Castelain ChTi Blonde

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

Pale, hazy, blond colour. Fresh, sharp and zesty flavour. Yeasty aftertaste. Lacks depth of flavour overall.

This was canned, ive had it from 750ml cork bottles too:I know biere de garde can be either ales or lagers...and this felt like a marring of a malty blonde ale ...with a dry German pils. That’s what i’m gettin’.Actually theres some bready maltinees that you get in pils’s. Earthy pineapple . I often get that in blonde beers.Plesant drink.

Bottle - 750ml. Limpid golden body with low carbonation and a thick white frothy head. Well balanced malty/hoppy aroma that carries some grainy and bready hints. Its taste lacks complexity and strength, but it hides the alcohol pretty well. Ends with a short bittersweet finish. Very ordinary.

[75cl bottle, courtesy of Quack-Duck] Hazy, golden colour with a blonde foamy head. Sweet and grainy malty aroma with citrus [grape-fruit] and herbal hops. Bitter-sweet flavour, medium bodied with a lively carbonation. Grainy malty base with lemony fruity notes. Slightly bitter and slightly sourish grape-fruity finish. Not too complex but aromatic and rounded brew [20.XII.08].

Brown bottle, 750 ml, best before 17/07/09, purchased at the SAQ, savoured on December 20 2008; eye: golden, clear, slight effervescence, champagne-style white head that falls and turns into a tiny layer on top of the beer, slight lacing; nose: corn, grain, light fruity; mouth: corn, malt, hops, carbonation, light fruity, finale in malt with a hint of hops, mildly sweet and bitter, medium body, foamy texture, quite carbonated, slight astringency; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, meilleure avant 17/07/09, achetée à la SAQ, savourée le 20 décembre 2008; œil : dorée, claire, légère effervescence, mousse blanche style champagne qui tombe et se transforme en un petit tapis, très légère dentelle; nez : maïs, grain, léger fruité; bouche : maïs, malt, houblon, carbonatation, finale en malt caramel avec une petite pointe de houblon, moyennement sucrée et amère, corps moyen, texture mousseuse, pas mal carbonatée, très légère astringence; en résumé : ordinaire

Bottle in Paris, 2006. Light blonde color. Highly carbonated. Good head. Slightly sweet, malt aroma. Huge hops. Tastes more like a pils than a Belgian ale. Decent malt character, just a bit sweet. A very interesting brew, a bit unlike any other type. Malt finish with a lot of hops too. There is a bit of sweetness remaining, a touch of fruit.

Pours hazy gold with a heavy creamy head. Smels fruity, cornish, and citrusy. Tastes creamy, with sweet light fruit flavor, hints of hops banana, clove, carmel, and a nice dry aftertaste. Pretty good.

Pours pale yellow with frothy white head. Light, yeasty with some malt notes. Average.