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Southampton Biere de Garde (French Country Christmas Ale) 3.62 295

Southampton Biere de Garde (French Country Christmas Ale)

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2953.64/5.03.62/5.07%94.3Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Our Holiday brew is a malty, French-style "Biere de Garde". This traditional style is brewed by small, independent farmhouse breweries in the north of France.
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 Ungstrup (15483), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/102/514/20
Aug 27, 2005  
A hazy orange beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is sweet and very fruity - especially peaches coming thru - as well as very yeasty. The flavor is sweet with notes of wood, yeast, and caramel, but the body is thin. Definately one of the better Biere de Garde I’ve had.


 Papsoe (15178), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 24, 2005  
(Bottle 75 cl) Very unclear orangey golden with a creamy, off-white head. Slightly sourish with some perfumy aromas. Dry with some citric notes balanced by some sweet cookie touches. Quite soft and pleasant. 120805


 yespr (12443), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 22, 2008  
75 cL bottle, thanks to Storm. Pours slight hazy orange with a collapsing white head. Light honey and mild yeasty aroma - into a light caramel aroma. Flavour is smooth caramel malty and subdued sweet and light caramel malt flavoured. Ends sweet caramel malt lingering sweet malt flavoured.


 omhper (12335), Stockholm, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Aug 25, 2005    Updated: Sep 12, 2005
Bottled at RBESG. Hazy deep golden. Buttery malt aroma. The geuine Flanders soft, dense, butterymalt character is definitely there, but lacks the lively champagnelike mouthfeel of the top examples. Instead this has more orangey hoppiness.


 joergen (8714), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 17, 2005  
Bottled at RBESG 2005. Hazy orange coloured with an off white head. Fruity aroma with malty notes. Malty flavour with notes of fruits and corn.


 kp (8600), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Mar 29, 2009

Name: Bier de Guarde
Date: May 20, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Noog II
Appearance: clear amber, thin fine white head that s easily roused and coxed into producing a bit of lace
Aroma: sweet carmel malt aroma
Flavor: flavor has a nice yeasty spicyness

Name: Bier de Guarde
Date: December 02, 2006
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2004
Score: ii to ii+
Appearance: opaque orange, thin off white head
Aroma: light sweet fruity malt aroma with earthy hops
Flavor: good fruity flavor with hints of oranges, light bitter finish

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4


 Oakes (8172), Beyond the Great Firewall, China
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 18, 2003  
Hazy orange-amber. Earthy, woodsy, musty aroma. Yeasty, sourish. Notes of caramel malt, peaches, pears. Refined, not 100% to style, but few really good BdeG's are.


 KimJohansen (7308), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 24, 2008  
[Courtesy of Storm, session @ yespr] Deep amber with huge head. Sweet fruity aroma with caramel and yeasty notes. Sweet and fruity flavor with yeasty and caramel notes.



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