L'Ambrée d'Esquelbecq
Brasserie Thiriez in Esquelbecq (Ekelsbeke), Hauts-de-France, France 🇫🇷
Farmhouse - Bière de Garde Regular|
Score
6.65
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Rusty color, airy foam, pretty malty and roasted aromas, lively mouth and well-balanced bitterness.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From a bottle in Paris, November 2006. Medium to dark amber color. Pretty decent head. Very cloudy with sediment. Aroma of yeast and amber malts. Slightly fruity flavor, lots of yeast. Malt is really thin, as is the body. A bitterish flavor that might be hops but is really different. A touch sour. There is also a bit of that earthy taste that often comes in biere de garde, but not so prevalent here. There is a definite graininess, although a very simple and rustic one. OK, but the malt is not really there. Lacking a bit of punch. Somewhat bland. Highly carbonated. Earthy, malty, slightly caramel beer, but not really impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2008
at 05:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
75 cl bottle from BeerGeek. Hazy amber color with a three finger beige head. Aromas of spice and light citrus. Nearly full bodied with coarsely creamy carbonation. Flavor is "brown" malt, with a hint of coffee, and lots of light, but not stone, fruits. Lots meaning many kinds, not lots of fruit. The mouth tingles. The finish seems reasonably balanced. What I thought was coffee, not seems more like cola. It just won’t settle down. It is a really enjoyable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2008
at 19:15
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange (amber? - no way) and with a slowly collapsing white head. Spiced and light citric yeast aroma. Flavour is light orange to berry fruity and mild yeasty, shows a light spice note to a mild citric base. Could be slightly infected, then again - I was warned about a strange yeast used. Ends with a mild fruity yeast lingering finish. Certainly strange but also drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2008
at 18:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle. Cloudy gray-amber color. Highly effervescent, light, and relatively dry for an amber. Hints of sour cherry, vanilla, and some sort of spice, perhaps just the yeast or malt. This is a seriously complex beer for being only 5.8%. Very well balanced with a crisp Earthy hop character and a nice subtle amber malt backbone that doesn’t overwhelm the palate. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2008
at 21:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Slightly hazy orange-ochre beer under small yellowish head. Watercress aroma, fresh, caramel and sweet malts. Slightly sourish, toasted and malty taste, a bit like sourdough bread, toasted, and maltcookies. Quite sweet main taste, if a bit dull, with always the sourish lining. Light to medium bodied, a bit like fruitjuice-without-pulp like MF. Not bad, just a decent session ale.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2008
at 15:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Beautiful orange-amber color, with a high carbonation that produces an extreme perlage, very nice to see indeed, and a persistent head. There is subtle and nice aroma, of malt and leafy hop, maybe some traces of good yeast. It has a medium body, where the malt is not so much present (maybe there has been some overfermentation and the sugars are too much reduced); it has a light residual sweetness, coming in later, and a light but pleasant mix of hop and yeast. Simpler than the Blonde, but pleasant.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2008
at 03:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pear, orange, and malt aroma. Cloudy orange and amber color with a giant head. White pepper, peach and celery flavor. Very nice beer - dry with light fruitiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2007
at 21:57
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
A hazy deep amber beer with a rim of off-white head. The aroma is sweet with light notes of berries - the aroma is too weak for my liking. The flavor is sweet with primary notes of berries, leading to a dry bitter end. The body is thin.
Tried
on 04 May 2007
at 03:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Explosive cloudy reddish amber pour into a tulip. Significant brown-flecked head fills and overflows. Then quickly recedes leaving sheet lacing. Earth and leaf aromas. Full, crisp, creamy caramel malt with slightly citrus bite -- but entirely drinkable. Would make a great session if it weren’t for the $$.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Mar 2007
at 18:33
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Danke an den Doppelbock für das Bier! Recht milder, etwas fruchtiger aromatischer Geruch. Minimal fruchtig etwas herb und relativ mild schmeckt das Bier dann auch, wobei mir der würzige Nachgeschmack am meisten zusagt. Test vom 4.2.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 9,10,10,12,9,10 - 10,15
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2007
at 23:00