La Goudale
Brassierie Goulant

 

 

La Gourdale – 330ml bottle Ex Morrisons, Wymondham, Norfolk, Biere Blonde 7.2%. BB 31/10/24
L- Pours clear amber, 3mm white foam cap 3.75
S- Smells hoppy, possibly light Belgian esters 3.75
T- Quite malty, rich, with rising bright/dry hops comes balance. 3.75
F- Bit richer than anticipated. Could have started this a bit colder otherwise very drinkable 3.75
O- Surprise find at Morrisons, Wymondham, UK. Pleasant but not anything to write home about. 3.75

 

Poured from a can just under fridge temp. Pours clear yellow with a good amount of white head. The nose is lemon, vanilla, wheat, apricot, and a sweet candy. The taste is really nice. Super smooth. Orange creamsicle, banana, a bit of leather, caramel, wheat, and a nice earthy note. I really like this. Medium bodied and a nice subtle sweet aftertaste.

 

Poured from the 750ml corked and caged bottle in Paris. The beer was a nice dark gold color. Smell was slightly yeasty and earthy. Taste was a bit spicy with light fruit and earthy hops. This was a nice surprise. Dangerously drinkable for it's relative strength.

Les Brasseurs de Gayant "La Goudale"
75cl brown glass bottle, corked & caged

Notes: Brewed from pale and caramel malts with 3 Flemish hop varieties and coriander and bitter orange peel. Slightly hazy deep golden/amber colored body beneath a full head of slightly off-white foam. The head retention and lacing are both very good. Aroma of grainy and bready malt along with dried straw, woody spiciness, some floral character, soft orange marmalade, dried apricot, dull apple, and a hint of a clove-like phenol from the yeast. The flavor follows but shows the malt to be nutty, gently caramelish, and somewhat honey-like as well. The woody spiciness and soft fruits remain, and it's a bit grassy, herbal, and peppery as well. It's sweetish up front and across the middle but balanced by a moderate to median bitterness that kicks up in the semi-dry finish with the spiciness, and perhaps alcohol, adding something in. In the mouth it's medium bodied and gently crisp with a fine-bubbled, seemingly natural carbonation that warms to become quite smooth. Really quite nice all around. Fairly complex and highly satiating.

Just fine. Fine and good. Air conditioning on a hot day, a double meat, mustard instead of spread, add whole grilled onion and pepperchini at in n out after a long day, and fresh, warm skivvies out of the dryer on a cold day. Just give it to me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Got in a trade with Shanex. 250 ml bottle into tulip glass, best before 10/4/2020. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy deep golden amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big orange, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red apple, white grape, peppercorn, light banana/clove, honey, cracker, biscuit dough, toast, light caramel/nutty, herbal, floral, wood, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, bready malts, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of big orange, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red apple, white grape, peppercorn, light banana/clove, honey, cracker, biscuit dough, toast, light caramel/nutty, herbal, floral, wood, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate peppery yeast spiciness; and herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on finish. Lingering notes of orange, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red apple, white grape, peppercorn, light banana/clove, honey, cracker, biscuit dough, toast, light caramel/nutty, herbal, floral, wood, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, bready malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with an awesome malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitter/spiciness and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and body; with a very smooth, and moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.2%. Overall this is an awesome Biere de Garde. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, bready malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/spicy/drying finish. Perfectly balanced Belgian yeast and rich Munich malt complexity; with great noble hop presence/balance for the style. Mild residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and outstanding spot on style example.

 

 

Arras 2019. Clear gold with a nice head and strong lacing. Fruity Belgian yeast nose. Light- medium body with a Belgian yeast tang. Enjoyable.