Garrold
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Half a Stones and a Gold Label off shelf.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap. Craft Beer Corner, Cologne. Not totally clear. A tad sweet and worty overall. Fairly grassy and floral. Ok at best. And I got 2 because the barman cocked up.
Tried
from Draft
at
Craftbeer Corner Coeln
on 22 Nov 2025
at 21:45
5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Tap. Craft Beer Corner, Cologne. Clear (?) pale gold. Yeasty sweet and spicy. Taste is sweet and yeasty. Dry finish. Wow. Poor homebrew territory. Nice tick though.
Tried
from Draft
at
Craftbeer Corner Coeln
on 22 Nov 2025
at 21:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap. Craft Beer Corner, Cologne. Clear dark gold. Decent dense white foam. Smoke comes across savoury and cheesy. Taste is sweet and also cheesy. Some light bitterness. Drinks easy overall. Nice Rauch.
Tried
from Draft
at
Craftbeer Corner Coeln
on 22 Nov 2025
at 21:23
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle via the online shop. Hazed gold. Good solid white foam. Barrels coming good here. White (I’m guessing) Burgundy with light bourbon notes. Sweet and tangy in equal measure. Bright and breezy saison yeast character. Cut wood. Boss. Taste is semi dry with a soft woody grainy sweetness. That long boil hop thing is pronounced too. Nice bitterness throughout. Unreal this is only 4.5%. Mill’s rinsing the barrels for all they’re worth. Fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2025
at 20:40
8.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle pour. Quintessence 25. Served with some delicious Comte cheese, of which I had an unfair share, frankly. Yeah ace. Been after ticking this for ages. Can’t completely remember what it was like because I was a bit pissed by now.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 20 Nov 2025
at 13:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pour. Quintessence 25. All bits of barnacles and shit stuck to the bottle but if I’m completely honest it tasted absolutely no different to the regular beer we had at the same time. This one came with seaweed tartare. As you do.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 20 Nov 2025
at 12:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle pour. Quintessence 25. Served with some beef fillet. No looker this one. Hazed dull gold with a few loose lifeless suds. Peaty and lightly acidic and not really for me. Great tick though.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 20 Nov 2025
at 12:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle pour. Quintessence 25. From 330s I recall. Came with pork rillettes, of which I had many. Hazed pale amber. Thick swede. This I recall being a little on the sweet and rustic side.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 20 Nov 2025
at 12:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour. Quintessence 25. As per the other Ermitage it came with asparagus and rhubarb on rye. Misted deep red. Slim white foam. Got to be honest I don’t remember much about this one. Think it was fruity and bright.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 20 Nov 2025
at 12:02
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle pour. Quintessence 25. Paired with cherry chocolate by Laurent Gerbaud. One of the best pairings on the day. Misted deep ruby colour. Ring of pale pink foam. Loads of dessert and sour cherry. Minimal funk. Some sweetness. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 20 Nov 2025
at 11:39