Theillier Reviews

Guiguilafusee	3.4 Mincoin Bière Artisanale Blonde Monday, October 31, 2022
DJMonarch	3.2 Theillier Cuivrée de Mormal From the Bottle at Chris O's Pre-GBBF Shindig 04/08/2012 Floral hop aroma. Golden coloured and fruity with some alcohol present. A hint of dryness in a crisp full malt finish. Tuesday, February 15, 2022
DarkElf	3.4 La Bavaisienne Ambrée 09-Jun-13 (750-ml bottle: Purchased for $8.99 at Holiday Wine Cellar in Escondido, CA) This beer pours a hazy amber body with half an inch of bubbly, off-white head that settles to a ring. The nose shows lots of toffee and caramel candy along with cocoa powder, some ripe apple and stone fruit. Toasty bread crust, medium-sweet toffee, milk chocolate, cocoa, and caramely candy dominate the flavor. There's a touch of smoky earth, but minimal influence from hops. Medium in weight, light-medium in carbonation, and very soft and delicate on the palate. Overall, this is not a complicated beer, it's just an easy, very tasty and enjoyable quaffer. Monday, April 1, 2019
culchiem	3.1 La Bavaisienne Blonde Bottle shared at Hopfen & Maltz. Cloudy gold with a huge head. Aroma is spiced fruit. Flavour is light bittersweet, bread and malt, tangy finish Sunday, December 16, 2018
KentzeMeres	4.6 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Sunday, July 8, 2018
kraddel	3 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Pours extremely foamy. i mean, a glass full of foam VS half a cm of beer. foam slowly turns to beer, but is very creamy and stable, really. Smell is sweet, creamy, caramel, heavy, thick malty undertone. Taste is sharp, bit metallic, caramelly, toasty, ambermalty, light oxidation ( not sure if the bottle is old? I bought it days ago in a bar in France ) Extremely highly carbonated. rather thick mouthfeel. Mild esthery fruityness. Not sure why this gets a 100 in style, as I've had a few BDG before and I'd probably prefer them all over this... Thursday, February 1, 2018
Dogbrick	3.4 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Sample at Kurtkeller 026: Summer-tastic 01 on 06/25/2017. Clear amber color with a medium creamy off-white head that dissipates steadily to a frothy film. Stringy lacing. Aroma of malt, fruit and caramel. Medium body with flavors of roast malt, fruity yeast and malt. The finish is sweet with a malty aftertaste. Decent overall. Monday, July 31, 2017
budedou	2.5 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Pours dark amber with a beige head. SMell is funky and light caramel. Taste is watery, light caramel. Not much going on here flavorwise. Medium body and high carbonation. Decent, but boring. Monday, March 13, 2017
kanaclane	3.7 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Nez: Malté, pomme, fruits mûrs Bouche: Maltée, caramel, pomme, poire, épicée Une très bonne bière de garde goutée à Absolument Bieres Votre Biershop Saturday, February 4, 2017
Kogrimarmar	4 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Monday, January 9, 2017
Hopverdju	3.2 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Man, man, man hoelang was dit geleden. Donker amberkleurig bier met een rode gloed en crèmekleurige schuimkraag. Geur: licht zoet, karamel, wat fruitig en kruidig. Smaak: gistkarakter, granen, licht zoet en een bittertje. Goede koolzuurprikkel. Saturday, November 19, 2016
SVD	3.6 Theillier Cuivrée de Mormal Bottle at home, amber beer, small head. Aroma is malt, fruit. Taste is malt, fruit, sweet. nice. Friday, October 14, 2016
