Le Batteur | Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
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Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
Michigan, United States
bellsbeer.com
Style: Bière de Garde
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.80%
Availability: Limited (brewed once)
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by tpd975 on 04-11-2010
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.
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Ratings: 79 | Reviews: 17
Reviews by oline73:
3.53/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Served in a snifter at churchkey in dc.
Pours a cloudy golden color with an amber hue. There isn't much head at all. I'm getting Belgian spice in the nose along with a mild citrus note. The flavor is light and full of yeast spice. This is an extremely dry beer. Just a bit herbal. The finis is bone dry.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Served in a snifter at churchkey in dc.
Pours a cloudy golden color with an amber hue. There isn't much head at all. I'm getting Belgian spice in the nose along with a mild citrus note. The flavor is light and full of yeast spice. This is an extremely dry beer. Just a bit herbal. The finis is bone dry.
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More User Reviews:
3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Number one (of three) in the French Jazz series - The Blonde
Serving glass: Poured from tap into small chalice.
Appearance: Pale cloudy yellow with thin white head.
Smell: Strong yeast with nice bread and peppery notes.
Taste: Very bready and yeasty, somewhat sweet. Pepper and citrus come through toward the end.
Feel: Moderately high carbonation, medium sugary body, but slightly drying at the end.
Drinkability: The most thirst quenching of the three Jazz beers, but the least interesting.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Number one (of three) in the French Jazz series - The Blonde
Serving glass: Poured from tap into small chalice.
Appearance: Pale cloudy yellow with thin white head.
Smell: Strong yeast with nice bread and peppery notes.
Taste: Very bready and yeasty, somewhat sweet. Pepper and citrus come through toward the end.
Feel: Moderately high carbonation, medium sugary body, but slightly drying at the end.
Drinkability: The most thirst quenching of the three Jazz beers, but the least interesting.
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3.93/5 rDev +8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
On tap as part of Bells tap takeover at Bulldog uptown
A-served in a tulip this beer is hazy, color is an orangish golden with a thin white film skimming the top
S-clean malt, some lemony citrus zest
T-clean barley malt. Plenty of lemon like yeast esters with a very crisp quick finish
M-highly carbonated which is desired with the characteristics of this brew. More body than I would expect given the clean malt character
O-I like this one, clean and crisp with a little body and flavor that goes down easy
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
On tap as part of Bells tap takeover at Bulldog uptown
A-served in a tulip this beer is hazy, color is an orangish golden with a thin white film skimming the top
S-clean malt, some lemony citrus zest
T-clean barley malt. Plenty of lemon like yeast esters with a very crisp quick finish
M-highly carbonated which is desired with the characteristics of this brew. More body than I would expect given the clean malt character
O-I like this one, clean and crisp with a little body and flavor that goes down easy
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4.25/5 rDev +16.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I'm drinking mine on tap at the Pig & Fiddle on 14 Sept. 2016. It arrives hazy gold under a thin white foamy film. It has a citrus and light bread crumb nose with spice and traces of over ripe fruit to banana in the background. A pleasant lemony tartness runs through the palate with a mildly tart start followed by some yeasty fruit notes and then a return to more tart notes. The malt smooths out some of the rough edges of the tartness. The tartness is medium while the malt is medium to medium light. The body is medium light and the carbonation is above average. This is a very refreshing and agreeable summer beer.I rate it 85.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I'm drinking mine on tap at the Pig & Fiddle on 14 Sept. 2016. It arrives hazy gold under a thin white foamy film. It has a citrus and light bread crumb nose with spice and traces of over ripe fruit to banana in the background. A pleasant lemony tartness runs through the palate with a mildly tart start followed by some yeasty fruit notes and then a return to more tart notes. The malt smooths out some of the rough edges of the tartness. The tartness is medium while the malt is medium to medium light. The body is medium light and the carbonation is above average. This is a very refreshing and agreeable summer beer.I rate it 85.
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3.42/5 rDev -6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.74/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.53/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On-tap at Thirsty Monk, Asheville, NC
A: The beer is crystal clear yellow in color and has no visible carbonation. It poured with a thin white head that died down and left a thin ring of bubbles around the edge of the glass.
S: Sweet aromas of malts are present in the nose along with hints of adjuncts.
T: The taste has flavors of sweet malts and corn adjuncts along with a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation
O: I wouldn't really consider this to be a true biere de garde as it doesn't have any flavors of earthy yeast.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On-tap at Thirsty Monk, Asheville, NC
A: The beer is crystal clear yellow in color and has no visible carbonation. It poured with a thin white head that died down and left a thin ring of bubbles around the edge of the glass.
S: Sweet aromas of malts are present in the nose along with hints of adjuncts.
T: The taste has flavors of sweet malts and corn adjuncts along with a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation
O: I wouldn't really consider this to be a true biere de garde as it doesn't have any flavors of earthy yeast.
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3.73/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On Tap @ Blue Door Pours a golden yellow color with a fresh white some streaks of lacing. smells of belgian yeast with spice and bready malts. slight tart start with spritzes of lemon/citrus some spices and pepper with a grassy saison finish. Mouth feel is dry and crisp very refreshing with lingering tartness and white fruit. Enjoyed this one alot
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On Tap @ Blue Door Pours a golden yellow color with a fresh white some streaks of lacing. smells of belgian yeast with spice and bready malts. slight tart start with spritzes of lemon/citrus some spices and pepper with a grassy saison finish. Mouth feel is dry and crisp very refreshing with lingering tartness and white fruit. Enjoyed this one alot
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3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tasted in a pint glass from draft at the Vine on September 10, 2016.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tasted in a pint glass from draft at the Vine on September 10, 2016.
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Le Batteur from Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
Beer rating:
3.64 out of
5 with
79 ratings
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