Saint Druon De Sebourg (French Abbey Ale)
Brasserie Duyck

Saint Druon De Sebourg (French Abbey Ale)Saint Druon De Sebourg (French Abbey Ale)
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From:
Brasserie Duyck
 
France
Style:
Belgian Pale Ale
ABV:
6%
Score:
78
Avg:
3.4 | pDev: 13.82%
Reviews:
94
Ratings:
107
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 22, 2015
Added:
Dec 08, 2002
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  0
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Ratings by bonbini26:
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Rated by bonbini26 from New Jersey

2.5/5  rDev -26.5%

Jan 12, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3 by jrob21 from North Carolina

Dec 22, 2015
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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
Flashback #334
Aug 19, 2015
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Reviewed 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
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, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

Aug 05, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by WOLFGANG from South Carolina

Jul 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by MarvinSnyder from West Virginia

Jun 18, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by Grinky from Illinois

Jan 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by uturn from Florida

Jan 12, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by cliff1066 from Virginia

Dec 27, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by xacidx from Connecticut

Dec 27, 2012
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Reviewed by RonaldTheriot from Louisiana

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, 2012
 
Rated: 2.5 by sneaks2210 from New York

Nov 15, 2012
 
Rated: 3.25 by t0rin0 from California

Sep 01, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by JRod1969 from New York

Jul 07, 2012
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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
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, 2012
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Reviewed by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

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, 2011
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Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire

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, 2011
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Reviewed by 51mmz0rz from New Jersey

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, 2011
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Reviewed by sholland119 from Pennsylvania

2.65/5  rDev -22.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Taking a day off from the madness of Philly Beer Week. So this is a perfect time for Blind BIF #5, Blind Beer #7, from abraxel.

A-Pour is a mildly hazy straw with hints of peach, a frothy off white head and good sticky lacing. It has the color of a kill shot but not sure.

S-Rather light in aroma. A bit of a Belgian yeast sort of aroma but not much going on.

T-Hmmm. Oddly sweet, a bit tangy, a little slick. Not sure what to make of this but I am guessing a Belgian blonde. Though this could be a lager too, really. Not much flavor.

M-Light to medium bodied, a bit slick.

O-Well, it's not undrinkable. But I don't care for it either, really. *Hoping* this is a killshot. Let's see:

Jenlain St. Druon. Well, I did get the style but was not a fan.

HV
Jun 07, 2011
Saint Druon De Sebourg (French Abbey Ale) from Brasserie Duyck
Beer rating: 78 out of 100 with 107 ratings