St. Sylvestre Bière Nouvelle

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.

Bottle (2009) at Papsoe’s - Thanks Joergen !! Clear dark amber - white head. High yeasty, yeasty estres, sweetness, sharpness, barnyard, licorice, spicy, sweetness. ØV.

Bottled. A hazy dark golden beer with a huge orangey head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt and caramel and just a hint of spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and spices, as well as light notes of metal, leading to a dry bitter finish.