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Saint Druon De Sebourg (French Abbey Ale)
Brasserie Duyck
- From:
- Brasserie Duyck
- France
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.4 | pDev: 13.82%
- Reviews:
- 94
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 22, 2015
- Added:
- Dec 08, 2002
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Todd:
Reviewed by Todd from Finland
2.19/5 rDev -35.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
2.19/5 rDev -35.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
11.2 oz brown bottle (03/2005 bottling date). Slightly hazy, bright golden topped with a thick white foamy head that sticks to the glass as it settles to an appealing lace. (yeast in the bottle)
Fairly clean aroma, some grassy hops and hay, but theres this unpleasant light rubbery / medicinal phenol that pulls through.
Quite smooth and creamy on the palate, light-bodied with a hard water mouthfeel. Crisp with a sharp-ish green apple and lemony zest citric bite, and a tingling carbonation that amplifies. Light flavors / sweetness of juicy orange slices. Some raw honey. Lager-like, tinny, sour-ish ("skunky") herbal bite. Spicy phenols and a bit grassy around the edges. Touch of astringency. Yeasty in the finish, with notes of breadiness. Drying.
Eh. Tastes more like a Euro lager than an blonde abbey ale, but whatever. Its barely interesting, unbalanced, and many of the characteristics appear out of place.
Jun 01, 2005Fairly clean aroma, some grassy hops and hay, but theres this unpleasant light rubbery / medicinal phenol that pulls through.
Quite smooth and creamy on the palate, light-bodied with a hard water mouthfeel. Crisp with a sharp-ish green apple and lemony zest citric bite, and a tingling carbonation that amplifies. Light flavors / sweetness of juicy orange slices. Some raw honey. Lager-like, tinny, sour-ish ("skunky") herbal bite. Spicy phenols and a bit grassy around the edges. Touch of astringency. Yeasty in the finish, with notes of breadiness. Drying.
Eh. Tastes more like a Euro lager than an blonde abbey ale, but whatever. Its barely interesting, unbalanced, and many of the characteristics appear out of place.
More User Ratings:
Rated by papat444 from Canada (QC)
3.25/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Flashback #334
Aug 19, 2015Reviewed by Holy_Hop_Head from Oregon
3.46/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
It's interesting to read other people's interpretation of this beer and how drastically different they are. It just goes to show that we really all taste things differently...it's cool.
Someone gave me this beer to review, gawd bless them, because apparently I've convinced everyone I'm a beer writer now. Well, free beer always tastes better, doesn't it?
This is my take:
Cloudy orange with a nice creamy head that thins fairly quickly but with good retention and nice lacing. Smells bready, cider, pear, coriander and clove. Little to no carbonation, medium body. The taste is surprising - sweet fruitiness – though I can't quite pinpoint which fruit. It's quite refreshing. Tastes of sweet grains and bubblegum, finishing with clove and slight funkiness that's barely detectible and nicely integrated with the flavor. Despite the sweetness, the finish is actually quite dry which makes it very drinkable. Quite a bit of warm booziness, which is a little surprising given it's only a 6% beer (by Northwest standards, this is a moderate alcohol beer). No hop bitterness or tartness at all – as expected from the style.
Overall, I would still rate it in the low to mid-80's. I find it enjoyable. Not stellar, but very good.
Sep 03, 2013Someone gave me this beer to review, gawd bless them, because apparently I've convinced everyone I'm a beer writer now. Well, free beer always tastes better, doesn't it?
This is my take:
Cloudy orange with a nice creamy head that thins fairly quickly but with good retention and nice lacing. Smells bready, cider, pear, coriander and clove. Little to no carbonation, medium body. The taste is surprising - sweet fruitiness – though I can't quite pinpoint which fruit. It's quite refreshing. Tastes of sweet grains and bubblegum, finishing with clove and slight funkiness that's barely detectible and nicely integrated with the flavor. Despite the sweetness, the finish is actually quite dry which makes it very drinkable. Quite a bit of warm booziness, which is a little surprising given it's only a 6% beer (by Northwest standards, this is a moderate alcohol beer). No hop bitterness or tartness at all – as expected from the style.
