Duyck Jenlain Ambrée

Brewed by Duyck
Style: Bière de Garde
Jenlain, France

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Sampled from bottle. Pours cloudy, copper-amber with a scattered, off-white head. Aroma is dominated by yeast character: plums, pears, apples and some earthiness. Flavor is slightly sweet and tart with apples and a simple malt profile. Various other fruits and a bit of hop spiciness are also present. Medium-full body and well-carbonated. A good farmhouse beer, but not up to par with La Choulette or La Chouffe.

Clearish amber-orange bodied, offering a light white film with minimal lacing. Incredibly soft nose comes out rather phenolic, but in line with the bready aromatics that almost hint at rye. Sweet and mildly farmy in mouth. It develops a floral graininess that appears idiosyncratic when paired with the fitting corky, musty notes. Gently mineral palate accentuates the otherwise simplistic earthiness that grows on you. Cementy phasing from dry to wet doughy aftertaste. Soft bodied, gently carbonated, cleansing and spicy. A very soft beer altogether that impresses on many levels. Authentic and true.

pours a head that fades quickly. Light gold/red colour with a somehow low carbonation. Sweet fruity aroma with a nice malt flavour. A pretty good beer that I’d drink along the famous "carbonade flamande" (beef in wine sauce), good choice next to a beef course.

Some complexity in this slightly unusual beer. Not as much funk as I hoped for, no sourness at all. The beer is light amber and start with a large thin head that fades quickly. The aroma is predominately apple with very light spice. Several flavors; significant malt, light sugary sweetness, a little more apple, and just a hint of yeasty weirdness and alcohol. Fairly thin palate and easy to drink.

Amber colour with fairly big off white head. Malty, caramel sweet aroma. Malty flavor with hints of fruit and some caramel sweetness.

Clear amber with a big head that reduced to medium quickly. Toffeeish aroma initially, after a while the more characteristic earthy, cellar aromas started to emerge together with some yeasty spiciness. Flavour starts sweet, but the aged flavours quickly take over, providing a drier mouthfeel. Well-carbonated, medium body. Not your everyday beer.

Somewhere between gold and orange, a nice froth hanging on top.
Vinious and boozy, with lots of cork notes and a moldy kind of funk. It smells like it’s been cellared for a long time, although it’s reasonably fresh (under a year old).
Low carbonation that gives the malt all the room to shine, the yeast isn’t the cleanest but but it’s mellow, and with that subdued corky flavor (a bit more and I wouldn’t have liked it), it reminds me more of an old ale, one with a little extra spice, but aged to perfection.

The pour shows a clear amber color with a thin offwhite head. Interesting aroma of hay and fruits. Good flavor of hay, fruits and spices. The palate is light and oily with low carbonation. This bière de garde is good and nicely done but feels simple compared to great bière de garde like La Bavaisienne.