Mandrin Au Sapin
Brasserie Artisanale Du Dauphiné
- From:
- Brasserie Artisanale Du Dauphiné
- France
- Style:
- French Bière de Garde
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 16.01%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 23, 2016
- Added:
- Aug 31, 2008
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Bruno74200 from France
3.69/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
An okay bière de garde but I can't taste the spruce very much. It's balanced though. It has an good malt presence bringing a good body. The hops are light but present
Oct 23, 2016
Reviewed by hedonist91 from New York
2/5 rDev -43.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2/5 rDev -43.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
A-Light brown with chill haze. Upon opening, spewed all over my counter, had a head like a diet coke. Enormous, tiny, loud bubbles that disappeared in a flash.
s-A little toasty, malty sweet, but a noticeable sour note.
t-Sharp, sour, overtaking the malt.
m-light mouthfeel, almost ciderish
d-forcing it down until something else gets cold.
Aug 07, 2010s-A little toasty, malty sweet, but a noticeable sour note.
t-Sharp, sour, overtaking the malt.
m-light mouthfeel, almost ciderish
d-forcing it down until something else gets cold.
Reviewed by yourefragile from District of Columbia
3.45/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.45/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Picked up a 750 of this at WF in Vienna for 4, figured it couldn't be that bad...
Reaction upon first taste was, no way this is a biere de garde. Apparently this is brewed with pine needles and flavor is extremely sweet with a mild hop bitterness, in the bottle I'm sampling. Appearance is unremarkable, a dark relatively clear amber with a quickly dissipating cream colored head of a few large bubbles with no lacing. Aroma is very fruity, mild tart, but more predominantly sweet. Flavor is initially, well, very piney and sweet, before a light hop bitterness in the finish and a lingering odd candy sweetness. With every sip I think ugh, this is a drain pour, yet I continue drinking. A very unique, Belgian style ale with a lingering pine flavor, distinct from the typical piney hop flavor. Not quite recommended, but not exactly avoidable either; worth a try for something unique.
Jun 13, 2010Reaction upon first taste was, no way this is a biere de garde. Apparently this is brewed with pine needles and flavor is extremely sweet with a mild hop bitterness, in the bottle I'm sampling. Appearance is unremarkable, a dark relatively clear amber with a quickly dissipating cream colored head of a few large bubbles with no lacing. Aroma is very fruity, mild tart, but more predominantly sweet. Flavor is initially, well, very piney and sweet, before a light hop bitterness in the finish and a lingering odd candy sweetness. With every sip I think ugh, this is a drain pour, yet I continue drinking. A very unique, Belgian style ale with a lingering pine flavor, distinct from the typical piney hop flavor. Not quite recommended, but not exactly avoidable either; worth a try for something unique.
Reviewed by mt5000 from Virginia
4.47/5 rDev +25.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev +25.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I'm not sure if biere de garde is the correct classification for this beer. It's an ale brewed with pine needles, if my information is correct. I was expecting something like a retsina wine - very piney without much else. I was wrong. The pine is very much in the background, giving the beer a strong floral aroma. On the palate it is very well balanced with some sweet malts and a subdued yet firm hop presence.
A very interesting beer, quite unlike anything else I've tasted. Well worth a try to anybody looking for something new.
Sep 19, 2008A very interesting beer, quite unlike anything else I've tasted. Well worth a try to anybody looking for something new.
Reviewed by thierrynantes from France
3.7/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Beer bottle (33cl.), tasted in 2008.
Appearance : orange and copper coloured beer, with white foam head not persistent.
Smell : spruce and spicy aromas.
Taste and mouthfeel : piney notes, beautiful roundness
Dinkability : a good beer in the style "bière de garde"
Aug 31, 2008Appearance : orange and copper coloured beer, with white foam head not persistent.
Smell : spruce and spicy aromas.
Taste and mouthfeel : piney notes, beautiful roundness
Dinkability : a good beer in the style "bière de garde"
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