B.S. de Mars
Bent Stick Brewing Co.
- From:
- Bent Stick Brewing Co.
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- French Bière de Garde
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 0.8%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jul 27, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 26, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.77/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
650ml bottle - a bit of a surprise find at the ol' bottleshop this past weekend, as there seems to be a dearth of information about this one floating about (other than the not always so obligatory listing on the brewer's website).
This beer pours a slightly hazy, medium copper amber colour, with three fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly off-white head, which leaves some random archipelago lace around the glass as it slowly seeps away.
It smells of lightly toasted, bready and doughy caramel malt, some muddled pome fruitiness, a hint of musty yeast, and very tame earthy, herbal, and floral hop bitters. The taste is semi-sweet, grainy and crackery caramel malt, a bit of mildly buttery toffee, still hard to pick apart dark fruity notes, a subtle earthy mustiness, some faint booze warming, and more understated musty, leafy, and floral green hoppiness.
The carbonation is quite restrained in its hooky-playing frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and mostly smooth, with just a touch of clamminess maybe not toeing the company line here. It finishes off-dry, the malt pretty much running away with the show.
Overall - this is a pleasant enough version of a Bière de Garde, with the varied malt essences jockeying for position, to the detriment of any real hop bitterness, which is the way it's supposed to be, apparently. Good on these guys for tackling the reproduction of these more esoteric brewing styles. Just don't call it 'Patio Beer'.
Feb 27, 2018This beer pours a slightly hazy, medium copper amber colour, with three fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly off-white head, which leaves some random archipelago lace around the glass as it slowly seeps away.
It smells of lightly toasted, bready and doughy caramel malt, some muddled pome fruitiness, a hint of musty yeast, and very tame earthy, herbal, and floral hop bitters. The taste is semi-sweet, grainy and crackery caramel malt, a bit of mildly buttery toffee, still hard to pick apart dark fruity notes, a subtle earthy mustiness, some faint booze warming, and more understated musty, leafy, and floral green hoppiness.
The carbonation is quite restrained in its hooky-playing frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and mostly smooth, with just a touch of clamminess maybe not toeing the company line here. It finishes off-dry, the malt pretty much running away with the show.
Overall - this is a pleasant enough version of a Bière de Garde, with the varied malt essences jockeying for position, to the detriment of any real hop bitterness, which is the way it's supposed to be, apparently. Good on these guys for tackling the reproduction of these more esoteric brewing styles. Just don't call it 'Patio Beer'.
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