Gayant La Goudale

Brewed by Les Brasseurs De Gayant
Style: Bière de Garde
Douai, France

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

750ml corked bottle and served in my XL Tripel Karmeliet glass: Clean golden hue with a lasting frothy white head and good lacing. The nose found a herbal and spicy character with notes of coriander, fennel, ginger, bready and wheaty grains, light pear and grassy esters as well. The taste starts surprisingly more bitter and acidic that expected with a moderate yeasty and wheat bread background. A weird spice profile shows towards the finish along with some mineral and leafy tones. The mouth feel is refreshing but on the same note almost too carbonated, the aftertaste is muddled and chalky. Not too shabby but for the price ($11) there are better beers I would rather have.

Pours golden with a good head that lingers leaving a fluffy lace and full canopy. Smells delicious w/ a mild malty sweetness. Medium nectar with good carbonation. This beer has a crispness balancing the malty backbone. Theres a solid bittering component that sets up shop early and sticks to the end. It’s a rather tasty brew but it doesn’t possess the bready flavors i have grown to expect from this style. The finish is bittered well and lingers on the palate.

Bottle, 75 cl. Clear golden colorn with white head. Aroma bit caramel, sweet malts, hops. Medium body. Taste sweet and bit dry, yeast, litle coriander, some bitterness. Very regular blonde.

750ml bottle. Nose is almost nonexistent, pour is very clear but the taste is surprisingly yeasty with coriander and ester- clean tasting. Smooth and easy drinking. Solid but not really complex.

0,3l bottle. great white head heavenly good aroma and taste. I just love it as it’s fresh and rich in flavour. palate makes you want sip over and over again. Flowers and herbs, sweet fruits. want more!

Bottle... Clear yellow ale with a mid-sized, creamy, white head. Great retention. Pale grains and spices (lavender and coriander) dominate the olfactory system. Medium to full-bodied and syrupy with prickly carbonation. Sweet, spicy flavor up front; herbal bitterness on the backside. Spicy, bittersweet finish.

0,33l bottle. Nice dark golden color with good head. Slightly metallic nose with hints of alcohol, malts and banana. Surprisingly modest taste and body.

Clear straw body, medium-thick off-white head. Herbal nose with spicy hops, biscuity, with dusty esters. Very dry body of modest complexity, with floral/potpourri notes, chalky esters, and biscuit. Crisp carbonation. Relatively light body finishes bitter with fairly strong alcohol notes. Mediocre.