2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle picked up at Belmont Party Supply in Dayton a month or two back. Served in a Mikasa tulip.
Pours alight copper color with a very thin white head and a bit of lacing. Thin collar throughout. The nose caries plenty of bread and a bit of caramel. Light earth. Flavor is similar. Really tame, even for a biere de garde. Light-medium body and slightly chewy. Average carbonation. Decent enough, but not a game changer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
malty sweet nose. Taste is malt, slight bitterness and nice yeasty tones. A bit clean for a farmhouse ale in my book, but nevertheless: good stuff. The ambrée was better though.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled@SBWF2011. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is mild alcohol, some fruits, mild herbal notes as well as some nectary notes. Flavour is quite similar with some dry wooden notes added.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From a bottle at GBF 2011. Clear golden, medium white head. Grainy malt aroma with some earthy and peppery notes. Dry with medium bitterness. A bit overrated I think.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Mosebacke.
Rather heavy for the style, tart taste of hay and oranges, bit spicy.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: AUG 27, 2011 Bottle.Pours golden with a white head. Sweet aroma. Notes of cookies. The taste is very well balanced. Notes of cookies, currant seeds, and some spices. Small crispness from the hops. Quite dry. Highly drinkable. I like this one a lot more than the hyped amber one.
4.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle I brought with me back from a stop in Lille. Pours light golden with a huge frothy head that stays, which I suspect indicates the existance of wheat in the malt bill. The aroma is bready and sweet , but there’s a a hint of vegetable in it too, DMS? It’s not off-putting but I can’t put my finger on what it is. The taste is lovely, malty, bready, some sweetness but it is balanced by a firm bitterness, which gives the beer a dry aftertaste. In he mouth the beer is medium-full with a nice high carbonation that plays with the bitterness. A lovely beer, and rustic just as the commersial description says. I wish my local had it on tap, I’d be that drunk in Simpson’s in notime. I love it!
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ home. A touch hazy, burnt orange appearance with some black sediment and an ivory head. Opening the bottle resulted in a gusher. Lightly tart, barnyard, Belgian yeasty, a little bready, citrus fruity aroma. A little funky, lemon/apricot citrusy, slightly tart, Belgian yeasty flavor. Very delicious!
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