6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bouteille 750ml. Couleur ambrée foncée, mousse beige très dense, bonne tenue, laissant une belle dentelle. Arôme de malt, d’alcool, miel léger. Goût de malt, caramel, alcool. Carbonation faible, corps moyen.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2012
at 11:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
75cl bottle shared at an ABCBeers tasting. Thick creamy white head. Clear blond pour. A nice refreshing brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2012
at 12:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bärnstensfärgad, klar vätska och tjockt beige skum som lämnar generösa gardiner. Maltsöt doft med drag av syltade apelsinskal, sukkat och sirapslimpa. Rejäl maltsöt kropp med apelsinskalsbeska, len munkänsla, välbyggd om än något spritig. Rustik. En bra Biere de garde.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2012
at 05:26
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
750 ml bottle into tulip glass, 11 20 printed on the back label (best before date?). Pours lightly cloudy golden orange color with a nice 3 finger fluffy white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice foamy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big pear, grape, citrus zest, pepper, clove, herbal, floral, earth, grass, hay, light funk, bread, and yeast spiciness. Damn nice aromas with good balance, strength, and complexity. Taste of pear, apple, citrus zest, pepper, clove, herbal, floral, grass, hay, earth, bread, light funk, light honey, and yeast spiciness. Lingering notes of light fruits, pepper, clove, hay, grass, herbal, floral, earth and yeast spices on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic flavor balance and complexity; nice spicy/malt flavor balance; zero cloying flavors on the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a lightly slick and very crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is extremely well hidden with zero warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic Biere De Garde! Great flavor balance and complexity; very smooth to sip on for 8.3%. This is extremely crisp and delicious stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2012
at 20:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 ml corked and clamped bottle. Pours clear gold with a large white soapy head with good retention. Aroma consists of barnyard funk, banana, earth, doughy bread. Taste is sweet and savory, like fresh-mown hay; finishes dryly. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2012
at 20:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle. Dark amber colour with an off-white head, medium lasting, nice lacing. Aroma has caramel malts, fruity and yeast. Flavor is caramel and yeast, wuth a decent sensation of alcohol. Dry final. Carbonation and body are medium.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2012
at 10:57
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Flaske på Cardinal: tett, fint skum. Frisk syrlighet med litt sødme. Tørr, lang friskhet i avslutningen. Deilig karbonering. % godt skjult. VELDIG god!
Tried
on 15 Oct 2012
at 13:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33cl Bottle (funny shaped thing) best before 17 Mar 2014: poured into a Duvel glass on 28th Sep 2012. Huge, huge head on this pour: good job i was prepared and used the Duvel glass: looked good actually, the snowy white mountain of foam filled the glass before I could get all the beer out the bottle. I had the sediment laden remains later. The colour of the body was a copper/orange/deep amber and clear. Mixed bag in the aromas: once the smells could get through the head I found some malty molasses and spicy hop notes, add floral and nut esters with maybe a cherry/almond tart floating in the middle. The taste seemed more ’yeasty’ than the smell would indicate: again it was a mixture of flavours (like the nose), the alcohol playing its part too. originally on the sweet side the hops kicked in mid-sip and the finish was boardering on bitter. Interesting and well worth finding, yet another French beer I’ve enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2012
at 03:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 8.5%. Beautiful clear amber to copper colour, large off-white head. Nice malty and slightly spicy aroma, with notes of caramel, brown sugar and dark dried fruits. The flavour is medium sweet, malty and spicy with distinct notes of caramel, also brown sugar and raisins. Moderate hops in the finish. Warming mouthfeel, very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2012
at 10:32
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Belgian Beer Fest Boston. Cloudy yellow color, large white head. Aroma of peppery straw. Taste is citrus and hay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2012
at 19:06