Castelain Abbaye de Lille

Bottle, 75cl corked. Pours a clear, golden body under a minimal white head. Malty and fruity nose with a little grainy touch. Similar flavor, malty and fruity with a grainy backbone, leading to a dry finish with fruits and some bitterness. Medium to full body. A decent and easy drinkable beer, but there’s nothing special with it. Just a plain Biere de Garde. 090821

Botella. Unclear golden colour. Malty caramel aroma. Flavour: Malty with caramel and some fruit, soft bitterness.

Ooh, nice smoky steam pouring out of the just-corked big bottle. Pours very nicely with a strong fluffy head, but unfortunately very little is identifiable in the aroma. Taste is a very average Bière de Garde style of malts and some syrupiness, which means there’s not much to make this one stand out from the pack of widely distributed beers of this type. Found at my local supermarket, and you can find better Bières de Garde there aside from this one for pretty much the same price.

Bottle, 6.1%. Mildly funky aroma, hint of yeast. Clear golden colour. Very small white head. Mild malty flavour. Good pepper note. Not bad.

It’s golden with a white head. The aroma has notes of malt, apple and citrus. The flavor has sweetness and notes of yeast, malt and fruit. The finish has some slightly spicy citrus.

Bottle @ danish RB Gathering 09. Pours clear gold with a small white head. Fruity and yeasty. Smooth. Lively carbonation. Clean

Bottle. Golden body. Medium off white head. Mainly malt, caramel and fruit in aroma. Some yeast as well. Flavour is sweet malty and light spicy. Some notes of fruit. Medium palate.

Golden with a small white head. Weak fruity aroma. Sweet fruity and spicy flavour