Pale Ale
Castelain in Bénifontaine, Hauts-de-France, France 🇫🇷
Farmhouse - Bière de Garde Regular|
Score
6.63
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pleasantly suprised about this beer, coming from this brewery, tasteful pale, high fermentation, solid bitterness, a bit resinous, 11.08.17, purchased at one Franprix, Paris, drinking it at Prélaz.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2026
at 21:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bière 75 cl bue à la maison pendant le confinement. Jolie robe dorée, bière bien fraîche et houblonnée, à la frontière avec l'Ipa. Très réussie.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2020
at 18:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
0.7l bottle from E.Leclerc Reims-Champfleury. Strawy-golden yellow, tall and stable white head. Fruity-resiny hop aroma. Full-bodied, malty base with a good support for the resiny and fruity hops. Pleasantly bitter. Well balanced, smooth carbonation - I enjoyed it a lot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2019
at 17:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle from Carrefour supermarket in Centre Commercial La Creule in Hazebrouck in France. F: big, egg-white, good retention. C: deep gold, almost clear. A: malty, bit orange, bit caramel, toast, pine touch, mellow fruity, bit roasted onion. T: medium malty base, orange, bit pine resin, toast, mellow fruity, dry on the palate, medium body and carbonation, quite nice balanced yet not biere de garde but for pale ale not bad at all, enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2019
at 18:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Carrefour Calais and drunk at home. Hazy gold colour lasting white head. Decent pale ale. More like an IPA to be honest. at 7%. I've had worse IPAs. OK pale malts, good hops good bitterness good light citrus and grapefruit flavour. Light and very drinkable. Deceptive. I liked. it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2019
at 19:38
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle from Auchan Grande Synthe. Pours amber, medium off-white topping. Toffee, sweet malt on the nose. Taste is old skool marmalade IPA territory with fruity, lightly herbal, pine shades. Flavoursome, for sure, but a little too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2018
at 10:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
08.07.2018 -- 0.33l bottle from leclerc in strasbourg rivetoile, 2.71€. pours a clear pale amber with a frothy head. aroma of candy, apricot, melon, citrus. flavour of herbs, green apricots, spices, caramel malts, candy, yeast. long herbal and yeasty bitter finish. belgian touch is definitely present.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2018
at 12:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Castelain Pale Ale (by Castelain):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5
21/XI/17 - on tap @ Horeca Expo (Ghent) - BB: n/a (2017-1910) Thanks to the brewers for today's samples and my Ghent beer posse for sharing the glasses and keeping my liver sane. :p
Clear orange beer, big creamy white head, very stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. aroma: malty, little grassy, herbal touch. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter, malty, fruity touch, banana. Aftertaste: fruity, very malty, bitter hops, bit metallic, herbal, yeast.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5
21/XI/17 - on tap @ Horeca Expo (Ghent) - BB: n/a (2017-1910) Thanks to the brewers for today's samples and my Ghent beer posse for sharing the glasses and keeping my liver sane. :p
Clear orange beer, big creamy white head, very stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. aroma: malty, little grassy, herbal touch. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter, malty, fruity touch, banana. Aftertaste: fruity, very malty, bitter hops, bit metallic, herbal, yeast.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Nov 2017
at 18:15
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Thanks to Kraddel / Beerlover_Ben. Sampled draft. Clear orange, white head. All weak soap, sugar, corn flakes, white sugar, soap, bland, empty almost chemical, very weak.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Nov 2017
at 14:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, shared at THT Nov. '17. Light hazy golden color. White-ish head with reasonable retention. Aroma's: malty, grainish/sweetish, fruity. Flavor is a bit grainish, light moderate sweet, a bit bitterdry. Medium bodied. Finishes with a decent bitterness, albeit short. Not great, but what a delight after all the cardboard ticks...
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2017
at 06:57