Jessenhofke Bière de Garde

Jessenhofke
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Bière de Garde
Kuringen-Hasselt, Belgium

Serve in Stem glass, Tulip

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Beautiful foxy-chestnut coloured, clear beer with an amber-beige, huge head. Very bready/leafy/earthy sweet-sweetish nose, with some bananaester, smelling for all the world as a "Dunkler Bock" or "Dunkler Weizenbock". Spicy-strong flavoured, sweetish beer with lots of melanoidins, sweet & roasted malts, overripe banana and other grains. Finish has some faint bitterish, earthy notes, without losing its spiciness ane sweetness, caramelsyrup-like, if not cloying. Well-carbonated, rather well-bodied, alcoholwarming. Decent balance, decent beer. But IMO certainly not a French Bière de Garde, but a Dunkles Doppelweizenbock. Maybe top-fermented, but a Bock nonetheless.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy red with an off-white head and floaties. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 300312

bottle, thanks to bu11zeye, amber in color with fruity brown sugar aroma, slight bitter husky caramel flavors

Bottle sample @ 5de Brugs Bier festival. Cuivrée/beige, col ocre épais. Arôme fruité noire; date et figue malt caramel avec une note de basse-cour de ferme, léger houblon. En bouche, fruits noirs, alcool réchauffant avec un fini allant sur le lactique, qui me rappelle un yaourt à la fraise, note malté caramel avec sur la fin une pointe torréfiée. Fini herbacé, sec voire noisette en poudre, léger chocolat avec un tout petit ajout de houblon pour l’amertume. Un peu loin du style français de Bière de Garde que j’imaginais plus proche de la Saison Wallonne. Ici, un profile nettement plus belge dans la lignée plus proche d’une double/triple d’abbaye et son palais épais de levure et blé/orge peut dévier sur un style allemand.

Bottle. Pours dark brown. Nose and taste of sherry, toffee, yeast, Burnt sugar, raisins and dark fruits. Medium body. Finishes with touch of alcohol.

(750ml bottle thanks to bu11zeye) clear deep copper with soda-like fine tan bubbles. Nose of caramel, light brown sugar, and agave syrup. Taste of alcohol, toasty, sweet, well carbonated, odd medicinal linger.

Color is nice, dark brown/ dark red. Little bit sweetness in the taste.Smell barley, not much though. Nice carbo.

Bottle from Beer Mania. Dark amber body with tan head. Nose is malty, toffee, caramel. Some fruit notes. Taste is also caramel, sugar and some fruits. Spicy. Syrupy texture. With bitter in the finish. High ABV was not noticeable. Enjoyable.

UPDATED: MAR 2, 2013 75cl, as Jessenhofke RSRV, new organic brew Anno 2010, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex brew, not too heavy, balanced, cloudy, small head, nice brew

33cl Bottle from an EKO-shop. Clear reddish brown colour, off-white head. Aroma of plums, alcohol, dark fruits, caramel, hint of cocoa. Flavour is sweet, malty, dark fruits, plums, raisins, cocoa, strong alcohol, alcoholic bitter finish. Medium-bodied. Could do with a bit less alcohol. BdG?