Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Ch'Ti Brune from Castelain 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Very dark brown. Brown head, creamy, not very stable. Nose of brown sugar and mocca. Taste is expressly liquorice and malt sugar, maybe again some mocca. Seems poorly attenuated. Watery mouthfeel, despite the malt. Aftertaste = liquorice. it is strange. Northern France is riddled with good bière de garde producers. The two topmost famous (Bénifontaine and la Choulette) brew piss-poor examples, yet everybody seems to swear by them.
Ungstrup (52239) reviewed Ch'Ti Blonde from Castelain 23 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A yellow beer with an OK head. The aroma is is sweet with a nice malt nose. The flavor is primarily sweet with not enough bitterness to balance it.
caesar (10841) reviewed Ch'Ti Triple from Castelain 23 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
I already knew the French were not very good in brewing, but this cannot be called an "abbey tripel". It's a disgrace for all those quality triples, which are available around the globe. This is definitely more like a cheap pilsener. Hoppy and a bit sweet. Watery. Like the Fischer, another example of a french masterpiece ;-)
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Ch'Ti Triple from Castelain 23 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Golden color. Some malt, hop and cork in the nose (it's a 750ml bottle, corked). Sweet, good body strength, some malt, some cork. Not impressive.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Blond, misty. Sweet aroma, honeyish, fruity (banana,...). Sweet, some malt, no character, poor hop.
Dogbrick (24322) reviewed Jade - Blonde from Castelain 23 years ago
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.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Ch'Ti Ambrée from Castelain 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
............................................................................
pilsnerrogge (4802) reviewed Ch'Ti Blonde from Castelain 24 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Too sweet and tastes a bit like cork.......................................
Oakes (33770) reviewed Ch'Ti Blonde from Castelain 24 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dryish, yeasty biere de garde with a decent level of complexity. One of the better examples, lying between Jenlain Noel and Choulette Ambree on ye olde ale list.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Jade - Blonde from Castelain 25 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Suprisingly bland...........................................................