3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, picked up from Vintage Sellers in Great Falls, Montana. Pours clear golden amber, thick pillowy white head, lovely lacing. Nose is earthy, with plenty of chalk, malt predominates, with winter wheat, biscuits, and the lightest touch of barnyard funk. Yeast notes become more and more prevalent as the beer warms. Flavours of soft, creamy, oh my VERY creamy, wheat, gentle background bitterness, though no real spiciness from the hops, a very long and soft drink, similar to well-aged Unibroue Maudite. A bit of cheesines, a touch of flintiness, and just the mildest edge of citrus. Overall a very pleasant brew.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Amber beer with a nice light cream colored head. Malt and yeast aroma with light fruity esters. Malt and summer fruit flavor with yeast and light spice. Medium bodied. Malt and summer fruit lingers with spice and yeast.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Rating #504, bottle from Paris, France
A golden beer with a good head. Aroma is somewhat pilsener-like from the malts, but way more hopped and has especially a lot of flowery notes, and probably some elderflower specifically. The flavor is pleasant with flowety hops, a bit berries, spices, yeast, and a good bite of bitter hops in the finish. A bit of a vinous or lagered side taste as is the point with biere de garde, but it is actually not that obvious. Sweeter and more belgian inspired than I expected from the apperance and french beer in general. Palate is thick, and all in all this is a very pleasant brew.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
75cl bottle shared with friends.
Clear blond colour. Slight white head.....
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Systembolaget. Aroma contains mostly yeast, it reminds me of a cheap white wine. It pours golden and clear with a thin white foam. Taste is quite odd, quite sweet and kind of watery, almost like it has been cut with water. The mouthfeel is also quite odd, there is little carbonation and it is very, very, light bodied and thin.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Golden with a large, foamy white head leaving a lot of lacing. The aroma is pretty yeasty, with some spices and a fruit I can’t quite place. Taste: hoppy (grassy, herbal), citrus, yeast, sweet malt, some kind of candy. Medium-bodied with quite heavy carbonation. Pretty nice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: First rating for this brewery, a great soft, subtle beer with nice blending of malts and spices. A great session beer but with care @ 7.8% ABV. Food Pairing: Cheese platter.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark Golden pour with a light white head. Aroma is honey, some spicy malt, light molasses, brown sugar, yeast. Mouthfeel is lightly silky. flavors include light honeyed malt, spicy, bready. nice spicey bready character but a tad thin. 3.3
Edit: as this warms it takes on a nice tart zingy character which greatly improves it in my opinion 3.6
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