Bière Darbyste

Brewed by Brasserie de Blaugies
Style: Traditional Ale
Dour-Blaugies, Belgium

(750ml bottle, 2004 vintage) Pours a cloudy orange body with a frothy beige head. Aroma of mustiness, citrus, florals, and raisins. Flavor of spicy yeast, and citrus with a lively carbonation.

Orange color with lots of yeast. Nice white head. Hoppy, grassy aroma with citrus, hay and some wheat. Hoppy sourish flavorsome spices, grapefruit and gooseberries. A bit thin.

What a rustic and happy beer! I still don’t get any fig anywhere, but I’m not worried about it in the least.<P> Light amber-gold color, clear with a large, frothy, off-white mostly lasting head.<P> Aromas are dreamy barn-yard: malty with moderate notes of toasted grain, brown rice and cookie; hoppy with light-to-moderate herbs, straw and lemon zest; yeasty with light notes of dough, moderate horseblanket and barnyard, trace band-aid; miscellaneous notes of light spicy alchs, milk, starchy banana and clove.<P>The flavor is moderately bitter, lightly sweet and moderately tangy-acidic with a long, lightly acidic, lightly bitter, warm finish.<P>Palate is nice:body is light, the texture is watery-to-velvety and the carbonation is lively.

Bottled. Sampled at Delirium Café, Göteborg. Hazy dark yellow. Cellary, vineous nose with notes of green apples. Wheaty flavour profile(wheat was added, yes?), but not sour, nor smooth. Flavour is extremely short, but oaky with an aged, cellary feel.

Pours a hazy golden yellow color. Lots of floaties and a small white head. Aroma is lemon corriander, herbs, (sage, allspice) Flavor is astringent, lemon zest corriander, pine needles. Slightly acidic finish.

Ultra carbonated with a 6" thick head. Lighter in color than I was expecting. Mineral, hay and CO2 aroma. Very tart and dry with some bitterness in the finish. I don’t get any fig in the flavor, though it is a bit fruity. If I had to classify it, I would call it a Saison. Pretty nice, though a little flat in the flavor profile.

June, 2005. Bottle @ Catford Beer festival. Lively but soft carbonation. Slightly herbal and acidic aroma. Slightly off flavour. Not enjoyable.

The body is dark orange with some hazy character. The aroma is definitely figs. It also has some herbal notes. The smell is earthy and rich. The taste is a little tart with notes of the figs. It also has some mushrooms and a little bit of oranges. Fruity and different. I like the finish, it isn’t dry or too sweet. Nicely done.