Humphrey Biere De Garde
Parallel 49 Brewing Company
- From:
- Parallel 49 Brewing Company
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- French Bière de Garde
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 8.2%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 16, 2018
- Added:
- May 15, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.62/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
341ml bottle (@6.2% ABV) - day 16 of the 2018 Parallel 49/Red Racer Alpine Adventure Pack. Pretty iffy pun in this one's name, IMHO.
This beer pours a clear, bright medium copper amber colour, with one flabby finger of puffy, loosely foamy, and fizzy ecru head, which leaves but a few sparse instances of spotty lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.
It smells of gritty and grainy cereal malt, sort of metallic minty spice, some estery yeastiness, weird floral notes, and some plain earthy, leafy, and herbal hop bitters. The taste is bready and grainy pale malt, underripe red grapefruit, oil of attar, some indistinct earthy spiciness, faint earthy yeast, and more well-understated musty, floral, and dead grassy hoppiness.
The carbonation is average in its palate-pinging frothiness, the body a so-so middleweight, and more or less smooth, with just a soupcon of spice perhaps not allowing us to achieve the ideal at this particular point in the game. It finishes trending dry, for the reason just mentioned.
Overall - this is one style that I can admit to not having a really good bead on. That is to say, I don't know what to expect, even after reading up on it. At any rate, this offering has a certain 'holiday' flair to it, so I'll leave it at that, while I finish the rest of it.
Dec 16, 2018This beer pours a clear, bright medium copper amber colour, with one flabby finger of puffy, loosely foamy, and fizzy ecru head, which leaves but a few sparse instances of spotty lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.
It smells of gritty and grainy cereal malt, sort of metallic minty spice, some estery yeastiness, weird floral notes, and some plain earthy, leafy, and herbal hop bitters. The taste is bready and grainy pale malt, underripe red grapefruit, oil of attar, some indistinct earthy spiciness, faint earthy yeast, and more well-understated musty, floral, and dead grassy hoppiness.
The carbonation is average in its palate-pinging frothiness, the body a so-so middleweight, and more or less smooth, with just a soupcon of spice perhaps not allowing us to achieve the ideal at this particular point in the game. It finishes trending dry, for the reason just mentioned.
Overall - this is one style that I can admit to not having a really good bead on. That is to say, I don't know what to expect, even after reading up on it. At any rate, this offering has a certain 'holiday' flair to it, so I'll leave it at that, while I finish the rest of it.
Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)
3.94/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.94/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance- Pours a copper colour with half a finger of bubbly white head.
Smell- Biscuity malts, toasted grains, raisin, plum.
Taste- Hit right away with the biscuity malts then the toasted grains, raisin, and plum. There is a nice cohesiveness with the flavours.
Mouthfeel- Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall- A enjoyable brew with nice cohesive flavours. Another winner from Parallel 49.
Jul 20, 2013Smell- Biscuity malts, toasted grains, raisin, plum.
Taste- Hit right away with the biscuity malts then the toasted grains, raisin, and plum. There is a nice cohesiveness with the flavours.
Mouthfeel- Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall- A enjoyable brew with nice cohesive flavours. Another winner from Parallel 49.
Reviewed by FondueVoodoo from Canada (BC)
3.78/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A: Pours a clear deep caramel with 2-3 fingers of white head which quickly dissipates leaving a singular row of bubbles around the ring of the glass with no lacing.
S: Sweet malts and rock candy supported by mild hops. Notes of grapefruit, grass and cucumber. Slightly creamy floral notes in the background.
T: Upfront notes of sweet malts and toasted brioche together with midrange hoppy bitterness, clean earthyness and mild alcohol esters.
M: Light to medium light mouthfeel with low carbonation. Alcohol is fairly well hidden.
O: This is a extremely approachable, inviting and sessionable beer that will easily pair with many meals. Straightforward in its approach without taxing the palate this is an easy drinker.
Jun 22, 2013S: Sweet malts and rock candy supported by mild hops. Notes of grapefruit, grass and cucumber. Slightly creamy floral notes in the background.
T: Upfront notes of sweet malts and toasted brioche together with midrange hoppy bitterness, clean earthyness and mild alcohol esters.
M: Light to medium light mouthfeel with low carbonation. Alcohol is fairly well hidden.
O: This is a extremely approachable, inviting and sessionable beer that will easily pair with many meals. Straightforward in its approach without taxing the palate this is an easy drinker.
Reviewed by canucklehead from Canada (BC)
3.81/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This is a very smooth version of the style though not the most nuanced version . The nose is quite fruity with the rose coming through a bit. There is a bit of a lager flavour to the beer mostly due to use of a lager yeast. This beer finishes a little sweet which is ok for the style but I would have liked a little more funkiness in the beer.
May 25, 2013
Reviewed by DaftCaskBC from Canada (BC)
4.18/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Label: "This effervescent ale is a complex, malty style traditionally brewed in the Nor-Pas-De-Calais region in Northern France. We've combined it with subtle rose water for one dashing beer. This looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
21.5 IBUs.
A: Amber liquid with excellent clarity topped by 1/4" cream coloured head that dissipated quickly and settled to the edges of the glass.
S: Flowers (yes the roses do come through), grass, cereal, and biscuit.
T: Cereal, biscuit, digestive cookies, grass. Quite sweet. Some floral presence near the end.
M: Very smooth. Medium to low level of fine carbonation and a somewhat syrupy medium viscosity.
O: Very drinkable and tasty. More smooth and less sharp than some others of the style.
May 15, 201321.5 IBUs.
A: Amber liquid with excellent clarity topped by 1/4" cream coloured head that dissipated quickly and settled to the edges of the glass.
S: Flowers (yes the roses do come through), grass, cereal, and biscuit.
T: Cereal, biscuit, digestive cookies, grass. Quite sweet. Some floral presence near the end.
M: Very smooth. Medium to low level of fine carbonation and a somewhat syrupy medium viscosity.
O: Very drinkable and tasty. More smooth and less sharp than some others of the style.
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