Castelain Jade - Blonde

Jade - Blonde

 

Castelain in Bénifontaine, Hauts-de-France, France 🇫🇷

  Lager - Premium Regular
Score
5.32
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 65
Our craft beer making, using the ‘infusion’ method enables gentle extraction of the aroma of the malts. Hopping enables the development of light bitterness and gives the beer its delicate perfume. AB certified, the origins of its raw materials and creation are monitored by ECOCERT (FR-BIO-01).
 

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6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Very, very interesting. Smells..well different, the aroma was pretty heavy, somehow "oily". It had a big white head, which vanished really fast. Very fizzy at first. Lively carbonation. Nothing really strange, but somehow for me, fizzy and biere de garde didn’t go together. Clear golden body. Tastes... different (again)... somehow grainy, lemony (in a sour way, but nice). Maybe honeyish in the aftertaste too. Nothing too special, but definitely an above average beer. It’s possibly underrated. After Ch’Ti "Tripel" I didn’t expect much, so this came as a suprise. Nice owl on the label by the way.
Tried on 15 Nov 2004 at 13:32

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 9
Surprised to see these low ratings. Poured lightly hazy, golden yellow, full foamy head. Wonderful floral and perfumed aroma of hops, maybe spices. Very nice. Flavor is less exciting, light palate, very very fizzy on the tongue, light acidity, dry finish. Some floral hops, bread dough. Like a beer soda pop - as in the soda pop for 18th and 19th century French farmers. Enjoyable and moderately quenching - I treated this as a lawnmower beer, literally, and I wasn’t disappointed. Dated 10/2002, my label differed from the one pictured above, instead it was this: http://www.beerlabels.com/labels/labels.pl/311/_b_jade_b_french_country_ale.html
Tried on 23 Aug 2004 at 10:36

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled(330ml). -the only thing why is this beer specially is because it is organic, I expected much more, pale golden colored, refreshing, yeasty and hoppy aroma, thin head
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2003 at 05:03

4.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Organic is a good way to describe this beer. My bottle was slightly skunked but luckily it did not carry over to the taste. Cloudy yellow with a medium head. Earthy, crushed berry flavor that didn't do too much for me. Now I can say I have tried a French beer.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2002 at 07:16

3.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Suprisingly bland...........................................................
Tried on 25 Nov 2000 at 22:35