TAR	3 Theillier Cuivrée de Mormal 750 ml bottle purchased at the brewery in August 2014 and consumed the same week. B/B June 2016: Coppery golden. Puffy collar of fine-bubbled foam. Muddled aroma of licorice, cola, papery malt, hay, alcohol, sulfur and metal. Firm carbonation. Soft bodied. Sulfur and alcohol negate much of the lush and bouncy French malt on initial sip. Pronounced note of prune and grape jelly sneak in and mar things. Unrestrained sugars create a medicinal astringency. Simple and sugary finish shows lifeless papery malt, prominent alcohol and and hop-derived peppery accents. There’s just not a whole lot to inspire here. The dreaded grape jelly and cola notes certainly don’t help, but it’s fairly sloppy all around. Metallic, as well, and not the kind of deep maltiness I expect from a direct wood-fired copper kettle. A huge letdown. Sunday, May 22, 2016
erickok	3.3 Mincoin Bière Artisanale Blonde Dark golden body, mostly clear. Honey, mild sweet. Simple taste, quite a clean fermentation, warming golden malt base. Not bad at all, but very very classically Northern France styled. (75cl bottle from Estimanet Lille) Monday, February 29, 2016
Starfruit13	4 La Bavaisienne Blonde Sunday, September 20, 2015
Starfruit13	4 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Sunday, September 20, 2015
Errl	3.4 La Bavaisienne Blonde Bottle..Pour is golden with a hazy white head..Nose is oxidation, stale, spice, caramel...Taste is honey, spice, stale, oxidation.. Tuesday, August 11, 2015
PMgep	4 La Bavaisienne Blonde Tuesday, July 28, 2015
PMgep	4 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Tuesday, July 28, 2015
SVD	3.3 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Bottle at home, amber beer, small head, aroma is malt, caramel. Taste is the same, bit sweet. nice one. Sunday, July 26, 2015
SVD	3.5 La Bavaisienne Blonde Bottle at home golden beer, small head, aroma is malt, sweet, fruit. Taste is the same, nice one. Sunday, July 26, 2015
ChtiBreizh	1 La Bavaisienne Blonde Thursday, April 23, 2015
ChtiBreizh	1 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Thursday, April 23, 2015
Holmen2	3.4 Theillier Cuivrée de Mormal From tap at La Capsule in Lille. Clear dark golden. White head. Moderate aroma of continental hops and berries. Taste is very well balanced with malt and moderate bitterness. Sunday, February 15, 2015
Kita	3.2 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Bottle, 0.25l. Cloudy amber brown color with thin creamy tan-like head, yeast residue and soft visible carbonation. Aroma of caramel, dandelion syrup, malt, cloves and grassy hops. Taste starts with light to moderate sweet caramel malt, follows by fruity, yeasty and bready acidity with mild spicy mouthfeel and moderate bitter finish. Medium body, slick texture and fizzy carbonation in palate. Collossal letdown, expected to give rating higher than 4.2... Friday, January 30, 2015
MarkoNm	3.7 La Bavaisienne Blonde Pours a slightly hazy amber color, topped with lots of off-white head. Nice fruity and biscuity aroma. Taste starts with fruity sweetness, some biscuity notes and mild bitterness in the end. So far, one of best biere de gardes. Saturday, January 17, 2015
BobyFischer	4.3 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Ahhhh.Je redeviens fière d’être français bierologiquement parlant. Robe d’un ambre sublime.Petit col mousseux blanc cassé.Nez de biscuit, de caramel, de cassonade, petite amertume sensible, petite acidité.On y retrouve la même palette sur la langue, les arômes les uns se autres se mélangeant sans se confondre.Merci mon caviste, belle recommandation. Monday, November 3, 2014
bytemesis	3.7 La Bavaisienne Blonde 750ml bottle. Pours a hazy amber with a medium off-white head and decent lacing. Aroma is caramel, vinous, herbal. Flavor follows, lightly sweet and lightly bitter with lots of vinous qualities poking through. Medium body. I enjoyed this one. Friday, September 12, 2014
3fourths	2.4 La Bavaisienne Blonde 25cl bottle from the brewery in Bavay, 6.5%. Filtered, clear, with no sediment. Clear gold with a thin white head. Oxidized malt gives it a notebook paper and copper penny character that fits with the "house" character of the other Theillier beers we’ve had on this trip. Sweet, metallic, low bitterness, medium acid, just a tad toffee-ish... light body, thin and watery. Problems here. Saturday, August 2, 2014
