McKenzie Bavay

Formerly brewed at McKenzie Brew House
Style: Bière de Garde
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Orangey-cloudy beer, heavy pearling to good rosy-ochre head, fast gone. Fruity, and very grainy nose, fresh malt (for a 2 year old beer!). Pure rosewater taste, filtering out more grain, this time with indeed a little oxidation. Extremely perfumey, but lacking depth somehow, unidimensional. Sweet-grainy aftertaste, not really new and not fullbodied, without being watery. Bit thanks to Eyedrinkale and mkobes for sharing this bottle. It’s certainly not them that can help it, but (REALLY, "Dude", I’m not doing this on purpose), I’ll probably be never a McKenzie’s fan...

Somewhat of a fruity nose, nice orange color. Has a lambic nose almost, but not quite.

Thanks eyedrinkale, but no thanks! Ap: liquid caramel. white bubbly head that’s fully disapating. hazy. Ar: sour aroma, grains, toasted malts. F: Hay, saisonish. can’t say that I like this style. P: Dry. Bitter. Medium mouthfeel. Not a big fan of this one. It’s fine in terms of quality, just not for me.

Date: 04/29/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Dark Lord Day, 2005

light amber, fine white head, sweet spicy funky aroma, rich malt flavor, nice spices, slight funk, light fumes, good complexity, touch of sweetness, very nice,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
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