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Bière De Garde
Choc Beer Co. / Pete's Place
- From:
- Choc Beer Co. / Pete's Place
- Oklahoma, United States
- Style:
- Bière de Garde
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 10.7%
- Reviews:
- 44
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 04, 2015
- Added:
- Nov 11, 2007
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 3
25 IBU
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Ratings by escapements:
Reviewed by escapements from Oklahoma
4.57/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.57/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
This one is a keeper...
Pours a very nice golden orange/brown only slightly cloudy from a settled pour. Malty goodness abounds with many complexities and flavors. Cloves, bananas, some tangy lemon. Bread, yeast and honey in the nose. Hops present, but only in balance. Overall on the sweet side, but in a good, not overly filling, way.
Very good mouthfeel, carbonation is just right...very smooth. Letting it warm up is a good idea also as the flavors expand.
ABV (info direct from the Brewmaster, Michael Lalli) is 7%.
This beer is, overall, very awesome. I highly recommend it if you can get your hands on it. It is very drinkable for session, or with a nice grilled steak.
A very real drawback for most reading this is that Choc/Pete's Place hasn't yet achieved a large distribution area.
I have put back several to see how they cellar...
Jan 10, 2008Pours a very nice golden orange/brown only slightly cloudy from a settled pour. Malty goodness abounds with many complexities and flavors. Cloves, bananas, some tangy lemon. Bread, yeast and honey in the nose. Hops present, but only in balance. Overall on the sweet side, but in a good, not overly filling, way.
Very good mouthfeel, carbonation is just right...very smooth. Letting it warm up is a good idea also as the flavors expand.
ABV (info direct from the Brewmaster, Michael Lalli) is 7%.
This beer is, overall, very awesome. I highly recommend it if you can get your hands on it. It is very drinkable for session, or with a nice grilled steak.
A very real drawback for most reading this is that Choc/Pete's Place hasn't yet achieved a large distribution area.
I have put back several to see how they cellar...
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by GPHarris from Alabama
3.81/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
a - poured a two-fingers thick bubbly and light tan head into a willi becher that settled to a thin ring. this was almost a gusher due to bottle-conditioning. the body was a bright amber color.
s - yeasty, floral hops, some fruitiness.
t - floral hops, bready, green apples give it a hint of tartness.
m - bubbly and coating.
o - this bottle is approximately a 2011.
Aug 16, 2013s - yeasty, floral hops, some fruitiness.
t - floral hops, bready, green apples give it a hint of tartness.
m - bubbly and coating.
o - this bottle is approximately a 2011.
Reviewed by Hopswagger from South Carolina
3.8/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
P: Murky copper body with floating specks. Looks like a swamp bog. A bountiful display of dense cream colored pillow top head. Great retention leaving behind rocky cliff ledges and a smooth, melted icecream like, sea of beauty.
S: Sweet prunes, toasted caramel malt, soapy grains, musty fabric covered furniture, wood rot and moss. Crystallized sugar and tannins. Aroma is really malt forward with subtle musty notes.
T/M: Taste follows the nose and introduces cherry alcohol, grapes, and strong brewed tea. Medium creamy body with delicate carbonation.
O: Super malted and nice sweet palate. I would like to age this and see where it goes. I would have liked to have more funk and musty notes but overall it a well done beer.
Feb 24, 2013S: Sweet prunes, toasted caramel malt, soapy grains, musty fabric covered furniture, wood rot and moss. Crystallized sugar and tannins. Aroma is really malt forward with subtle musty notes.
T/M: Taste follows the nose and introduces cherry alcohol, grapes, and strong brewed tea. Medium creamy body with delicate carbonation.
O: Super malted and nice sweet palate. I would like to age this and see where it goes. I would have liked to have more funk and musty notes but overall it a well done beer.
Reviewed by impending from California
4.05/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.05/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
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22oz into a tulip. Pours a hazed orangeade, clumpy froth, dense, nice lacing.
Rich yeasty grainy aroma with light skinned fruits and a touch of flora.
Taste delivers what the nose knew. Delicious fairly traditional Bière De Garde. Not overly sweet, touch of bitter touch of dry, pleasantly fading aftertaste. Medium bodied lively mouthfeel.
cheers
jd
Mar 19, 201222oz into a tulip. Pours a hazed orangeade, clumpy froth, dense, nice lacing.
Rich yeasty grainy aroma with light skinned fruits and a touch of flora.
Taste delivers what the nose knew. Delicious fairly traditional Bière De Garde. Not overly sweet, touch of bitter touch of dry, pleasantly fading aftertaste. Medium bodied lively mouthfeel.
cheers
jd
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