 JoeMcPhee (3586), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
May 14, 2008
Tap at Lancaster location. Amber coloured beer. The aroma is quite fruity up front. Pear and apple along with a bit of green grape. Earthy/herbal yeast note behind a soft chewy caramel character. A bit too sweet for the style and more English pale than BdG, IMO. Light lingering spicey/herbal hop aroma towards the back.
The_Captain (215), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 11, 2008 Split a growler with afire from Lancaster. Dark amber pour like a plum color with small off-white head. Some fruit aroma with a nice mellow malt character on the pallet. Like a dark plum beer with minimal hops and a smooth dominate bread malt flavor, I would take this farmhouse style over the Biere De Or.
afireinside96 (308), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 10, 2008 shared a growler of this with The_Captain. Pours dark amber with some off-white head. smell is of sweetened malt, caramel, and plum. Flavor is dominated by plums and malt. good but gets old after a glass of it.
machfive55 (27), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 3, 2008 Lancaster location. Amber to medium brown in color, on the darker side for Biere de Garde. A nice malty, caramely aroma, little to no hop aroma. The malt definately dominates the flavor, there is a nice sweetness to the beer with little to no hop presence. Just right on the alcohol, it is not hot or over the top. A very well brewed beer, it would definately benefit from the bottle conditioning.
MullMan (1015), Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA
Jun 16, 2007 on tap at the blind tiger night in NYC. light golden brown body and light tan/offwhite thick foamy head. herbal malty aroma like tarragon with sweetbread and stuffing fruits. flavor is caramel malt but watery-like light spicyness, yes a bit like a fruity sweet tea but with more herbal notes. would go better with food than by itself.
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