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La brasserie de l'Étoile est fondée en 1842 par la famille de Lépinoy. Après la faillite de l'ancien propriétaire, les bâtiments sont rachetés en 1888 par Louis Gigi, un ingénieur allemand qui commence avec la production d'une bière de table dans la région et fonde la brasserie Gigi. En 1906, Oscar et Eugène succèdent à leur père. En 1919, Eugène reprend à Aubange l'ancienne brasserie Bernard. En 1948, Oscar remet la brasserie Gigi à son fils Eugène-Joseph qui décède en 1997. Ses trois fils prennent la relève et, aujourd'hui, c'est Albert qui est le maître brasseur. Il représente la quatrième génération de brasseurs dans cette entreprise familiale.
6/10
Tried
on 26 Feb 2024
at 10:21
6/10
Tried
on 26 Feb 2024
at 10:21
4/10
Tried
on 26 Feb 2024
at 10:21
3/10
Tried
on 26 Feb 2024
at 10:20
3.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2023
at 15:15
4.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
4.3/10
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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”.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2015
at 04:21
4.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2015
at 04:17
2.3/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2015
at 13:11
3.6/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2015
at 13:11