La Bavaisienne Blonde

Brewed by Brasserie Theillier
Style: Bière de Garde
Bavay, France

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Hazy auburn with loads of floating particles and a tight, tiny bubbled white head. This has a lovely nose full of sweet malt, light hoppy perfume, mild spice and a hint of warm alcohol. Toasted grains, orange juice, a malting room floor, light licorice, grains of paradise, orange and grapefruit zest, sticky pine and a hint of toffee. The body is silky smooth, but with plenty of heft and bright, lively carbonation. It’s fairly sweet up front, especially considering the other La Bavaisienne. The sweetness gives way to a flavorful hop flavor, full of citrus fruit and pine, more grains and a light bit of warm alcohol. It’s a pretty tasty beer, but not as enjoyable as the original. The malt is sweeter and not quite as dry as La Bavaisienne. The increased hop presence is a nice twist, but I think I’d rather have a drier version with a more robust and developed malt profile. Maybe it’s another example of wishful thinking, but I was hoping for something a little better. Either way, it’s still good.

Malt, bread, candy, and some spice in the aroma. Flavor starts sweet, with caramel, toffee, and maybe a little apple. A little bittering hops and some drying alcohol in the finish. Really, really good.

Sample at ÖÖWF 2011. It poured a hazy golden-yellow liquid with a small white head. Smell of honey, berries and hay. Sweet malty and fruity smell. Nice and refreshing beer, easy to drink.

2*250 ml bottles bought in a mixpack and shared at tasting. Pours hazy reddish golden with a rather small frothy white head that slowly dissipates while leaving some trace on the glass. Smell is slightly sweet and tiny our with bread, white pepper, cloves, allspice, lemon zest and hints of barnyard and leather. Taste is sweet, malty and slightly stale with overripe grapes, plums, bread, cloves, crackers and overripe pears. Mouthfeel is round, tiny tart, very tiny dry and medium bodied. Finish is slightly dry with lemon zest, cloves and hints of barnyard.

(Bottle) Pours pale golden with a creamy white head. The aroma holds spicy wood, pears, apples, grass, herbs, flowers, dew, bread, crackers and dust. Touch of phenols. The flavour is light sweet and light bitter with notes of hops, bread, dough and yeast. He mouthfeel is soft, clean and creamy with a light carbonation. Subtle, light spicy and grassy finish. Light to medium bodied.

Sampled at Larsniclas testing. Pours golden with a big white head. Smells and tastes fruity malty.

Bottle 25 cl, GIL. Pours clear amber with a good off white head leaving some lace. Aroma is grassy malty fruity a bit sweet nutty and bready. Flavor is malty spicy bitter with fruity touch, also some floral tones with some soapyness in the end. Finishes longlived bitter dry.

Bottle at Gott i Lådan, Billdal, 120421. Pale golden, lasting white head. Malty bready aroma, wheat, fruity notes. Bready flavor, malt, hop notes, grassy,

Bottled GIL Slightly hazy golden. Mdium white head. Slightly sourish aroma; lemon cest. A bit sweet and malty flavour; bready.

Ljus och lätt brödig som får mig att tänka bra opasteuriserad/ofiltrerad lager. Ren, fräsch, lätt kropp, ljust bröd, liten men välavvägd beska. Jag tycker verkligen den är lagerlik och kanske i blekaste laget.

25 cl bottle shared with gnoff, sampled on March 10, 2012 Marked 6.5% ABV Rich yellow color, small white head. Scent of hibiscus, lemongrass. Sweet, yeasty, cream taste. High carbonation, sweet finish.