Diversey & Lill(e)
Brasserie Castelain
- From:
- Brasserie Castelain
- France
- Style:
- French Bière de Garde
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 11.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 17
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 12, 2016
- Added:
- Jul 27, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
Brewed as a collaboration with Two Brothers Brewing Co. out of Warrenville, IL.
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.16/5 rDev -15.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.16/5 rDev -15.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Just after telling my friends no American breweries were brewing Biere de garde, here’s this one. adequate but lacking some of the floral/spice notes of the French style. Medium amber with small beige head, malt, spice, meadow. Something missing.
Jan 12, 2016
Reviewed by seedyone from New York
4.5/5 rDev +20.3%
4.5/5 rDev +20.3%
01/30/13 On tap at Rattle n Hum, NYC. Likin' this a lot. You can always tell a well made brew & this is one. No one will be offended with a taste of this. Might sound boring to some, but sometime well rounded & inoffensive carry a quality that is tough to beat. This is one of those.
Nov 10, 2014
Reviewed by RblWthACoz from Pennsylvania
4.2/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Now this is a biere de garde.
Bready and malty sweet. Minimal hop tones. I get a little spice, sure, but it seems to take a backseat to the malts. Not all the way balanced. But focusing on that seems like nit-picking. There aren't a lot of biere de gardes that I really appreciate. But this is one of them. Glad I picked up the bottle when I had the chance.
Jul 04, 2013Bready and malty sweet. Minimal hop tones. I get a little spice, sure, but it seems to take a backseat to the malts. Not all the way balanced. But focusing on that seems like nit-picking. There aren't a lot of biere de gardes that I really appreciate. But this is one of them. Glad I picked up the bottle when I had the chance.
Reviewed by mactrail from Washington
3.05/5 rDev -18.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev -18.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Medium dark amber in the world's heaviest chalice. A little of the yeasty flavor. Very fruity.
A little drier in the finish. finally the Belgian flavor comes through in the aftertaste. Tastes like grapes and pomegranate but mouthfeel is kind of flat. A touch of oatmeal with a little mustiness. I can't say this even reminds me of a Bière de Garde, and it defies categorization. Not particularly pleasing in any case. A case of authentic Belgian blahs.
On tap at the Neighborhood in San Diego. Tasted 10/29/2012 and transcribed from notes.
Dec 19, 2012A little drier in the finish. finally the Belgian flavor comes through in the aftertaste. Tastes like grapes and pomegranate but mouthfeel is kind of flat. A touch of oatmeal with a little mustiness. I can't say this even reminds me of a Bière de Garde, and it defies categorization. Not particularly pleasing in any case. A case of authentic Belgian blahs.
On tap at the Neighborhood in San Diego. Tasted 10/29/2012 and transcribed from notes.
Reviewed by Gmann from New York
2.46/5 rDev -34.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
2.46/5 rDev -34.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
Pours a crystal clear copper color with a semi-dense off-white head that left a small wall of lacing on the glass. Seems a tad light for the style.
The aroma has a light caramel note a bit buttery. Light pepper and grass. Kind of an overall funk, dirty line aroma.
The taste is of caramel and rust. It has a white wine grape sweetness. The malt is quite bready with a honey butter flavor. I must say it has a dirty tap line flavor or old english pale ale flavor. Not very appealing.
Moderate feel with fizzy carbonation. Sweet on the palate. Easily drinkable.
Very much a disappointment. Not what I expected a Biere de Garde to be, not that I have had many of the style. Very buttery and dirty tasting. Doesn't live up to the "crisply bitter adn dry-hopped with American hops" billing on the label.
Dec 03, 2012The aroma has a light caramel note a bit buttery. Light pepper and grass. Kind of an overall funk, dirty line aroma.
The taste is of caramel and rust. It has a white wine grape sweetness. The malt is quite bready with a honey butter flavor. I must say it has a dirty tap line flavor or old english pale ale flavor. Not very appealing.
Moderate feel with fizzy carbonation. Sweet on the palate. Easily drinkable.
Very much a disappointment. Not what I expected a Biere de Garde to be, not that I have had many of the style. Very buttery and dirty tasting. Doesn't live up to the "crisply bitter adn dry-hopped with American hops" billing on the label.
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