La Choulette Blonde

Brewed by La Choulette
Style: Bière de Garde
Hordain, France

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Name: La Choulette Blond
Date: 04/14/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

dark yellow, thin white head, light spicy citrus aroma, nice body, spicy bready character,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Score: **+/4
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Bottle. Pale amber beer with a cream colored head. Sweet malt aroma. Sweet malt flavor with grass, slight citrus, and candy. LIngering sweetness. Medium body. Honey and yeast notes

Bottled (BB 06/2008)
Copper brown color, small creamy white head, lace. Vinegar in the nose with dark fruits and hazelnuts. Crisp carbonation. Not very complex flavor, basicly same elements than in the aroma: nuts, candy sugar, sourish notes. Sweetish aftertaste fades away quickly. Not really interesting blonde.

Bottle at home. Light golden with a white head, nice lacings. Aroma light/moderate malty and hoppy. Flavor light/moderate sweet and bitter/acidic. Medium body.

Bottle sampled. Pours copper with a small off-white head. Aroma of spices, alcohol, peat, and slight fruit. The flavor is sweet, spices, citrus, moderate carbonation, and fruit. Decent brew.

Bottled. Golden colour, mediumsized fluffy head, which disappears fast. aroma is honey, peanuts, some sour fruit and yeast. Flavour is burnt sugar, yeast, slight honey and a bit metallic notes. The metallicness is not that disturbing. Good beer to have to sip on.

BB 12-05. Pours a hazy, yellowish-copper with an average, white, fluffy head; head has limited longevity and leaves minimal lacing. Nose is white grapes, pale malts, honey, peanuts, doughy yeast, and a slight grassy spiciness. After reading peanuts on someone else’s comments, that all I can taste... Other notes include honey, white grape, grass, and bread dough with an underlying hop spice note. Palate is medium-light, moderate carbonation, but with a somewhat silky feel. Bitterness is fairly low but more than the darker versions of the style. Not especially good, but nothing too bad to say other than the dominant peanut notes.

Bottle. High white fluffy but lasting head. Clear golden body. Alcohol dominated aroma in an unusual mix of fruits and grass. Quite hoppy flavor with a good deal of alcohol and boosted by a lot of carbonation.