Gayant La Goudale

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Had from 750ml bottle from Hi Time Wines. Pours a golden orange with slight head and good lacing. Aroma is mostly malts, slight funk, a bit of yeast, and some bready flavors. Taste is malty, floral, slightly hoppy, alcohol, and citrus. Pleasant aftertaste lingers. Not a bad beer, unfortunately, nothing special. Fairly simple and one-note with the malt sweetness.

750ml corked bottle. Poured into a snifter. Slightly hazy light amber color. Small head, some decent lacing. The aroma is yeasty, with some spices and undefinable fruit. Belgian yeast, bready malt, slightly tart fruit show up in the flavor. Spicy bread aftertaste. A tad bit better than the previous brew I sampled from this brewery.

Gyllenfärgad med medelhögt vitt kompakt skum. Stor jästig doft som känns väldigt belgisk. Estrar som drar åt mogen banan, dill, koriander och citrus. Munkänslan är lätt oljig, rejäl pommeransbeska, mogen banan, koriander och vingummin. Ganska söt men beskan stramar upp smakbilden. Välgjord, smakrik om än lite spretig men på det hela taget väldigt trevlig.

Ambrée à mousse blanc-cassé. Nez malté, fruité avec des notes d’agrume. Le goût est un mélange complexe de malt-carame-cassonade, avec des notes d’alcool. Bel équilibre avec l’amertume et l’acidité. Se laisse boire facile sans se plaindre.

On comprend mieux l’appellation (et le goût qui va avec) après avoir remarqué que Goudale n’est que la francisation de Good Ale ! En effet, très bonne ale, puisqu’elle a pu gagner en arômes et en maturité pendant sa période de garde : un nez très fruité, voir floral, proche de celui d’un vin blanc, pour des saveurs plus corsées, avec un bel arrière-goût de houblons de Flandres (houblons nobles ?) porteurs de saveurs peu courantes. Vraiment représentative des bières de gardes traditionnelles françaises, pleine de surprises et de caractère.

citrus, hay, earthy, banana, cooked vegetables, raisin, clear, white foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, heavily sour, salty, sticky, soft carbonation,

Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a longlasting white head. Has a fruity malty yeasty weak spicy apple aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty flavor with hints of caramel. Has a sweetish malty spicy yeasty finish.

0.33l bottle from Systembolaget Passagen, Stockholm. This is a crystal clear golden beer, some small unfiltered particles it has, yes, and a big fluffy and lasting just off-white head that’s heavy lacing down the sides of the glass. The aroma is both malty, light fruity, yeasty with cacti tones and perhaps even a subtle little autumn-leafy tone. The carbonation level is average and the mouthfeel is oily to watery. Expected it to have some more texture.. Caramel, light earthy with some yeast in the flavor. Mouthdrying and perhaps even a bit dusty. Watery ending and aftertaste on this one. Not especially good or interesting in my mouth.

Bottle: Small and quick disappearing white head. Leaves a lacing on top of a clear orange colored beer. Smell not much else than malts, glue and toothpaste. Taste toothpaste again with some flowers and malts. Also hints of caramel, herbs, nuts, leaves, glue. Malty aftertaste. Medium to fuller carbo, soft mouthfeel, medium body and a light creamy texture. Another unbalanced brew... This brew comes in a fucking 75cl bottle, had to pour some of it down the drain, just too much to drink this all alone or with 2 people... Why oh why would you put this out on the market.