The Great Gatsbeer
Church-Key Brewing Company
- From:
- Church-Key Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- French Bière de Garde
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.39 | pDev: 24.69%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 28, 2013
- Added:
- Jul 09, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by peensteen from Canada (ON)
3.18/5 rDev +33.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.18/5 rDev +33.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
slightly hazy blond colour, very light head, some lace. Smell is lightly yeasty, hops, light citrus and spice but also slightly cheesy. Taste is lightly yeasty, lemon, unbalanced, earthy, lightly bitter and fairly plain. Light to medium feel, aggressive carbonation, syrupy finish. Not bad but needs some work, it is drinkable but nothing special.
Jan 28, 2013
Reviewed by jrenihan from Canada (ON)
2.24/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2
2.24/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2
Beer is a cloudy orange colour. Looks like a wit. No head.
Smell is remarkable- but not in a good way. It smells remarkably like cheese, parmesan or even cheddar. Bizarre, and not particularly nice.
The cheese scent is present in the taste as well, but thankfully not quite as strongly. Does leave a bizarre tang in the mouth. Pretty hard to get past the cheese-like flavour.
Overcarbonated, mildly irritating. Relatively light bodied.
Overall? Not my thing. My first experience with biere de garde. I am not sure if this is a good example of the style, but this is not an enjoyable beer.
Aug 28, 2011Smell is remarkable- but not in a good way. It smells remarkably like cheese, parmesan or even cheddar. Bizarre, and not particularly nice.
The cheese scent is present in the taste as well, but thankfully not quite as strongly. Does leave a bizarre tang in the mouth. Pretty hard to get past the cheese-like flavour.
Overcarbonated, mildly irritating. Relatively light bodied.
Overall? Not my thing. My first experience with biere de garde. I am not sure if this is a good example of the style, but this is not an enjoyable beer.
Reviewed by ritzkiss from Canada (ON)
1.76/5 rDev -26.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
1.76/5 rDev -26.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
400ml serving at Volo. Something got into me and I decided to order Church Key after a long hiatus. Perhaps it was my long dormant English lit degree influencing me....
A hazy light golden sitting almost placid in the stemmed glassware, murky and much too still.
One whiff lets you know this is a Church Key special... weeks old blue cheese is dominant. Hint of malt perhaps in there too but all I can think is bad cheese, funky and over ripe.
Taste is also loaded with this putrid cheese flavor, hints of baby vomit, a light citric and green apple tartness and souring quality hidden underneath which perhaps gestures to what they were trying for. Hard to determine the style here but loads of ripe blue cheese, strawberries, sweaty socks and boxers you've worn too long. I love my funky beers but this is not funk in a good way, it's funk in a 'What the Hell!' sort of way. Each sip I grimaced but I choked it down, cursing myself for spending my $ on this waste.
Edit: I've now seen this beer referred to as a Bier de Garde, which makes me smile.
Jul 09, 2011A hazy light golden sitting almost placid in the stemmed glassware, murky and much too still.
One whiff lets you know this is a Church Key special... weeks old blue cheese is dominant. Hint of malt perhaps in there too but all I can think is bad cheese, funky and over ripe.
Taste is also loaded with this putrid cheese flavor, hints of baby vomit, a light citric and green apple tartness and souring quality hidden underneath which perhaps gestures to what they were trying for. Hard to determine the style here but loads of ripe blue cheese, strawberries, sweaty socks and boxers you've worn too long. I love my funky beers but this is not funk in a good way, it's funk in a 'What the Hell!' sort of way. Each sip I grimaced but I choked it down, cursing myself for spending my $ on this waste.
Edit: I've now seen this beer referred to as a Bier de Garde, which makes me smile.
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