Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottled. Yellowish golden colour with a mediumsized white foamy head. Aroma is sweet bread, fruits and some mild grainy tones. Flavou ris grainy, herbal, earthy and some mild citrusy tones. Watery.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle in an ancient 75 cl swing top bottle, this beer from one if the very few relics left of ancient Wallon brewing. Golden color. Yeasty, vegetable and musty aroma. Dusty, slightly grassy and musty flavor with melon. Hints of caramel. Dirty mouthfeel. Too bad. I wanted to rate this beer higher but I simply couldn’t. Maybe it doesn’t travel well.
77ships (14509) reviewed Gigi Speciale from Brasserie Gigi de l'Etoile 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
Thanks to Alengrin! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ “Tim needs to get rid of his ticks” Tasting. Enjoyed together with tderoeck, Benzai & Alengrin. 2007 Vintage. Never heard of this brewery before. Clear golden with no head. Nose is sweat, chemicals, cooked apples & metals. Taste is artificial sweetener, metallic, chemical, fake, light oxidation. Thin. Lots of sweetener. This may “authentic” but I cannot call something that taste this heavily of artificial sweeteners “artisanal”.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Thanks to Alengrin! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ “Tim needs to get rid of his ticks” Tasting. Enjoyed together with tderoeck, Benzai & Alengrin. 2007 Vintage. Never heard of this brewery before. Clear golden with no head. Nose is like soap, cardboard (prob. oxidation) & metal; Taste is extremely sweet, huge amount of artificial sweeteners & malt sweetness, sweetness just keeps lingering & gaining a weird unnatural / chemical profile. Body is a bit thinner. Even by soft drink standards this is very sweet in a sweetener type of way.
tderoeck (22946) reviewed Gigi Speciale from Brasserie Gigi de l'Etoile 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1
Imported from my RateBeer account as Gigi Speciale (by Brasserie Gigi de l'Etoile):
Aroma: 2/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 2/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 2/20, MyTotalScore: 1/5
23/I/15 - 25cl bottle @ "I need to get rid of my Belgian ticks" tasting - BB: n/a, 2007 vintage (2015-67) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the bottle!
Clear pale blond beer, no head. Aroma: dusty, card board, funky, weird, off. MF: no carbon, light body. Taste: sugary, lots of cardboard, bad, artificial sweetness, dirty. Aftertaste: dirty, metallic, bad.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 1.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Gigi Double Blonde Bière de table (by Brasserie Gigi de l'Etoile):
Aroma: 4/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 3/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 3/20, MyTotalScore: 1.6/5
23/I/15 - 25cl bottle @ "I need to get rid of my Belgian ticks" tasting - BB: 23/X/08 (2015-66) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the bottle!
Clear pale yellow beer, no head. Aroma: cow stable, malty, grains, cardboard, dry, dusty. MF: no carbon, medium to light body. Taste: sweet, sugary, artificial sweetener, candy, yuck. Aftertaste: ditto, plus some grains and malts.