Saint Landelin Spéciale Noël

Brewed by Les Brasseurs De Gayant
Style: Bière de Garde
Douai, France

Serve in Stem glass, Tulip

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[Tasted in 2003.] A nice beer with only small notes of christmas. Sweet and fruity, but needs more spices. Some weak carbonation, but better that average.

Once I didn’t like Belgian or Belgian inspired beers, and this Christmas beer had an important role in my transformation. It’s not one of the big ones, I know. But even if it’s quite uncomplicated and not so "big", I still love it.... The aroma is nicely spiced and malty, the color is warm amber and the head is nice. Even if it’s sweet there is a nice citrus, that balances the sweetness in a subtle and perfect way, making this an unexpected pleasure. It has notes of fruit, honey, flower and a hint of oranges and other citrus fruits. Nice to sip, nice to enjoy in all it’s uncomplicated charm. 1 year of storing makes it even better, actually much smoother and nice.

750 ml bottle. Amber colour with a slight haze. Tall fluffy off-white head that clings to the glass. Slightly oxidized caramel aroma. Coriander. Sweet malty flavorus with a good dose of spices, but well into the background. Nicely balanced beer. Dry finish from hops. Very drinkable.

Big offwhite coarse head; reddish brown body with some carbonation. Light, sweetish, spicy fruity banana and caramel aroma. Sweet, light, fruity banana taste with watery caramel aftertaste. Spicy and dryish. Very nice! (0.75l bottle. Thanks to yngwie.)

Bottle. Deep orangey amber with a creamy offwhite and lacing head. Spicy caramel aroma, quite harmonious. Sweet, spicy caramel, good toffee flavours. A very pleasant beer that you could drink allnight.

Bottled. Amber ale with firm white head. Some Christmas spices and caramel. Smooth and easy-drinking. Rather sweet.

Big bottle. Nice dark amber colour with a medium creamish mostly lasting off-whitish head. Aroma: sweet, malty and fruity. Flavour: Sweet good bit roasty maltiness with caramel, fruity hops, abit of spices with raisins and plums. Sweet fruity finish. Very tasty beer indeed.

Bottled. Hazy amber, minimal head. Sweet and fruty with toffee and boiled vegetables upfront. Medium bodied with rather mellow mouthfeel, some bananas. Low hop rate and bitterness. A bit bold and unrefined.

Bottle. Amber colour with a huge off-white head. Aroma and flavour of spice, caramel, malt and fruits.

Bottle. Pours golden amber with a big off-white/yellowish head. Sweetish fruity aroma. Slightly cloying. Flavour is sweetish. Fruity. Notes of plums. Again, slightly cloying. Finish has a ‘winey’ feel to it. Grassy notes. 19-12-06.