Réserve Hildegarde Ambrée
Brasserie Saint Germain - Page 24 in Aix-Noulette, Hauts-de-France, France 🇫🇷
Farmhouse - Bière de Garde Regular|
Score
6.60
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Authentic amber ''Bière de Garde'' made from raw materials exclusively from Nord-Pas de Calais. This characterful beer is amber-coppery in color. It has a rich, slightly caramelized taste and fine bitterness. It is typical of the amber beers that make the reputation of the North of France. The hops used are Brewer's Gold and Strisselspalt.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 330ml.Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, berry, sweet malt, light yeasty, leather, licorice notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20100111]
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2010
at 00:59
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cloudy amber with a medium beige head. Aroma had roasted malt, caramel and spicy notes. Hoppy flavour with roasted malt, caramel and piney notes. Finished bitter.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2010
at 00:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tasting at Papsø’s
Hazy orange-amber color; small creamy head. Mild Ale, with a simple malt and nutty character, light residual sweetness; but a light sourness is evidence of a possible light infection. Good hopping and correct bitterness. Still drinkable, but not for long.
Hazy orange-amber color; small creamy head. Mild Ale, with a simple malt and nutty character, light residual sweetness; but a light sourness is evidence of a possible light infection. Good hopping and correct bitterness. Still drinkable, but not for long.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2010
at 04:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a huge off-white head. The aroma has notes of citrusy hops, and lighter notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of metal, malt, alcohol, and caramel, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2010
at 04:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep orange with a small white head. Aroma is roasted and mild phenolic. Dry roasted malty, light bitter and fruity. Lingering roasted malty flavoured into the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2010
at 04:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a clear amber with an off-white head. Sweet aroma of burned caramel. Medium body, sweet caramel and roasted malt. Subdued bitterness but some warming alcohol in the finish. 110110
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2010
at 03:59
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
This is a very interesting beer, first of all there is crud around the lip and applying some pressure to the metal flip top actually gave off a hiss. Due to my worry about the future condition of the beer I wanted to drink this quickly. The beer pops with thunder. Surprisingly, however, the beer pours with just a medium head that fades into a thick lacing. The color of the beer is a dark orange caramel amber. Its is a bit hazy and grows hazier with successive pours. The final pour comes with some light particles and a bit of a gelatin appearance. Following the appearance it is a definitely distinguished and delightful beer. I am glad to be able to try this. The aroma is full of tart apple skins, all the way with the apples and not in the aceto or other sour ale brews. Behind the skins there is a bit of crust and a thick BdG maltiness more familiar to the style. But I love the freshness and liveliness of the aroma. Flavor is more on the malt biscuit BdG area with some honey features. The apple skins come in later in the flavor to round it off. This gives it a refreshing finish. Just a bit of toast back there as well. Everything melts away and a grape-like malt and light tart apple skins linger for a little while. Its not sweet or not sugary anyway, well attenuated. The body has a nice and medium-light heft. The carbonation is actually just average. This is a very nice brew with a definite traditional malt backbone but a nice original aspect as well. This is the best experience I have had with a French beer since I first tried La Bavaisienne Ambrée.
750mL flip-top bottle, dated BB 08/20/10, in a New Belgium goblet glass.
750mL flip-top bottle, dated BB 08/20/10, in a New Belgium goblet glass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2009
at 23:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml swingtop - opens with a loud pop, followed by a geyser of foam - however, the beer only pours with a compact, soapy head - lightly hazy copper - highly estery nose, with some honey, toasted grains, biscuity malts, mild tartness, dusty/earthy character, slight buttery character - lively carbonation in the mouth - a bit tart up front - this soon gives way to a clean sweetness, honey - the sweetness sticks around, but quickly becomes subordinate to crisp, crackery flavors, slightly peppery hops, a touch of spicy alcohol - some esters, melon rind - tartness comes back near the end, as well as a hint of acidity - warming finish - subtle and tasty.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2009
at 19:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours beautifully into a chalice, nice fluffy head, very solid, nice colour and good bubbling. Can’t say the same for the aroma though, it’s malts and a bit of alcohol, nothing too unique or strong. Has a hint of barley, some malts and slight syrupiness, some breadiness on the back end. Pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Sep 2009
at 15:34
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, 6.9%. Fruity and yeasty aroma. Hazy dark orange/amber colour. Small white head. The flavour is also fruity and yeasty, a bit too yeasty for me. OK malty, slightly sweet, but unclean and yeasty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2009
at 18:43