Overall, I would still rate it in the low to mid-80's. I find it enjoyable. Not stellar, but very good.
Reviewed by RonaldTheriot from Louisiana
4.08/5 rDev +20%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +20%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
St. Druon de Sebourg has a thin, loose, white head and an opaque, bright-orange appearance, with scant lacing and brown yeast pieces afloat. This clouds up even more upon swishing the bottle and pouring in the residual yeast and gunk. The aroma is strong- alcohol, fermented grain, sugar, citrus rind, and dates. Taste is of a similar cast, with an overall old character. Hop bitterness is minimal. Mouthfeel is medium and chewy, and St. Druon de Sebourg finishes mostly dry, mellow, and relatively easy drinking. It is unusual, as bier de garde tends to be, but I rate it excellent, nonetheless.
RJT
Nov 20, 2012RJT
Reviewed by socon67 from New York
3.52/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
A - Light orange pour with a bubbly foam head. Plenty of carbaonation here. Translucent and some lacing.
S - Floral smell and a scent of berries is noted.
T - Decent flavor of raspberries and other sweet fruits. Yeast gives it almost a champagne feel.
M - A bit too carbonated and thin for my liking. I suspect this is what turns many off from this beer.
O - This was an interesting pale ale from France that was better than I expected. Not the best example of the style, but worth a shot.
Jun 07, 2012S - Floral smell and a scent of berries is noted.
T - Decent flavor of raspberries and other sweet fruits. Yeast gives it almost a champagne feel.
M - A bit too carbonated and thin for my liking. I suspect this is what turns many off from this beer.
O - This was an interesting pale ale from France that was better than I expected. Not the best example of the style, but worth a shot.
Reviewed by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania
3.08/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.08/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
This beer poured out as a decent looking golden color with a white fizzy head on top. The smell of the beer is malty, grainy and some hop aromas in there. The taste of the beer is bitter and slightly sweet. The mouthfeel of the beer is pretty good, decent carbonation and light to medium body. Overall this brew isn't terrible but it's not the best of it's style.
Dec 01, 2011Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire
3.21/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.21/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
From the caged, corked green 25 fl. oz. bottle marked L9062-08:16. Sampled on November 12, 2011. It looks like a Belgian Pale Ale with its golden pour although the head isn't much. Sadly, this came in a green bottle along with its inevitable skunky aroma that supersedes any decent analysis. After a few whiffs I can get some sweet, candied malts and citrus. The body was very pleasant falling into the medium range with a honey-like smoothness. The taste was a tad better than the aroma with solid sweetness of malts and a mild and appropriate bitterness on the end. I guess I'm glad I bought it for under $7.
Nov 12, 2011Reviewed by 51mmz0rz from New Jersey
4/5 rDev +17.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4/5 rDev +17.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a 0.5L Duvel tulip from a 750mL bottle. No date, but there is a code "L9062 08:17", whatever that means.
A: Beautiful golden color, paler than most. Head is a bit small, probably due to my pour.
S: Smells sweet, and yeasty, slight grain aromas in the background.
T: Much cleaner than the nose would suggest. A very nice easy drinking beer with good Belgian character. Sweeter than I would like, though.
M: A little too slick and thick from the sweetness I suppose.
O: Pleasing, though I guess I am wanting it to be dryer to complement the abv/lighter flavors.
Jul 31, 2011A: Beautiful golden color, paler than most. Head is a bit small, probably due to my pour.
S: Smells sweet, and yeasty, slight grain aromas in the background.
T: Much cleaner than the nose would suggest. A very nice easy drinking beer with good Belgian character. Sweeter than I would like, though.
M: A little too slick and thick from the sweetness I suppose.
O: Pleasing, though I guess I am wanting it to be dryer to complement the abv/lighter flavors.
Saint Druon De Sebourg (French Abbey Ale) from Brasserie Duyck
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
107 ratings
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