La Bavaisienne Blonde

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

Date: December 15, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: hazy orange with lots of suspended bits, wispy off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet fruity malt aroma with a light spicyness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, touch of fruity character, touch of spicyness, lasting bitterness builds out of the spicy character

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Date: February 14, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: dark gold, dense creamy beige head, thick lace
Aroma: sweet bready aroma, nice floral character, light spicyness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of rich bready character like a fresh loaf of bread, light floral spicyness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

(75cl bottle) Rocky head the color of the foam atop muddy water, atop lightly hazed apple juice body. Nice lacing. Aroma is medium sweet, grassy/herbal, peach. Taste is medium sweet, grassy, bread, earthy, some herbal, peach. Soft, medium body, light acidity.

Bottle from Nightfall, thanks! Gusher! Golden color. Malty biscuity aroma. Malty sweet cookie dough flavor with a well blended flowery hopbitterness. Butter cookies, flowers, citrus and some perfume in the aftertaste. Maybe a bit too perfumed, but still a pleasant brew.

(750ml bottle) Pours a lightly hazy orange body with a large frothy off-white head. Aroma of mustiness, lemon, florals, and toffee. Flavor of caramel, floral hops, and spicy yeast.

750ml bottle share courtesy of egajdzis. Poured a medium golden color witha huge sized white head. Lots of floaters. Aromas of spices, earthy, yeast, and a little funky. Tastes of them same but on the softer side. Thinner body.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3     Pale Yellow(1)->Copper(5) : 3     Still(1)->Volcanic Sparkling(5) : 3
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 4     Lasting: 3     Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 4  
Yeast : 5   Bread : 2   Dough : XX   Esters : 4   Phenols : 3   Dusty : 3   Spicy : 3   Apple : XX   Banana : 2   Tropical Fruits : XX   Brett : XX   Barnyard : 3   Leather : XX   Wood : XX   Vinous : 3   Cheese : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX
Malt : 3   Pilsner : 3   Pale : XX   Vienna : XX   Biscuity : 2   Toasty : XX   Hay : XX   Caramel : XX   Honey : 3   Cereals : XX   Grainy : XX   Wheat : XX
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 2   Perfume : XX   Orange : 2   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : XX   Herbal : 3   Grassy : XX   Piney : XX
Notes : Pepper : XX   Cloves : 2   Coriander : XX   Ginger : XX   Orange : 3   Earth : XX   Vanilla : XX   Oxidation : XX   Bubblegum : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Sourness : 2   Acetic : XX   Lactic : XX   Bitterness : XX   Farmy : 4   Complex : 3   Length : 3
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 4   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : XX   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : 2   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : XX

Comments: Another extremely yeasty beer from Theillier. If it’s as variable as the regular Bavaisienne, this rating won’t be worth much, but I did find it an enjoyable, sweet pale farmy ale with characteristic musty and almost earthy, salty notes.

Bottle... GABF RB Tasting ’06... Mostly clear golden ale with a huge, frothy, white head. Excellent retention. Fruity, malty nose with clover honey and a misplaced note of ash. The flavor is sweet, fruity and breadsy. Light-bodied and watery with gentle carbonation. Sweet, clover finish. Thanks to 1FastSTi for sharing his bottle!

Pours a slightly hazy golden with a full-lacing white head. Aroma of sweet sugary pale malt with a touch of earthy hops. Body starts with fairly full and pale malty sweet with some light fruity esters and earthy bittering hops. Has a mild complexity and decent drinkability. A decent Biere de Garde, but I prefer the darker version.