La Bavaisienne Blonde

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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9/21/06. Poured out of 750 mL bottle, purchased at Red Carpet Wine in Glendale, CA 9/14/06. Lightly hazy glowing gold with a gigantic, fluffy and soapy white head, transforming from a dense froth to a rocky, mountainous pillow but lasting impressively long. There’s a doily lace left behind as the head calms to a "normal" height, and a present-if-spotty lace left behind with each tilt of the glass. The head fades to a dollop after several minutes, and the lacing actually improves. Aroma is softly sweet and doughy, prominently yeasty with almost a pale nougat and golden taffy-like spectre of sweetness. It almost smells like a sweet pilsner (but not an adjuncty mess), suggesting noble hops and straw-like bitterness to round out the farmhouse character. Lightly acidic with a bold outline of lemon-cookie yeastiness. Even some touches of cinnamon that I thought I figured in there. The finish is medium-dry and slightly grassy, suggestive of unsweetened sugar cookies with traces of pepper and white smoke. The hop presence is strongly intact on the level of some double IPAs I’ve had, but there’s not an oily, citrusy or piney hint in the least. Just those lovely noble straw, grass, hay, and pepper notes. Again very pilsner-like, but sweeter and bigger, badder. Fluffy, frothy carbonation and slick-but-tangy (yeasty tingles) medium body that makes your mouth water just as the grassy hops and almost absorptively dry finish swath the tongue. Still seems a little underattenuated (if I may be so bold) with touches of sweetness that aren’t troubling so much as they are gently disappointing. Light and airy with an immense drinkability and refreshingness that belies its alcohol content. A great beer, and still not quite on the level of the "brown." If one of the locals around here offered something like this (and the only ones I could even see trying it are Pizza Port and Craftsman), I’d be dishing that out to all believers. Recommended to those same believers who previously enjoyed their bottles of Russian River Redemption.

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.