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Forest & Main - The Brewery

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From:
Forest & Main - The Brewery
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
French Bière de Garde
ABV:
6%
Score:
+6 ratings needed
Avg:
4.05 | pDev: 4.94%
Ratings:
4 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 06, 2013
Added:
Oct 10, 2013
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
This Biere de Garde is paradoxically malty and dry; a farmhouse ale that shows an earthy, spicy character, with hints of acidity and oak from the barrel-aged portion of the blend.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4 by ColForbinBC from New Jersey

Nov 06, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by xnicknj from Pennsylvania

Nov 04, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by fdig23 from Pennsylvania

Oct 11, 2013
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Reviewed by blackie from Oregon

4.21/5  rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Draft at the brewery in a short chalice. The beer is a deep amber in color with some purplish hues and an off-white head that eventually recedes. An underlying maltiness pervades the beer - but it’s been fully fermented and dried out into something like fruit skin. The nose is particularly funky, providing a sometimes pungent basement cheese-mold alongside spicy, tart notes of oak. The flavor is similar - not quite as funked out, but brett makes a strong mark, with lots of dry oak in the finish. Hay and flirting complexities. Moderate but crisp and dry in body, carbonation low and delicate. Another top notch pour from F&M - thoroughly enjoyed.
Oct 10, 2013