Thiriez Amber
Thiriez Amber
Rated 3.380 by BeerPals
Brewed by Brasserie Thiriez
Esquelbecq, France
Style: Amber Ale
5.8% Alcohol by Volume
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The label says it all: amber waves of grain under a full, blue sky. This is the only beer from the little French farmhouse brewery, Thiriez, that isn’t pungent with the aroma of hop bitterness. Instead, Thiriez Amber is a celebration of wholesome, freshly harvested barley malt, and that is what you get in the nose. The barley that grows in the fields of French Flanders (quite close to the border with Belgium) is some of the best in the world. Meanwhile, along with all that pure malt goodness you’ll detect a few spicy, earthy notes – just what you want in a real farmhouse brew – that derive from a very special yeast that is exclusive to the Thiriez brewery. Some of the malt is lightly roasted, which lends a mild, nutty flavor, and gives the beer a reddish tinge. It’s more of a red beer than an amber one, truth be told.
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| Overall Rank | 6364 |
| Overall Percentile | 88.7 |
| Style Rank | 86 of 1304 |
| Style Percentile | 93.4 |
| Lowest Score | 3.9 |
| Highest Score | 4.0 |
| Average Score | 3.950 |
| Weighted Score | 3.380 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8
Another Thiriez beer...., another P.I.T.A. beer, what with all of the foam, this time in my Eau Bénite Triple glass.
Now, don't get me wrong, I do dig the flavor profile of this one. Has a nice "rustic" aspect to it that I like to find in Farmhouse Ales such as this, on both sides of the Franco-Belgian border. Akin to fresh baked bread, with even some hints of oatmeal cookies in the mix.
Rather dry in the backend, which is a bit of a change of pace from the norm of this sort of beer (a beer semi-style that I guess might even share some very vague roots with New Belgium's infamous Fat Tire Amber Ale...., but, on the other hand, that might very well in fact be seen as something of a put-down for this beer!)
Anyway, another gentle top-off of my glass from the bottle -- another huge mound of foam to plow through. A beer that doesn't know when to quit..., which at least is a good sign IMO. With much of this beer gone, it does show some interesting aspects as the beer warms up some. Gets much dryer, and the dusty character of the bottle-conditioning yeast (which I normally try to leave in the bottle) gives this beer an interesting flavor: cashews? peanuts? almonds?
Overall, this is an interesting beer, `tis true...., but it's various quirks and it's rather over-stated price tag limit my desire to make a return trip to this particular region, beer-wise. Not at all a bad drop, and I'd be happy to split one with one of my mates at O'Brien's or elsewhere. But for routine drinkin'? Eh, gotta pass, thanks.
Music: Black Sabbath's "Master Of Reality"
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
I really like this one. poured golden red color with a huge fluffy white head. taste was musty with malt and fruits. reminded me of a dank dark basement, with many unknowns. great farmhouse ale.
