St. Sylvestre Bière Nouvelle

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

Bottle, pours a hazy copper orange with a large white head. Cork y notes, yeast y bread, with some light floral earth y tones. A bit grain y and sweet with a mild warming. Decent Ale.

Golden yellow with a big white head that stays around for quite a while. Aromas of wheat, malts, some hay, yeast, spices, bubblegum. Some alcohol. Not a very powerful smell. The taste is of sweet malts, some caramel, spices, perhaps some honey, faint grassy hops, plenty of yeast and a sweet taste of bubblegum. The finish is quite short with a minimal bitterness to it, faint mineral notes and some hops. Not very powerful. Interesting rather than good. The sweetish alcohol is very noticeable. Medium body, plenty of carbonation. The texture is quite sticky which becomes irritating after a while. At some levels, this one’s rather interesting, but it doesn’t taste that great. The sweet candy-like taste of bubblegum I noticed and the rather prominent note of alcohol became disturbing after a while. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

Bottle. Pours hearty gold with some sedimentation and a thick, lasting white head. Aroma of sweet malts, hops, and crisp fruit. Body is rich and carboanted perfectly. Smooth, smooth finish. Very nice, very interesting.

750mL bottle I got in Gatineau, shared at our KW group tasting. 2009 vintage. Pours a nice deep gold with a huge white head. The aroma on this one was great, apple, tums, wet hops, yeasty, crisp like a Pils, seemed somewhat Abbey Tripel like actually. Flavour was quite nice and refined, sweet pale malt aspects upfront met fast by yeasty dryness and minor alcohol. Crisp and drinkable for something 8%. Caramalt in their too as well as citrus rind and the finish is fizzy with some astringency. A very enjoyable Biere de Garde if not very complex. Like a hybrid of a Pilsner and an Abbey Tripel. Another solid beer from this brewer!

Bottle from Systembolaget. Pours a golden-orange color with a nice white foamy head. Aroma is spicy, lightly malty, caramel, and some light banana. Flavour is quite sweet, malty and caramely yet fruity. Yeasty. Medium bodied, with average carbonation. Quite good.

2009 bottle. Very highly carbonated, golden beer. A massive, thick, sticky white head. The aroma is really great. Big slightly musty, spicy nose. Fairly herbal with a light zestiness and a touch of black pepper. Softly sweet, but generally well-balanced. It’s a simple, but tasty biere de garde.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of joergen. Clear golden with a tall and dense off-white head with good retention. Aroma of yeast and fruit. Quite full-bodied with lots of sweet fruit, bonbon accents and yeast. The finish is alcoholic with no particular traces of hops. 290509

Bottle-Pours dark and hazy orange, with a frothy and long lived foamy beige cap. Nose is funky with spices,yeast, barnyard, some orange and grapefruit. Really inviting. Tastes sweet, of spices and malty orange peel, a bit metallic, anise. Sharp and hoppy finish, while creamy at the same time. Good.