Anosteke Bourgogne Blanc
La Brasserie du Pays Flamand / Anosteké L'Estaminet
- From:
- La Brasserie du Pays Flamand / Anosteké L'Estaminet
- France
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.38 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 30, 2016
- Added:
- Mar 30, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.38/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
On-draught @ Brewberry in Paris. Part of the Wild Leeuw series. Regrettably brief notes below:
A: Head is white, soft, delicate, and has nice retention (3 minutes) for the high ABV. Body is a bright pale copper of average vibrance, with no yeast visible inside. Translucent; semitransparent.
Sm: Belgian pale malts, rich white oak (I'd guess virgin oak, it's so pungent), white wine, cedar plank, some kind of bright fruit, cidery apple notes (as in very dry cidre from Brittany, not the sweet crap teenagers drink by the can in/from the UK), some tripel-esque esters, dry biscuity Belgian yeast.
Cedar dominates.
Aromatic intensity is average. Suggests a remarkable brew that disguises its 10% ABV dangerously well.
TASTE/TEXTURE: Fruity, rustic, and dry, but also sweeter than anticipated. Oak (replete with traces of vanilla) and cedar wood sits in the background, lending the flavour profile a unifying barrel presence. Orchard apple, spicy Belgian yeast, blonde malts, faint clove honey, fruity esters, dry white wine.
Texture is somehow simultaneously dry yet succulent, parching the palate yet refreshing it at the same time. This teasing mouthfeel would work better if it didn't lean so heavy on the dryness; it gets a bit too rough as the beer is consumed (even a paltry 12.5cl). Light to medium-bodied. Well-carbonated.
OVERALL: Dangerously drinkable for its high ABV, and fascinatingly rustic in its flavour profile, which feels like a Belgian strong pale ale stealing elements from biere de garde and tripel alike. The barrel character is modest, accentuating notes as needed but never eclipsing the base beer. Well worth trying when in France. I look forward to exploring more beers from this brewery.
There is room for better balance, more depth of flavour, more intricacy, and more subtlety.
High B- (3.38) / WORTHY
Mar 30, 2016A: Head is white, soft, delicate, and has nice retention (3 minutes) for the high ABV. Body is a bright pale copper of average vibrance, with no yeast visible inside. Translucent; semitransparent.
Sm: Belgian pale malts, rich white oak (I'd guess virgin oak, it's so pungent), white wine, cedar plank, some kind of bright fruit, cidery apple notes (as in very dry cidre from Brittany, not the sweet crap teenagers drink by the can in/from the UK), some tripel-esque esters, dry biscuity Belgian yeast.
Cedar dominates.
Aromatic intensity is average. Suggests a remarkable brew that disguises its 10% ABV dangerously well.
TASTE/TEXTURE: Fruity, rustic, and dry, but also sweeter than anticipated. Oak (replete with traces of vanilla) and cedar wood sits in the background, lending the flavour profile a unifying barrel presence. Orchard apple, spicy Belgian yeast, blonde malts, faint clove honey, fruity esters, dry white wine.
Texture is somehow simultaneously dry yet succulent, parching the palate yet refreshing it at the same time. This teasing mouthfeel would work better if it didn't lean so heavy on the dryness; it gets a bit too rough as the beer is consumed (even a paltry 12.5cl). Light to medium-bodied. Well-carbonated.
OVERALL: Dangerously drinkable for its high ABV, and fascinatingly rustic in its flavour profile, which feels like a Belgian strong pale ale stealing elements from biere de garde and tripel alike. The barrel character is modest, accentuating notes as needed but never eclipsing the base beer. Well worth trying when in France. I look forward to exploring more beers from this brewery.
There is room for better balance, more depth of flavour, more intricacy, and more subtlety.
High B- (3.38) / WORTHY
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