Abbaye de St Landelin La Divine

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

Clear, golden yellow color with smallish and lacy white head. Aroma is sweetish malty with hints of berry. . Flavor is malty, fruity, a bit sweet and sublty spicy and yeasty. Hides ABV very well. Medium-bodied, slicky and low carbonated palate.

Bottle. Swing-top. Pours a golden blond. Short white head. Aroma is honey, sweet malts, light candied fruit, floral hops and light grainy notes. Taste echoes more honey and fruit, with fresh cut flowers, light spicy and floral hops, soft candy and grains. Light lemon as well. Body is soft with moderate carbonation. Not too off the mark for a BdG. Ends with more honey and sweet malts, light fruit notes, soft spice and floral hops. This was rather tasty and I nice gift from my friend Alan during his trip to NoVA.

Brown bottle, 750 ml, best before 28.12.09, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on January 25 2009; eye: golden with a copper hue, clear, average effervescence, champagne-style white head that falls and turns into a sheet, good lacing; nose: yeast, orange, coriander, light fruity, light floral hops, light caramel, light grain; mouth: yeast, orange, light coriander, light fruity, light floral, slight pepper, finale in yeast with a good presence of orange, medium body, foamy texture, mildly sweet, rather carbonated; overall: nice surprise FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, meilleure avant 28.12.09, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 25 janvier 2009; œil : dorée avec une teinte cuivrée, claire, effervescence moyenne, mousse blanche style champagne qui tombe et se transforme eu une petite couverture, bonne dentelle; nez : levure, orange, coriandre, léger fruité, léger houblon floral, léger caramel, léger grain; bouche : l; en résumé : belle surprise

Golden in color with a medium sized off-white head. Aroma is of malt, light hops, grains, and caramel. Flavor is malty with caramel, spices and light hops.

330 ml bottle. Pale amber color, white head. Floral aroma. Spicy flavor with some cigar notes, malty finish. Full body, medium-high carbonation. Not breath-taking.

0.33 l bottle. Golden color with creamy long lasting head. Tart fruity aroma with herbal-peppery hops, honeyish maltiness, lemon, juniper and warming alcohol. Fruity, honeyish and herbal-hoppy flavor with lemon, moderate bitterness and some alcohol sharpness. Fruity and hoppy finish. Nice Duvel type ale.

Bottle from Tbone, thanks! Blonde. Dusty, grainy citric aroma. Grainy, alcoholic flavor with apple and citrus. Pineapple in the aftertaste. Tasty enough, but could be better.

75cl bottle from Publix Supermarkets (Tampa, FL). Pours a hazy dark amber with a massive white fluffy and foamy white head that settles slowly and heavily laces the glass. Aroma is sweet with notes of lemon and citrus, spice, honey, hint of chocolate and malt. Flavor is sweet and malty with a very smooth character. Notes of honey, caramel, hints of pepper and spice with a well hidden phenol. Generally light-bodied with a slightly sweet finish.