 kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Sep 1, 2007
Date: 01/12/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
clear light yellow, very spicy aroma, sweet, tart, complex, nice spicy character, hops?, esters?, slight sweet alcohol ester shows occationally in the finish when not replaced by a touch of bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Score: **+/4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.
maeib (3917), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Aug 20, 2008 Bottled. A bright orange/gold coloured beer with a bright white head. The aroma is slightly spicy with grassy hops and yeasty notes. The taste is spicy, peppery hops. A bit of funk and good yeastiness. Pretty good.
dchmela (686), Orlando, Florida, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Bottle shared with Lee. Pours a nice straw gold with a thick white head. Wheat, mustiness and grassy hop aroma. Malty smooth taste with with a nice hop bite for such a light ale.
Jukkabro (2349), Tampere, Finland
Aug 17, 2008 Golden colored with medium sized white head. Sweet and lemony, mildly alcoholic aroma. Medium bodied. Flavor is similar, rather boring one: malts, lemon, sweet fruits, biting carbonation. Aftertaste gets softer with some hops.
hophead_hans (567), Bay Area, California, USA
Aug 14, 2008 Bottle. The shocker was the alcohol. Half through the beer I noticed that it has 8.5%. It tastes more like a light blonde, even though after discovering the alcohol it tasted more boozy, this is obvioulsy purely mental. So in any case it pours with a mostly clear golden color. Aroams of faint yeats and some mustiness. More Belgian yeast in the flavor profile and some citrus as well as some graininess. Very smooth palate and nice medium body. I would chracterize this as a golden ale. It has no funkiness to speak of so I would not call this a Biere de Garde.
1FastSTi (2388), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 5, 2008 Thanks Dave. The beer pours to a clean golden body with a tall, lasting frothy white head and awesome lacing. Tons of carbonation. Dank basements and yellow apple skins. Yeasty with a subtle aged hop. The flavor is sweet and dank with some apples and spicy muted yeasts. Complex Bière de Garde. I wouldn’t suspect 8.5%. Carbonated palate. Sweet but finishes slick. This was very enjoyable.
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