Biere de la Mancha

Sample at the brewery - dark amber beer - more of a malt-forward, sweety BdG - they clearly used an ale yeast in this, which is an odd choice, but the character is clearly of a dark BdG - semi-sweet notes of caramel at first, with slight diacetyl, which seems to be common in these darker BdGs for some reason - malts become drier and far more biscuity through the middle and finish - not nearly as estery as one would expect, probably due to the choice of yeast, so the semi-dry, biscuity malt and toasted grain character is really center stage here - pretty decent, actually.