Spring 2012 Biere de Mars
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Bière de Mars Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.58
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Traditionally brewed in March (Mars), this classic French-style farmhouse ale has a warm amber hue, light caramel aroma and toasty malt and dried fruit flavors. Ours is balanced with a touch of earthy anise spice from organic baby fennel grown by Grant Brians at his Heirloom Organic Gardens in Hollister, California.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Blue Palms. Almost clear, amber/brown liquid with medium off-white head. Aroma of pepper, belgo yeast esters (banana, bubblegum), biscuit, light dark fruit, cereal and toast. A bit bland. Taste is dry and light to medium bitter with a malty backbone, some biscuits. Medium bodied with medium to high carbonation. Not too fantastic.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2012
at 22:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from the Folsom BevMo. Pours clear copper with a creamy/bubbly near beige head. Aroma is mildly earthy with hints of the lighter stone fruits. Over some lightly cooked caramel. Nice smell. Near med body. Flavor is earthy, with light fruit, and the cooked caramel suggests more as diacetyl/butterscotch. There is definitely some herb in this - not sure I taste anise, but arguable. With a little time this turns into a nicely earthy and reasonably bitter drink with fruit notes. The butterscotch, if there was any, gets lost. Nice ale.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2012
at 13:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Blue Palms. Pours with a crystal clear, medium amber golden hued body with a lasting white head that leaves great lace. Aromas are spicy, phenol, earthy, low esters, light citrus, anise, grassy, phenol, a bit sweet. Flavors are malty, bready, biscuity, a touch sweet, lightly metallic. Fennel, light cola, anise, earthy. Quite a bit of bitterness (a bit too strong). Some floral notes. Fuller carbonation, medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2012
at 14:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Amber beer with a dark cream head. Light spice aroma. Spice and light vegetal flavor with light bitterness. Medium bodied. Spice and vegetal notes linger with bitterness. No licorice flavor, but there is a vegetal note.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2012
at 10:06