La Choulette De Noël
Brasserie La Choulette

La Choulette De NoëlLa Choulette De Noël
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From:
Brasserie La Choulette
 
France
Style:
Bière de Garde
ABV:
7%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.83 | pDev: 11.23%
Reviews:
66
Ratings:
91
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 27, 2016
Added:
Nov 27, 2003
Wants:
  6
Gots:
  9
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Ratings by Hex92:
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Reviewed by Hex92 from Virginia

3.2/5  rDev -16.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
First of all a caveat. My bottle was dated 9_22_12. Its December of 2012. So maybe the extra 3 months pushed it over the edge...but I doubt it. Overall a very average beer. I can' t remember what I paid for it, but its not worth getting again.

It just is nothing special. It has no remarkable characteristics. Its OK in the glass. It kinda smells good. And the taste is meh.

There are too man beers out there to pick this one up again.
Dec 17, 2012
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Rated: 4 by Cuervo_PCB from Florida

Aug 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4.49 by Vylo from New Jersey

Apr 24, 2016
 
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Dec 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.56 by DucksFan16 from Tennessee

Dec 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.85 by msquared36 from Ohio

Jan 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by NorthCoastPranqster from Georgia

Dec 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by lillitnn92 from Virginia

Nov 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by JoelClark from Idaho

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May 22, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by RBorsato from Virginia

Mar 04, 2014
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Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio

3.78/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
750 ml caged and corked bottle. Served in a tulip, the beer pours a slightly hazy amber color with about an inch light tan head. Head retention is good, and there's a lot of lacing. Aroma is mostly malty, it smells like dark fruit (raisins), toffee, caramel, apples and some sweet spices. Taste is similar to the aroma, it tastes like dark fruit (raisins, plums), apples, caramel, bready malt, brown sugar, and some cinnamon. Mouthfeel/body is light/medium, it's a bit coating and has a good amount of carbonation. I liked this, and I think it's worth a try if you come across it.
Dec 27, 2013
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Reviewed by Chico1985 from Massachusetts

3.17/5  rDev -17.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
750ml shared with Kevin and Nick pre-Christmas party.

Pour is hazy and a light amber color with a thick off-white head. Thin cap retains for the duration while leaving great lace.

Scents of apple, spice, raisin, caramel, bready and yeasty tones. Pretty good.

Taste is surprisingly plain considering the scent. Somehow reduced to caramel and bready malts, Belgian yeast and some dark fruit. Really not much else going on here.

Light for 7% and low carbonation. Definitely could use some more spritz, just feels weak on the palate.

This is one of the oddest smell-to-taste transfers ever, feels like 2 different beers. The scent+appearance had promise, but it just really lacked elsewhere.
Dec 15, 2013
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.75/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
biere de garde is not a style I personally associate with holiday beer in my head, so this was a nice treat, and a rethinking of the Christmas beer paradigm for me. you could have told me this was Belgian and I would have agreed, the yeast is distinctively so. medium range amber color with some soft hazy and a large foaming off white head od teeny tiny bubbles. ring lacing as it sips. smells of sweet malt, subtle herbal spice, and Belgian yeast. there is a candy sweetness as first in the taste, but it is replaced quickly by a sharp spice profile that isn't immediately attributable to the usual suspects. my guess is that a good amount of the spiciness comes from the yeast, which has carbonated this beer robustly enough to clean up the richer sugary malt. a strange thin fruity finish to this one, caught me by surprise a little bit, apples and pears as it closes. a different take on a Christmas beer for sure, but one I enjoyed quite a lot.
Dec 11, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by BillRoth from Maryland

Dec 07, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by TeachChefs from Pennsylvania

Nov 10, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

Aug 04, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Mebuzzard from Colorado

Jul 29, 2013
 
Rated: 2 by BGsWo22 from Texas

Mar 21, 2013
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Reviewed by impending from California

3.65/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
B+

750ml into a tulip. Pours a crystal clear deep copper amber garnet, minor tan cream colored head even with an enthusiastic pour, minor lacing.

Aroma is pulpy overripe fruits, honey, a hint of cherry and notes from a scotch ale.

Flavor is of generic fruits, a little honey and caramel. Quick dry twang quickly is a no bitter finish which fades pleasantly. Medium, smooth bodied, low carbed mouthfeel. Fairly subtle flavor which evolves nicely over a narrow range.
cheers
jd
Feb 09, 2013
La Choulette De Noël from Brasserie La Choulette
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 91 ratings