La Bavaisienne Ambrée

Brewed by Brasserie Theillier
Style: Bière de Garde
Bavay, France

750mL bottle. Pours a hazy, golden-orange color; off-white head with good retention and lacing; lots of particulates near the bottom of the bottle. Nicely toasty, citrusy aroma: mild acidity, toasty malts, and honeyed sweetness; strikes a very nice, enticing balance in the nose. Good, very drinkable levels of carbonation. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lots of citrus, toasted malts, crackers, and honeyed sweetness upfront; intensely drinkable, nicely dry, with plenty of honey and sweet maltiness while still being crisp. Beautiful rendition. Lengthy finish: honey, crackers, and toastiness; nicely dry.

Bottle. Pours light brownish/amber color with a bubbly off-white head. Some fruity sweetness and earthy notes in the aroma. Medium bodied. Slight sour notes and some fruit in the flavor, with some malt and yeast. Somewhat crisp and rather refreshing.

Malty, bitter and refreshing... reminded me of an Altbier for obvious reasons. 25 cL bottle at Delirium pours a dark, reddish copper, with a nice beige head that fades. Malty, sweetish, grainy nose with dry hoppy notes. Flavor has a light, caramel sweetness, carrying into a dry, raspy, moderate bitterness. Finishes dry with a hoppy aftertaste. Really nice.

(3/10/08) 25cl bottle at Delirium Cafe in Brussels. As La Bavaisienne Ambree. The label on the bottle looks like the one on La Bavaisienne Blonde just with blue instead of red. Best before 10/06. Deep amber with floaties and a medium off-white head. Aroma of malt, caramel and some ftuirs. Great malty flavor, rather sweet but with some drier tones – caramel, bread, some toastiness and some hoppy notes. Finishes dry. Medium-bodied. Quite simple but very good.

750, capped. Thanks, after4ever! Pours orange-amber with a lacy off-white head. No lace. Mild nutty/funky nose. Medium body, subdued carbonation. Caramel, spice and a touch of funk in the taste.

Nice, but a touch heavier and more caramelized than I expected. Not that such is a drawback. Deep copper color, huge foamy head that was pretty uncontrollable. Herb and caramel aromas and flavors. Nearly candyish. Mild but indistinct spicy hop notes in the finish. Highly carbonated.

750 ml bottle, relatively fresh.

Pours a golden orange with a fluffy white head and lots of floaty gelatinous material (think Abbaye Des Rocs). Gently earthy, grassy, hop-spicy aromas. The flavor shines. Lovely orange, not c-hop resiny but just nice citrus from the melding of hops, spicy yeast, and a gently sweet malt. Slightly peppery, not as much funk/mustiness/dust as I’d expected. Very easy drinking, deeply enjoyable beer.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a very large sized head of foamy fine to large sized off-white colored bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a hazy with with a huge amount of floating yeast chunks in a typically carbonated yellow colored body. The aroma was musty and dark malt. The mouth feel was smooth at the start and mediumly tingly at the finish. The mild flavor contained notes of malt hops and coriander. A decent one that I would consider buying again.