Notes on beers in the style
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I'm not a big fan of honey based beers in general, and that's despite me liking sweet beers. Odd sized bottle (250 mL) that I thought might be to mitigate the sweetness, but in the end the beer really isn't that sweet. Now, don't get me wrong, it...
L'Ambrée D'Esquelbecq. 11.2 oz bottle, Windsor bottle shop. A go to online store for me for a few things now and then. A beer that will be overlooked by too many people, but not by a drinker interested in the maltier side of things. An orange,...
A hazy, light golden color with a fluffy, white, wispy head. It fades quickly but there is some lace. Carbonation is solid. Nose offers plenty of light, sweet, floral esters. Very, very light floral esters on the palate to start with, with a touch...
Old bottle (obviously) Oh how the mighty have fallen. Ommegang in 2022 is a shadow of its former self (another conversation altogether), and this beer takes us back to a different time when the brewery was truly a great force in the USA. Tremendous...
750 mL bottle purchased at Knightly Spirits in Orlando, FL, USA. Capped. This beer was distributed in Atlanta for years and years during the mid 00s, and I am pretty sure that I've had it before, but apparently never took any notes so here we are....
Nice pop on opening. Reddish, light brown body with a nice, wispy head. Nice funk up front with a serious malt finish - odd paradox. Typical of Ommegang there is a solid base and not a lot of screwing around. Nice, lively mouthfeel. Yeast strain is...
A rare, rare treat in the US - the Grand Cru at 7.8%. 30/11/13 L12244 $9.99 for the 750 mL, Green's on Ponce. A classic BdG in appearance with that distinct copper color that always seems to yield very little head or lace. Great clarity. Nose...
22oz in the usual Lips of Faith presentation. Pour is a completely clear, bright orange color with very little head. Not much retention or lace. Nose offers soem interesting muted orange notes. Not much else. Tastes are a clean, slightly edgy small...
Unexpected four pack purchase about a month ago, this is the final 12 oz bottle. A multi-grain beer with barley, wheat, oats and rye. Impressive pour, with a high, rocky ice-cream like head, and a lightly hazed, amber body that seems to have some...
Curious that a brewery would pay homage to a Bière de Grade by naming the beer after the scene of an EPIC French defeat, but ... Nice pop on opening. Mid amber pour in strong light gives some deeper red tones. Attractive colors. However, head...
I'm always very excited to try the latest Jailhouse offering, and this is no exception. I wonder if the pun inspired the beer, or if the style came first? 32 oz growler from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Bière de Gardes can have a wide range of...
$2.99 for the 11.2 oz bottle. Unfiltered, unpasteurized and bottle-conditioned, from Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA. I'm fairly sure that this is a bottle with a significant amount of age on it, but at the same time I'm pretty confident...
22 oz bottle from DrDogBeer as part of Secret Santa 2009. Thanks Tom. Pour gives a chestnut brown color with a vivid, lively look. Good clarity and some decent head, lace and retention. The beer looks inviting. This brew is all about a complicated...
Very different look to the bottle than the current picture in the BA db; this is a regular, 22 oz bomber with significantly different label but it is definitely the same beer (BdG etc.). Pour is lively with a decent, well formed head. Body has...
2008 vintage. 750 mL corked & caged. DISCLAIMER: OK, right off the top this *could* be an infected bottle so this review is written in that context. Re-reviews to follow when more data is gathered but for now I want to record my thoughts at...
750 mL, corked & caged affair. Pop is average and plenty of foam "gushes" in a controlled manner. Not a "gusher" as such but some foam. Poured into the Duvel tulip the pour is not "dark" as such, but is a distinctly, amber orange color with plenty...
Obviously a relatively new entrant to the GA market, I picked this up at Tower on Piedmont, Atlanta, GA, USA. $10.99 (I think) for the corked & caged, typical Ommegang presentation. Batch #2, October 2008. Nice, reserved gunsmoke on opening. Poured...
Additional Notes 03/10 Thanks go out to Penney for the chance to try this one again. From The Foodery in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Perhaps a little less bock character than I remember but still not especially BdG-like. Still a unique beer and to be...
$8.95 (I think) from Green's on Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA. 750 mL, swing top, slender bottle. Striking golden clarity on the pour into the Duvel tulip is accompanied by a large, fluffy head and some serious lace. It looks GREAT, but a little too...
Pretty new arrival to GA, distributed by GA Crown I think. $8.69 for the corked and caged 750 mL bottle from Tower on Piedmont. Excited to try this, looks promising. Rustic looking label that brings back memories of my scores of happy summers...
750 mL bottle from Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA, USA. $11.99. Batch 229. I've given JP plenty of grief in the past for putting funk into ALL of their beers when to me it is only appropriate with SOME styles, and NOT appropriate all over...
12 oz single from Mac's Midtown, Atlanta, GA, USA. Part of the $7.99 mixed sixer that they peddle. Pour is a simple, dark urine colored body underneath a head that is gone very quickly to reveal virtually no lace. Small bubbles of carbonation do...
Thanks go out to jgaston for the trade. 750mL, corked & caged affair. Batch 002. Poured into the Duvel tulip. Significantly darker body than I was expecting. Plenty of floaties in the glass too. Nice head, but relatively short lived and not...
750 mL bottle, Green's on Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA. $7.99. Well, I just don't get it. This is simply another typical JP, over-funked beer. Don't get me wrong, I like funky beers but PLEASE don't label them as something they are clearly NOT. I don't...
2005 Vintage. ABV is higher than listed on the BA database (at least according to the 750 mL bottle). The Brick Store, Decatur, GA, USA. Dave cracked this one as part of an "informal" tasting on a Friday afternoon. Just as well, because at $40 a...
Purchased at O'Reilly's, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA. 750 mL bottle corked & caged. Interesting. This drank like a "baby" Saison. Slight earthy farmhouse nose and tastes, but much sweeter with less funk and dry character. The typical robust, rustic...
A collosal (and I mean huge) snowstorm effect on pouring, with what appears NOT to be yeast sediment, rather something that looks like coagulated proteins. Looks DIRE. Perhaps a bad bottle, but difficult to tell. This is certainly an old bottle,...
Pictured from 03/14/13 O'Reilly's, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA. Corked and "Clamped" rather than Caged, 750 mL bottle. This is a special beer indeed, that I simply classify as a great, "Light Belgian Pale Ale". By that I mean that if such a thing...
$2.49 Ziggy's, Chattanooga, TN, USA, single 11.2 fl oz bottle. Poured into the Trois Pistoles chalice, we get an amber pour with some soapy like head and very little lacing. Aroma is excellent with a lot of sherry and rum like aromas. This is both...
O'Reilly's, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA. 750 mL bottle. To me this is VERY typically French, and much more of Euro style lager than a Belgian. Label and bottle give a very rustic, farmhouse packaging look. Not sure if this is deliberate or designed...