spices, finished with a long and soft bitterness.

(Bottled) Very hazy amber with a small, lacy head. Grainy-malty, sweetish nose with dark fruitiness. Flavor is caramely-grainy-malty with some honeyish sweetness and low bitterness. Medium body, soft but slightly high carbonation. Overall a very basic Belgian, but I kinda like it just as it is. Doesn’t have enough oomph for a Xmas beer, though. I have no idea why this is a Saison, and not a Belgian Strong Ale. 5345

Bottled (from BeerPlanet.eu). Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is quie bready malts, yeast, some herbs, earth and mildly barnyardy notes. Flavour is sweet maltyness, some yeast, mild herbs, caramel, toffee an some slight barnyardy notes. A quite nice beer, as it warms a bit from fridge cold.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours golden with the slightest haze and a rough white head. Lovely spicy/fruity nose with a little yeast. Medium body, fruit, spices, yeast, vitamin C and a metallic whiff. Lightly tart. A fresh one. 030410

Bottle. Clear amber, lacing head. Spicy and grainy aroma. Good, balanced spicy caramel flavours, maybe slightly sweet. Not bad

White frothy head gold pour slighly misty strong carbonation aromas citrus some floral spice yeast orange flavours yeast sweet orange lemon ginger mamalade cinnamon clove finish floral fruity spice bitter that lingers okay saison

33cl bottle. pours golden, white head. aroma, blossom, some floral hops, grainy/wheat with some light fruits. flavors, malty with some sugar, mild touch of spices and hops. Palate remains moderately sweet with some floral notes, dry fruits and a mild spicy finish. Nice and refreshing, a little different for what is advertised as a xmas beer.