St. Sylvestre 3 Monts

Brewed by St. Sylvestre
Style: Bière de Garde
St. Sylvestre-Cappel, France

Date: 01/12/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

Appearance: clear light yellow,
Aroma: very spicy aroma,
Flavor: sweet flavor, tart, complex, nice spicy character, hops?, esters?, slight sweet alcohol ester shows occationally in the finish when not replaced by a touch of bitterness

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Score: **+/4
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Bottle at Waagstuk, Antwerp, Belgium Blond, clear body. Creamy off-white head. Good lace. Aroma of hops, yeasts, cereals, caramel. Quite ok aroma. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour. A strong but more tasteful pils. Not very special, but quite nice.

Bomber. My first time with this one. A beautiful beer. Brilliant golden color with a big foamy head. Not a particularly strong flavor but it’s clean and crisp with a nice hop bitterness. I would expect this to have a bit more flavor with 8.5% alcohol. Still nice. I’ll pick this up again.

Massive, billowy, frothy white head lasts well over a rich golden-straw hued body. The lacing left behind by this meringue like head is quite inviting. Wonderful initial aroma of dank hops in the vein of wet, mown grass and flowers. To a lesser degree, aromatics resembling perfume and pepper assist the hoppy nose. Stylishly yeast nose full of basement cobwebs and old library books. Malt is slight but clean, with the solid aroma of fresh baguette and toasted bread. Some esters of lemon and melons also appear, but this is mainly about the lively hops. The flavour begins lightly to moderately sweet, with a multi-grain bread taste. From mid-palate back the flavour absolutely explodes with spicy hops; pepper, lemon, grass and flowers overwhelm. There is some alcohol as well, but its bite fits nicely with all of the spicy hops. Medium bodied with a slick, almost velvety, texture and firm carbonation. Very refreshing and extremely fresh tasting. The malt and yeast are reserved in this BdG, but it all works well together. Thank the gods I found a decent beer here finally. 75cl bottle, Duvel tulip, bbe 31.07.08.

Translucent pale gold with a gorgeously tall white head. Smells like a farmy lager, yeasty with wet straw. Flavor is crisp and yeasty, sourdough notes, with a healthy measure of bitter hops that hides the alcohol well. Dry, refreshing and grainy. I’d love to wash down some grilled sausages with this--or even a burger.

Beer had a large, white head that lasted a bit. Smells and tastes of alcohol - which I found to be a good thing. Taste is grainy, yeasty and alcohol, but fairly mild on all three counts. I thought it was very refreshing. Makes me wish Budweiser tasted like this...

Lys gylden klar øl med stort luftigt skum. Let sødlig duft. Smag sødlig, stærk, belgisk gær og sur humle.

0,75cl bottle. Golden yellow, creamy and very persistent head. Full-bodied, very pleasant flowery hops, but the flavour is dominated by malt. Quite spicy.