Grain dOrge Speciale Noël

Brewed by Brasserie Grain d’Orge
Style: Bière de Garde
Ronchin, France

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Pours with an okay colour and a just-average head. Smells of fruity malts, slight alcohol hint. Taste is a mix of malts, grassiness, syrup. Okay lacing on the glass, but this is nothing special.

25cl Brown bottle, best before 28 Sept 2012, drank 30 Dec 2010. Poured into my ’La Chouffe’ stemmed tulip glass. Clear amber body with a huge snowy white head on top. The smell was very sweet, molasses and a mix of Christmassy spices. The taste followed the smell, almost too sweet for me (and I prefer maltier, semi-sweeter beers). As the beer warmed it seemed to get sweeter, so if you do find one and drink it, drink it fast! Not overly impressed and if this is their ’Special Noel’ I wouldn’t want to try their ’Normal Noel’.

Clear, amber coloured beer with quite firm white head. Somewhat astringent aroma with bready notes, some pear, pilsner smell, sweaty, harsh yeast, pepper corns and alcohol. Taste is much better with sweet malty base and spicy, herbal aftertaste. Smooth and sticky body. Overall a bad start but much more drinkable towards the end.

Deep, clear amber colour. Very malty and sweet. Easy drinkable. A nice Christmas beer.

bottle 75 at auchan la defence. A clear amber beer with low head. A nice beer, near a Belgian Dubble with spicy notes. Good body, nice hopy finish, medium to high complexity, a good beer.

Bottle from Frank Smith’s labeled St. Martin Cuvee de Noel Kerstbier. Copper hazy w 3f head. Nose is caramel malt, x-mas spice, berry. Tastes well balanced, woith nutmegggy spice, c malt cinnamon, and berry notes.

Bottle @ Papsø. Thanks. Pours clear golden with a creamy white head and lacings. Nose is grain and fruit. A bit of yeast and alcohol. Flavor is yeast, grain and orange with a bit of metal. Ends dry.

75 cL bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is cornish and caramelish. Sweet malty, caramelish and slight spiced. Cornish and cereal finish - yet with a slight caramelish and spiced note.

Bottle at Papsø 23-Apr-2010 - Thanks. Clear amber - white head. Candy, wheaty, sulfor notes, yeasty, bitterness, peppery, fruity, ugly - too much.

Clear golden with a large off white head. Yeasty aroma with malty and fruity hints. Sweet flavour with malt, yeast, spices and fruity notes. Finished dry.

clear orange,small white head sweet flowery almost honey like aroma, spicy, almost mead like. flavor is fruity, caramelly , a little spicy, a little yellow fruits.