Bailleux Saison Saint Médard

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

750 ml corked and caged bottle, bought at the brewery. Poured in the original Saison Saint Médard snifter an unfiltered and cloudy mid-brown, with reddish tones, coloured BdG with a one finger creamy, dense and beige foamy head that had a very long retention and tons of micro bubbles. Soft carbonation. Some lacing. Countless big floating sediments. The aroma is roasted and caramel malts, fruity, berries, plums, a spicy touch with vanilla and earthy hops. The flavour is yeast, light roasted malts, caramel, hints of brown sugar, dark fruits, berries and spicy, coriander and a peppery touch. The mouthfeel is light crispy, round, sparkling, smooth and sourish bitter. The texture is watery. This medium bodied BdG has a dry bitter and fruity finish. A very pleasant Bière de Garde, well balanced and tasty, from the small Bailleux brewery, in the French Avesnois, at the Belgian boarder, in North of France, with is now run by the family Bailleux in the third generation. Keep on !

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Quite an explosive bottle, once I removed the wire, the cork flew up in the ceilling and further... hav,nt found the cork yeat... Pours out in a hazy orange colour, topped with a rich white foam. Dryish minerally nose of funky yeast and lemon-rind. Mild but wel-balanced flavour of orange-peels, minerals, earth and wet grass. medium-bodied with a fairly soft carbonation. Long mellow finish with dryish accents of orange-peels, minreals and white bread.