Castelain Jade

Brewed by Brasserie Castelain
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Benifontaine, France

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of butter and straw - and the flavor is somewhat malty with notes of butter and straw. Not in top condition.

Pour is a nice hazy looking orange with a small white head. Aroma is musty and citrus. Flavor is a bit thin and papery. There are some lemon notes and some hops but they are barley noticable. Boring.

An aroma consisting of barley and citrus. Maize colored with very little head and lacing. A taste consisting of wheat marked with citrus.

Bottled. A bit hazy, pale yellowish golden colour, small white creamy head. Sourish sweet aroma (almost barnyardish) with some citrus in background. Biting carbonation, otherwise papery and thin palate. Fruits in flavour with hints of some hoppiness in finish. Quite interesting beer, but at the same time boring.

Bottled (BB 09/2006)
Hazy pale golden color, small white head. Sour, sweety bun aroma, like in unclean tap, some citrus and malts in the background. Carbonated mouthfeel, quite thin body. Lemon, orange, faint yeast and honey notes. Plain but somehow interesting organic beer.

Bottle. Handsome looking calm, hazy golden with an eggshell head. Floral, orange rind, hints of lemon, and...auuugh, phenolic. It’s all downhill from here. Expiration date on the bottle says June 06, so no pity. I want my 800 Yen back.

Bottled. My label looks nothing like the one pictured, but the description, name and brewer are similar so this must be the right one. Pours coppery with no real head and only a faint hint of white lacing to give an idea as to what the head may be if it were prominent. Smells of apples, grapefruit and pepper. Tastes of apple juice, grapefruit, some slight nutmeggy notes, but otherwise very watery and bland. Disappointing.

Bottled. Bright golden. Bready malt aroma. Light bodied with buttery malt flavour and rounded mouthfeel. Low bitterness. Fresh and easy going unasssuming beer.