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La Goudale
Brassierie Goulant
- From:
- Brassierie Goulant
- France
- Style:
- Bière de Garde
Ranked #60 - ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #24,999 - Avg:
- 3.61 | pDev: 11.36%
- Reviews:
- 164
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 04, 2024
- Added:
- Dec 07, 2002
- