3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a medium bronze hue with a reddish tint, accompanied by a tall, frothy, egg shell coloured head that leaves behind decent lacing. Grassy, grainy and malty aroma is decently powerful. Some light caramel notes come up, along with hazelnuts and damp earth. The flavour is sweeter than expected by the aroma, but not cloying. There’s a mild acidity up front (grapes) and it all segues into a moderately sweet finish with light acidity and a light grassy bitterness. The malt sweetness begins to develop a butterscotch roundness after a while. Medium to full bodied with a creamy texture, an otherwise lovely mouthfeel is marred by sharp, rough carbonation. And a bit toasty as it warms. Something like these pre-toasted bits of toast they have here in France. Biscottes, I think.
50cl can, Duvel tulip, bbe 06/07/08.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Slightly sweet, fullbodied, malty and with a lingering aroma. Good companion to most meals as well as on its own.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Brun-gylden øl.
Sød og gøret (belgisk) duft.
Smag: Sød, humlet, parfumeret, brændt og krydret.
Minder om en Tuborg classic, bare tungere.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
75cl bottle. Amber colour, persistent head. Slightly sweet and very malty flavour with hints of roasted malt, slightly hoppy. Lovely hops.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: AUG 16, 2007 Can (50 cl) bought in Bayeaux, Normandie, France. Clear amber with a creamy medium beige head. Roasted nutty malt aroma with dusty and earthy notes, and a touch of alcohol. Medium bodied with and very soft. Dry and bitter, and slightly metallic.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured a foggy chestnut amber color with a small soapy head circumnavigated with bubbles. Chalky, mildly sour, sugary sweet and warm nutty nose. Creamy woody sweet malt flavor that doesn’t hold up in the finish. Alright beer, but nothing super special.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle (75cl): Clear, amber coloured, small persisting and lacing off-white layer; sweet, caramelly,dark-malty and fruity nose; soft, moderate sweet flavour with a very faint bitterness; medium bodied; sweet-malty, bit toasted-malty finish. not very complex, but quite nice.......
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
25 oz bottle, Stateline Liquors. Pours a crystal clear dark gold to amber colored body under a foamy off-white one finger head. Some patchy sticky lacing. The aroma is lightly fruity and sweet with grassy hay like notes. Some light grainy toasted malt. Really smells more like a regular Amber Ale than a BdG. The flavor is softly malty with a little bit of farmhouse funkiness. Finishes dry with a light yeast influence. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with really prickly fizzy carbonation. Finishes with a drying carbonic bite. Overall, not a whole lot of character to this one. Really confused why this one is completely filtered, seems like that’s not the intent of a Bière de Garde.
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