3fourths	1.5 Theillier Biere Bock 750ml bottle from the brewery in Bavay. Clear pale gold, still. Astoundingly awful nose of oxidized copper pennies and notebook paper pale malt. Sweet, lightly toasty in the mouth, watery and thin texture, though the carbonation is somewhat frothy. Lingering metallic finish. Not sure that the brewmaster Micheal knows what he is doing with this beer... I think it’s contracted for a few certain places, and he gave us bottles with somewhat of a grimace, a look to said we should not have high expectations. I admire his honesty. Saturday, August 2, 2014
3fourths	2.6 Theillier Pax Romana Bière de Luxe 25cl bottle from the brewery in Bavay. Best by December 2014, guessing bottle date of June 2014, 1-2 months old. Clear sparkling golden amber with a thin white head. Malt featured in the nose is honey-ish, bready, sugary, pastry-like. Hops are faint herbs / grass. Yeast is estery (apple / pear) with faint metallic notes. Medium-light body with creamy carbonation. Sweet and succulent and juicy in the mouth with moderate acidity. Caramelized sugar finish. Saturday, August 2, 2014
3fourths	3.1 Theillier Cuivrée de Mormal 750ml from the brewery in Bavay, best by June 2016, guessing June 2014 bottling. Clear orange amber body with a short white head. Malty with grainy notes of seed bread, cara malt, pet food, saccharine. Slightly light-struck. Vibrant mouthfeel, a combination of succulent, nutty malt and peppery / spicy hops. In the mouth it’s sweet with medium-low bitterness and medium+ acidity. Faint touch of alcohol in the finish that doesn’t appear in the nose. Red apple yeast ester finish, with starchy paper notes lingering. Friday, August 1, 2014
kyedumo	5 La Bavaisienne Blonde Monday, June 9, 2014
kyedumo	5 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Monday, June 9, 2014
Kita	3.9 La Bavaisienne Blonde Bottle, 0.25l. Slightly hazy deep amber color with small frothy off-white head, millions of floating body particles and sparkling appearance. Aroma is fruity, yeasty, caramelly and a bit honeyish. Taste starts fresh grainy and fruity sour, follows by thick caramel and toffee malt with warming and spicy mouthfeel, while finish is moderate bitter. Medium to full body, thick texture and lively carbonation in palate. Interesting brew with misterious characteristic that I couldn’t have thought of, but luckily noticed in CanIHave4Beers’ rating: ice tea character... Monday, May 12, 2014
SouthBierBro	2 La Bavaisienne Blonde Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Mad_Ferret	4 La Bavaisienne Blonde Sunday, April 20, 2014
Mad_Ferret	4 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Sunday, April 20, 2014
CanIHave4Beers	3.9 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Pours a reddish orange with a good head and nice lacing on the glass. The aroma is honey and soft nuttiness, richly malty... but not overly sweet smelling, with mild notes of noble hops and leaf rot. The flavor is earthy but sweet up front, nutty, with a good balance from leafy and earthy hops and the soft bitterness they exude... some mild honey, with a semi dry finish. It’s got a remarkable balance going on in both the aroma and the flavor, not many beers pull off a malt character like this one does, my hat is off. Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Kurde39	3.5 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Déçu! ! Pour l’une des meilleures bières française je m’attendais a bien plus surprenant. Au lieu de ça je me retrouve avec une ambrées bonne mais presque fade. C’est malté et caramel, c’est plutôt cool mais ça manque grave de patate. Je la conseille au petit déjeuner pour en profiter pleinement . Saturday, December 28, 2013
