Brasserie de Goudale (Les Brasseurs De Gayant / Grain D'Orge)

Commercial Brewery in Arques, Hauts-de-France, France 🇫🇷

Established in 1919

Contact
Avenue Isaac Newton, Arques, 62510, France
Description
The history of the brewery goes back to 1919 with the merger of four breweries in Douai the Grande Brasserie des Enfants de Gayant is created. In 1994 the Goudale brand is launched. In 2000 the purchase of the Brasserie Jeanne D’Arc at Ronchin takes place, it is later renamed as Brasserie Grain d’Orge.

In 2010 the brewery is acquired by André Pecqueur the owner of the Brasserie de Saint-Omer and the Brasseurs de Gayant and the Brasserie Grain d’Orge merge. In 2016 the Brasseurs de Gayant move to Arques to a brand new modern factory, at the forefront of technology. It’s the birth of the Goudale brewery.

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7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

75cl bottle @ the in-laws, Eecke. Thanks Eric. Pours a generally clear gold, good white head. Aroma of fresh cereal malt, blonde yeast. Tasting markedly better than standard Goudale, quite fresh tasting, nice yeasty blonde profile. Quite like it.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2025 at 08:39


3.4
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 3.5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 3

Bottle at home. Pours a clear straw colour with no head. Aroma of grass, mineral, sulfur, green apples and sweet corn. Flavour of sweet corn, grass and some hay and white bread. Has a light and watery mouth feel, light body and a soft bitterness. Very light but relatively tasteful.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2025 at 18:07


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7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Loose off white head on a still brown coloured body.
Malt & toffee aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth & creamy with sticky back.
Toffee, malt, demerara & berry taste with tangy fruity finish.
Nice drinker.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2025 at 18:48

gave a cheers!

2.3
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 1.5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2

Süßer, dann aber auch schnell saurer Limonadenbeginn, Brause, Pappe im Hintergrund. Brotig limonadiger Abgang. 5/3/6/3/6/3

Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2025 at 19:43


7.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

500 ml can, as La Goudale Rubis Fruits Rouges, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 5%. Deep red colour, moderate pink to purple head. Intense aroma of raspberries and hibiscus. The flavour is not as sweet as I feared, but has distinct notes of fresh red berries (particularly raspberries) and hibiscus. Low bitterness.

Tried from Can on 03 Oct 2025 at 16:32


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tasty and fine triple. Mmmmm bark at the moon
The devil is never the maker…
Hazy golden in the glass and a fine head.
Ok intensity in the aroma.
Pleasant sweetness and a mild acidity
Wheat, fruity, yeast and some spices
[Bottle from Vinmonopolet Tromsø, Langnes, Norway]

Tried from Bottle from Vinmonopolet Tromsø, Langnes on 23 Sep 2025 at 20:58


2.8
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2.5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 2.5

A hazy golden colour, no head. Aroma of sweet juicy lemonade, some old hops. Taste of intense sweet citrus lemonade, sugar, no beer flavour.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2025 at 12:39


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7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Large foamy white head on a murky amber coloured body.
Zesty, malt & digestive biscuit aroma.
Medium bodied, sharp dry & clean.
Malt, pine, resinous & bitterly hopped tastes.
Tasty drop.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2025 at 20:24

gave a cheers!

6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at home, dark brown beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, malt, caramel, fruit. Taste is the same, sweet, malt, caramel, fruit. not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2025 at 19:57


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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Color: Clear amber to copper, off-white head. Aroma: Malty, coriander, some caramel. Taste: Malty, sweetish, some Barley malt, bit sugary, notes of coriander and orange peel. Medium body, average carbonation. Over moderate to medium sweet, moderate hopbitterness. Ok overall.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2025 at 14:37