McKenzie French Country Spring Beer

Brewed by McKenzie Brew House
Style: Bière de Garde
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania USA

Poured a hazy golden color with a medium almost white head. Sweet and malty aroma with some citrus and yeasty notes. Light orange. The flavor was sweet and mildly fruity. Malty flavor overall with some yeasty spice on the finish.

12 oz handbottle, via Dickinsonbeer. Pours a slightly hazy dark gold colored body under a one finger foamy white head that fell to a thin film. Aroma is lightly fruity with lots of fresh cut hay and some yeast. Notes of bready malt and a little of that slightly funky "farmhouse" aroma. Flavor is dominated by soft doughy malt with lighter notes of citrus fruit, yeast, light spiciness, and some hoppiness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a slightly creamy texture and great soft, yet still fairly active, carbonation. A really nice easy drinking beer that doesn’t overwhelm the palate but is very solid and has a good amount of subtle complexity.

On tap at Malvern. The waitress wouldnt give me the nice tulip glassware behind the bar to pour this. wtf? They instead always pour every beer disregarding style- into the stupid shaker which is of course chilled. Pours a hazy light gold with a lasting pure white head with nice lace. Aroma is bready, light yeast, herbal hops, floral, light earth, and hints of spice. Smooth clean flavor with lots of bready and doughy malt and yeasty flavors, medium orange and lemon citrus. Really nice full mouthfeel and a clean lingering finish. This stuff is awesome.

Pour is hazy warm ellow with no real head to speak of...smell is honey and alty...chewy mouthfeel, and a nice sweetness...

Very pleasant & refreshing beer, slightly hoppier than expected, amber color with a slightly thin off-white head, decent lacing left around the glass, lots of citrus notes in the nose, very smooth & drinkable, very hoppy flavors with notes of pine, citrus & sweet malt, fairly sweet finish with a touch of hop resin & citrus

A pretty refreshing brew: biere de mars (Country Ale). Poured murky amber color with a small head, little lacing, nice bubbling. The aroma was only light farmhouse and some citrus and grassy hops. Flavor was light caramel, light funk (underplayed for the style), and mostly hops, citrus and grass. Kinda like a cross between a pilsner and biere de garde. Full and carbonated mouthfeel.

Poured a cloudy darker yellow body with a fluffy white head. Aroma is mild bread and barnyard. Flavor is hoppy, though not very bitter, doughy, and some horse blanket. I really enjoyed this beer and took home a growler.

At the brewhouse they described it as a "Biere de Mars". Never heard of that before. I wasn’t impressed by this beer at all. There was zero in the way of a head. Very little aroma to it minus a hint of hops. Flavor was somewhat malty with some hops but not much else. I’ll give this beer another shot in the future.