 williamherbert (475), Syracuse, New York, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 6, 2009 Updated: Aug 12, 2009Bright golden yellow. No head. Very hazy. Tiny, scarce, slow-moving bubbles. Very cloudy.
Sharp pale malt smell. A very solid citrusy hop. Fizzy farmhouse spices. A cross between a saison and a pilsner.
A flowery, citrus hop, but followed by a gingery spice. Has a pilsnery flavor. Pleasant and summery. A very good mild, sweet flavor. Grassy toward the end.
Feels like ginger ale, but creamier. It’s a nice, summery, fizzy citrusy beverage. Good and mild.
wheresthepath (554), Buckinghamshire, England
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Aug 2, 2009 [355ml nottle from Tuckers Maltings, Newton Abbot] This was my first Biere de Garde, and for some reason I was expecting something like a cross between an English bitter and a pilsner. I was in for a bit of a shock! It pours amber-gold with no head and prickly carbonation. Aroma is metals and malt. The flavour is surprisingly dominated by Belgian yeasts; in fact, there’s more than a hint of a Belgian wheat beer here. Cloves at first, some pear and orange, pretty sweet. Sticky candy sugar in the finish that a slight dry bitterness completely fails to offset. Not at all as I expected; cetainly different, but rather sickly.
madquacker (726), Canberra ACT, Australia
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Jul 31, 2009 Browny colour with little head. Different to say the least. Nice deep aroma and a tight flat cardboardy taste. Nice.
Barrios (861), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Jul 29, 2009 Pours an eggshell white head that fades and a straw yellow body. Smells of grain and yeast. Flavor is sweet grains and some yeast.
MesandSim (5955), London, Greater London, England
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 26, 2009 A Mes rate. Bottle at the White Horse.
Semi hazy copper colour with just a faint White collar. Sweetish malt, a sprinkling of zesty hops and a good hit of spice. It’s actually quite tasty. Takes me back to my early days of drinking Belgian beer. In fact it’s mch more Belgian than it is French. Straight forward and very drinkable. Nothing exciting about it, just a pleasant, well brewed, middle of the road beer.
jhliesen (406), West Melbourne, Florida, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Jul 25, 2009 Bottle--Gold color beer with slight amount of haze with no head. Aroma was slightly yeasty with some citrus. The taste had some malts, some hops in the finish but was mostly a yeasty cookie. So-so. 1.49
pinion (7), , Indiana, USA
does not count  | 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Jul 17, 2009 Pours a nice golden color with no head. Some decent spice smells coming out in the nose. Nothing very strong though. Very non offensive tasting spices up front with an oaky burnt smoky flavor on the backend. Is there some banana in there? Maybe that’s just the yeast and mustiness of it.
anders37 (4792), Malmö, Sweden
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 17, 2009 Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty yeasty aroma with some spicy hints. Sweetish malty spicy slightly wheaty flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy finish.
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