Abbaye de Vaucelles

Brewed by Brasserie La Choulette
Style: Bière de Garde
Hordain, France

75cl bottle, Le Village de la Biere, Strasbourg. Hazy golden with a thin, lingering white head. Sweet, gently fruity aroma. Flavour was malty and sweet again, yeasty and, ever so slightly sour. Goodish, but not great.

Taster at DØ meeting, Aarhus Syd, DK. Bottled, 170809. Golden with white head. Aroma of alcohol and dried fruit. Flavor is sweet malty and alcoholic

Bottled, filtered, 750ml (shared). Gold with big white head. Initially quite a chemical taste, but this passed into a fruity, if a little sweet, flavour. Sherry like in the background, grapes and raisins, ultra sweet finish. Shame about the initial chemical taste.

Clear deep golden with tiny white short lasting head. Moldy aroma with notes of rotten potatos. Flavor likewise.

75 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a lacing white head. Earthy and mild nutty aroma. Flavour is sweet malty, light nutty note. Light toasted malt flavour. Medium sweet finish.

Botella. Nice clear golden colour. Earthy bit mouldy aroma. Sweet caramellic, malty, earthy and mildly bitter flavour. Sweet malty caramel finish.

Bottle. [Courtesy of yespr, thanks buddy] Average fizzy white head that mostly diminished. Spare lacework. Clear flat looking body with a golden colour. Aroma of dusty grain, fruit, toasted malt. Over the palate came nice nutty and malty notes with dusty and chess nut like feel. Medium bodied with a soft carbonation and mild dry texture. Moderated sweet flavour. Malty sweet and nutty like finish.

Moderate malty and sweet aroma. Average, frothy, white head. Fair lacing. Mostly diminishing longevity. Clear, yellow body. Sweet flavor. Medium palate.