Small Kine De Garde
Kona Brewing Co.

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Kona Brewing Co.
 
Hawaii, United States
Style:
French Bière de Garde
ABV:
4.6%
Score:
+7 ratings needed
Avg:
3.75 | pDev: 5.33%
Ratings:
3 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 07, 2013
Added:
May 18, 2012
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.75 by mbs11 from Massachusetts

Feb 07, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by EzraAtom from California

Jun 02, 2012
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

4/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A 12oz glass, and another one of the current seasonals at the Kona brewpub.

This beer appears a slightly hazy, pale golden straw colour, with one finger of creamy and barely sullied off-white head, which leaves a nice undulating shoreline of lace around the glass as it hies it outta Dodge.

It smells of yeasty, grainy malt, a bit of mild citrus, some faint biscuit notes, and a slight white sugary character. The taste is grainy pale malt, some subtle earthy coriander, head in the sand yeast, and reserved leafy hops.

The bubbles are fairly average in their basically supportive frothiness, the body a solid medium weight, and agreeably smooth. It finishes off-dry, the grain, somewhat spicy coriander, and lingering hops working it just so.

A fairly decent version of this hard to come across Old World style, generally well rendered at this bastion of remoteness in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
May 18, 2012