Bière blonde à l'ancienne brassée au Moyen-Age dans la région, La Goudale est une bière de garde de haute fermentation
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by staleyiv from Newnan, GA, USA who has tried this beer once. (10/2/2008 4:34:34 PM)
"Aroma is sweet-like with some mustiness as well as some lemon citrus and crisp straw with some cidery component like apple overtones with some peppery hop content. Appearance is a deep, golden in color with some haze but is attractive with a full-sized, well-carbonated head on top that is off-white in color and diminishes to a creamy lacing that sticks to the glass. Mouthfeel is tame but medium in body and very crisp and light with some adequate enough complexity and balance with a pallette that is wet-like and lively and carbonated. Flavor is of sweetness as well as some fruity ester and slight funk with an aftertaste that offers crisp apple overtones as well as some musty hops and has a finish that is clean and sharp and refreshing with some very faint white pepper nuiance. Overall, contrary to what some have said, I can appreciate this brew albiet a tad lacking in complexity. A very easy sipping Biere de Garde here and highly recommended if you want to get your feet wet in the area of French-inspired fare... "
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.8)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 330ml @ $3.41 Unit Cost: $4.89 per Pint
[2] Review by Sap from Tucson, AZ, USA who has tried this beer once. (8/14/2008 9:06:27 PM)
"Best By Date May 2009; Sampled August 2008
Pours into my 25cl tulip with an almost four-finger thick, pale, off-white colored head. The beer is brilliantly clear and a rich gold color that turns to a bright gold color when held up to the light. The aroma is an interesting mix of spicy-fruit and malt notes. The nose reminds me of a perfectly ripe, sweet, aromatic apple that has a touch of spiciness to it. Grassy grain notes and a touch of dusty malt becomes lightly noticeable towards the finish. The aroma definitely smells more like apple cider than anything else.
Sweet tasting with an apple flavor to it up front that moves to a piquant spiciness towards the finish. The finish is a mix of esters, phenols and higher alcohols that produce flavors similar to white pepper, ginger, a touch of warmth and a definite clove note; the phenolics even take on a cola like character towards the finish. Fairly well carbonated which provides a bit of fizz to the texture that helps to lighten things up just a bit. The taste is not one dimensional apple like the aroma, but the phenolics are a bit too much even if they provide an interesting counterpoint to the apple notes.
Not bad, just seems to be lacking in complexity, especially malt character.
Purchased: Plaza Liquors, Tucson AZ"
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.4)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 750ml @ $9.8 Unit Cost: $6.18 per Pint
[3] Review by oh6gdx from Vaasa, Finland who has tried this beer once. (8/28/2007 9:34:53 AM)
"Golden colour, mediumsized white fluffy head. Aroma is malts, spices, citrus and slight hints of alcohol. Flavour is smooth malts along with herbs and spices. Slight grapefruity notes also along with a nice alcoholic touch to it. Gets even nicer when warming up a bit. "
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[4] Review by Jutumull from Tallinn, Estonia who has tried this beer once. (6/15/2007 6:45:25 AM)
"Very plae yellow colored. Fastly dissapearing foam. A little bit sour and strange aroma, not very nice :( Taste is a little bit sweetish, a little bit too much alcohol is in the taste. Aftertaste is sweet and not very strong."
Aroma:
3/10
Appearance:
5/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
5/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.6)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[5] Review by Beerhawk from Sackville NB, Canada who has tried this beer once. (11/15/2006 5:32:55 PM)
"A decent french beer with alot of character. Bought this in Dieppe on a field study. A weird hoppy flavour on the attack but surprisingly smooth for a dark, heavy beer. Very Nice"
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
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(3.8)
