Ambrée
La Choulette in Hordain, Hauts-de-France, France 🇫🇷
Farmhouse - Bière de Garde Regular|
Score
6.65
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Choulette Ambrée is the result of a rigorous selection of special aromatic malts which give it a good caramel taste. Red, with coppery reflections, dense ivory foam, this beer exudes an aroma rich in notes of prune.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a hazy brown color ale with a large frothy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of bready yeast with fruity ester is quite nice. Taste is also dominated by a huge semidry caramel malt base with nice yeast ester of fresh bread and light fruit. Body is quite full with limited filtration and good bottle conditioning with great carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Much better then expected and a nice example of how good the French bière de garde can be.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2010
at 13:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
75 cl bottle at Le Sous-Bock. Shared with Sakiko. Medium brown, a bit cloudy, fine, medium head. Chocolate, nutty aroma, with caramel and dried fruit, like prunes. Rich, sweet, amber malt, caramel, chocolate, plums and raisins. A dubbel, basically. Alcohol not very noticeable. High carbonation. Earthy, slightly funky feel to balance, with a touch of salty minerals. Not at all disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2010
at 08:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark amber beer with a dark cream colored head. Malt, yeast, and light spice aroma. Caramel and light earthy flavor with light spice and light yeast. Medium bodied. Yeast lingers with malt/caramel, light dried fruit, and light earth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2010
at 17:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
26th September 2008. Clear brown beer. Bags of smooth creamy and nutty malt. Very smooth, very creamy! Sumptuous!
Tried
on 10 Jan 2010
at 07:16
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
clear amber, large smooth offwhite head. Sweet malty, nutty aroma, crisp. flavor is quite smoked or roasted, malty, a little sweet. maize, fruity notes, alc shows clearly when warming up. this reminds me most of a cheap strong beer, but with some interesting comlexity added in, unbalanced.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2009
at 15:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl Bottle from a gift pack. Clear deep amber colour, creamy off white head. Aroma of a thick sweetness, light toasted malts, honey and caramel. Flavour is sweet at first, honey and caramel, very malty, followed by a dry and light spicy bitter finish. Medium bodied, syrupy mouthfeel. Although a bit on the sweet side, a nice offering. Reminded me (especially the nose) of Paulaner Salvator.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2009
at 14:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Clear amber color, short head. Aroma is dusty, some malt, slight fruity. Malty taste, bit sweet. Bit boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2009
at 11:37
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 1.5
Bottle, 8%. Weak phenolic aroma, band aid. Nice clear dark chestnut colour. Good stable light brown head. The flavour is also phenolic, and worse than the aroma. Band aid, chemical, strange liquorice. Genuine Choulette quality :/
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2009
at 18:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5
33cl bottle. Pours dark amber/brown with a creamy head & lacings. Aroma is pleasant, dakr fruits & caramel. Medium & smooth palate. Tiny bready & metallic note. Other than that quite good. Vinous & round. The best in the La Choulette series!
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2008
at 04:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from AllDayDrinker; Nose is slightly funky, light spices, and yeast; cloudy copper with a medium beige head; flavor has caramel, yeast, light fruitiness, and spices. Good Biere de Garde!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2008
at 23:33