airrick2003	3.5 La Bavaisienne Blonde Appearance: very dark amber, practically brown, has tons of particles floating in it, pours with a very large and dense beige to tan head that also has a lot of particles in it Aroma: plum, raisin, molasses, sweet, faint chocolate, Taste: plum, hint of chocolate, raisin, maybe graham cracker, Palate: above average carbonation, not too much aftertaste, medium mouthfeel Overall: not at all a farmhouse ale to me, more like a Trappist beer, lots of plum, a good beer but others do this style better ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Sunday, December 8, 2013
ThirstyBird	3.4 La Bavaisienne Blonde Pours a golden yellow with a small head. The smell is big and malty, grain, caramel and grassy hops. The taste is grainy, grassy, malty with a slightly dry aftertaste. Light/medium in body and with average carbonation. Sunday, November 17, 2013
Koelschtrinker	2.9 La Bavaisienne Blonde Heller, herb getreidiger Antrunk, helles süßliches Malz. Spritzig, trockene Hefenoten. Nettes rundes Bier. 11/8/10/9/7/9 Wednesday, November 13, 2013
erickok	4.1 Theillier Cuivrée de Mormal Beautiful amber red body and stable head. Not too bubbly. Luscious warming malts, fairly clean yeast, fruity caramel malts, herbal and well present hops. Very rich without being thick or too sweet. Well bittered, bit medicinal under the warming solid alt base. Can rightfully carry the bière de garde style label, unlike most beers that are placed in this style. Very nicely developed, very well drinkable. Pairs great with food too. Nice! Friday, November 1, 2013
Martinus	3.2 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Clear amber colour, cream head. Malty aroma, caramel, green banana, yeast. Malty flavour, caramel, light mineral notes, hint of bitterness. Malty finish, lingering bitter, mineral notes. (from 75cL bottle @ Benzai. Thanks for sharing, Rene!) Thursday, October 31, 2013
DutchDrebus	3.2 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Bottle @ benzai thx to benzai. Amber colour with a small to medium sized beige head. Smells slightly glue-ish.. Not a whole lot of smell. Tastes malty, some caramel, sweetish.. A bit boring. Soft carbo, thin to medium best. Shouldn’t be the best beer from France. Mont Saleve destroyes stuff like this. Thursday, October 31, 2013
Benzai	3.4 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Bottle [from trade with EricKok] @ weekly tasting. Clear amber to red color, medium sized off-white head. Smell malts, caramel, oatmeal somehow, sweetish. Taste malts, slightly some sweetness, sweet caramel, brown sugar. Medium body and carbonation. Thursday, October 31, 2013
mcberko	3.5 La Bavaisienne Ambrée 750mL bottle, pours an opaque dark amber with a small off-white head. Aroma brings out lots oak, wet wood, very dry cardboard-like notes, and some farmhouse traits. Flavour brings out notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, fruity accents, wet wood and oak. There is some sweetness to it as well, which is unexpected in the style; though despite the sweetness, it’s still quite dry in the mouthfeel. Medium-to-high carbonation, finishing on notes of wood and spices. Solid stuff, but I actually prefer the blonde version more so. Saturday, October 5, 2013
mcberko	3.8 La Bavaisienne Blonde 750mL bottle, pours a cloudy dirty orange with a medium off-white head. Aroma brings out loads of farmhouse notes, fruity esters, and Belgian yeast. Flavour brings out loads of peachy fruit skins, loads of aged farmhouse notes, yeast, and oak. Very complex, dry, and quite fruity. Excellent depth. Wonderful stuff. Friday, October 4, 2013
ThirstyBird	3.6 La Bavaisienne Ambrée Pours a clear garnet color with a lofty tan head than falls to a thin layer. The smell is brown sugar, roasted malt, yeast. The taste is rich malty, brown sugar, some fruit ending a bit dry. Light/ medium body a bit slick with nice tingling carbonation. A nice complex malty brew. Wednesday, September 11, 2013