Castelain ChTi Brune

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

Bottle. Clear medium brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, rasin, nutty, vanilla notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (271107)

Bottle, 25 cl. Friday at home. (bought @ Willems) Dark brown color, with small, beige head. Aroma roasted malts, caramel . Medium body. Taste sweet, dark malts, and bitter notes also chocolate touch.

Bottle 75cl. Dark brown colour with beige head. Aroma of roasted malt and sweet caramel. Nice smooth taste with a short sweet final.

Bottle: Poured a dark brown almost black with a beige color head. Aroma is dark malt and roasted smell. Taste is a sweet caramel sugary grain malt.

A littel better then the blond one. Tasted on bottle. A medium bodied not to bad taste. A little to sweet

Light roast. Dark chestnut colour, light brown head. Nutty, roasted sugar notes. Medium body. sugary aftertaste.

Bottled. Very dark amber colour, mediumsized brown head, leaves nice lacing. Aroma is malts, caramel and some burnt wood. Flavour is malts, caramel, wood and some cherry stones. Also slight nuttyness lurking in background.

25 cl bottle, ’bbe’ Oct 07. Dark chocolate brown, dark ruby red when held against the light. Small, beige lace. Modest nose of caramel and a whiff of burned malts. A sweetish touch of pralinés noisettes. The taste is much drier, with pronounced bitter notes - dark malts, bitter chocolate rather than hops. An earthy touch retronasally. Medium bodied.