Castelain Abbaye de Lille

Brewed by Brasserie Castelain
Style: Bière de Garde
Benifontaine, France

Bottled. A golden beer with a thin lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet matly with notes of caramel and a bit of yeast. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of straw, yeast, and citrus, leading to a dry spicy finish.

(Bottle 75 cl) Slightly hazy pilsener golden with a fine, creamy, thick head leaving some laces. Incredibly smooth mouthfeel. Rather neutral, vaguely malty aroma. The body is dry with notes of malt and grass. Almost no bitterness. Extremely soft and accessible. More like a Belgian Blond ale. Will probably appeal to the adventurous pilsener drinker. 231205 and 220809

75 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white and bubbly head. Aroma is grassy and slight spiced. Bitter and dry grassy flavoured with a subued sweetness. Dry and slight spiced finish.Dry and slight yeasty spiced finish.

Bottle 75cl. @ The Danish Summer Gathering Tasting, TSODRBSG09.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090822]

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

Clear golden with a medium white head. Sweet malty aroma with caramel notes. Sweet flavour with malty and caramel notes. Finished sweet.

75cl bottle from Auchan. Slightly hazy golden beer with thin white head. Thinnish yeast, but fresh aroma and a tad tinny in the mouth. Some citrus dryness on the end. Fine biere de garde and quite drinkable due to the creamyness in mouth

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.