Brasserie Sainte Hélène Lily Blue

Lily Blue

 

Brasserie Sainte Hélène in Florenville, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular
Score
6.46
ABV: 7.5% IBU: 36 Ticks: 50
Le brun cuivré éclatant de sa robe est le préambule d’un univers de douceur et de rondeur. Le nez malté, légèrement fruité, concorde parfaitement avec un goût orienté vers des saveurs « caramel ». Soutenue à tous niveaux, elle reste très équilibrée. Une très légère note de torréfaction nous surprend toutefois en fin de bouche. Première bière produite par la brasserie, sa rondeur rappelle le plaisir et nous invite à passer un moment simple de dégustation.
 

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4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Bottle, 75cl corked, shared by Brugmansia. When opened, the beer tried to escape the bottle slowly, and left a dark golden body with microfloaties and an off-white head of reasonable size but with little retention. Dusty, sour and lemony on the nose, but not in an unpleasant way. The flavor was dusty, sour and lemony too, with some spicyness and bitterness. Dry, sourish and slightly astringent in the mouth, finishing with some bitterness. Sure gone bad, but still drinkable in small amounts. (080823)

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2008 at 11:38


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

75cl bottle: Pours hazy amber with a small creamy bubbly head. Nose is yeasty & spicy. Medicine & herbal. Flat mouthfeel. A bit sour & could be infected but actually still quite drinkable!

Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2008 at 11:15


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

75cl bottle. Pours orange/amber, with beige head. Aroma is yeasty, little oaky. Taste is yeasty, hoppy, light fruits and sugary. Loaded with floating sediments. Not a bad brew.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2008 at 04:19


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Hazy amber colour with small particles floating around. Mediumsized beige thick head, that leaves nice lace. Aroma is very fruity while pouring, afterwards it gets grassy and wooden along with some toffee and even licorice. Flavour is wooden, toffeeish as well as grassy. finish gets a bit ashes, licorice, wood and mild roast. Aftertaste is mainly grassy. A different brew. Quite refreshing.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2008 at 08:34


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Draught, ZBF08. Malty aroma. Thin malt flavour, some grain. Clear brown colour. Small but nice and stable, creamy tan head.

Tried on 20 Apr 2008 at 04:15


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle: Poured a copper brown with a thin tan head. The aroma is caramel and hops. The taste is more caramel malt and bitter metallic hops.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2008 at 15:51


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle @ Zythos Bier Festival 2008, Sint Niklaas, Belgium. Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (010308)

Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2008 at 01:11


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled (BB 03/2009). Slightly hazy amber color, small but steady off-white head. Aroma has hay, licorice, metal and some sweet notes. Starts quite metallic, then some caramelly notes mixed with alcohol. Toffee and licorice together with bitterness in the aftertaste. Lacks some way depth in charatcer although is drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2006 at 12:48


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Non-transparant orange to amber; good but small white head, leaving some lace. Very fresh nose with green herbs (thyme,...), a bit of coloured malts, and some candi sugar. Taste, rather dry, yields caramel, tobacco (pipe - especially). Finishes with a little pinprick of acidity. Medium to well bodied, yeast slick. Very fine, more subtle beer, despite its respectable strenght. Gives a very fresh impression.

Tried from Can on 31 May 2005 at 14:47


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled. Amber coloured, cloudy. Sugary aroma. Sweet with hard mouthfeel. Slightly vinous, some yeastyness. Salty finish with some candy sugar.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2003 at 05:37