Spring 2012 Biere de Mars
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Bière de Garde Regular|
Score
6.58
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5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle @ home, via trade with bytemesis. Thanks Mike! Pours a clear dark orange appearance with a nice light brown head. A bit oxidized, light caramel, cracker/bready, light citrusy aroma. Somewhat tangy, goopy, toasted malty, orange fruity, somewhat tangy, sweet, earthy/herbal flavor. This seems to be a bit old, unfortunately.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2013
at 18:50
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle as shown. Pours a cloudy orange with frothy white head leaving sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is toast and caramel. Medium mouthfeel with sweet malt and raisin flavor. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2013
at 14:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at a ChrisO tasting, London. Pours cloudy gold with a creamy, white foam head. Lemon and grain on the nose. Medium to big sweet flavor wit big hay character, some light grass, white sugar. Medium bodied with average to high carbonation. Grassy bitter finish, more sugar and grains. Kind of odd. Not great. Has an incongruous bitterness and it’s also too sweet. I like this style but this beer misses on a few fronts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2012
at 02:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap. Pours hazy amber with a small off white head that leaves decent lacing. Aroma is caramel, yeast and light spice. Flavor is the same, medium sweet and lightly bitter with muted spices. Finish is lightly bitter, a bit metallic. Body is quite full for the style and creamy in the mouth.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Nov 2012
at 13:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
25th September 2012
The ChrisO small midweek tasting. Very hazy amber beer, fluffy white head. Light semi dry palate. Mildly sweet malt with sweet herbs. Mild soft finish. Just a mellow herby beer. All right. 6.9
22nd April 2026
2012 bottle! Pours clear amber, a decent cream colour head. Light palate, a little dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Smooth malts, some vague age on them but nothing you would associate with nearly 13 years. Piney fruits, mildly ripe. The fennel adds a modest herby bitterness. Light and semi dry finish. Near 13 years hasn't improved this beer but neither has it damaged it!
The ChrisO small midweek tasting. Very hazy amber beer, fluffy white head. Light semi dry palate. Mildly sweet malt with sweet herbs. Mild soft finish. Just a mellow herby beer. All right. 6.9
22nd April 2026
2012 bottle! Pours clear amber, a decent cream colour head. Light palate, a little dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Smooth malts, some vague age on them but nothing you would associate with nearly 13 years. Piney fruits, mildly ripe. The fennel adds a modest herby bitterness. Light and semi dry finish. Near 13 years hasn't improved this beer but neither has it damaged it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2012
at 04:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Chriso - 25/09/12 thanks to Ken/Madmitch76 for this one. Hazy amber pour with a bubbly off-white head. Earhty farmy tones on the nose, light citurs, orchard fruit, piss. Taste follows nose with light sour tones to the fruity mash. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation leading to a tarte finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2012
at 04:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle thanks to Ken at ChrisO. It pours hazy golden yellow, with a thin white head. The nose is citrus pith, papaya, watermelon, fennel, spice and earth. The taste is hay, straw, herbal, earth, spice, fennel, underlying sweetness and some metal, with a pretty dry finish. Medium body and overly carbonated. I definitely couldn’t drink much of this. Doesn’t really work for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2012
at 12:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
I really enjoy this beer - especially as it warms in the glass. Pours an amber/burnt-gold that is clear with a white head. Head was full and frothy, but with large bubbles it dissipated quickly. Aroma of sweet grain and slight melonoidin with perfume and flowers. Taste is well balanced floral and malt, with some chewy bread and an orange background.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2012
at 22:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy aroma. Fruity malty spicy flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2012
at 03:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
75 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, fenel spiced and toasted malty. Bitter, fenel and slight herbal. Ends dry and spiced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2012
at 06:40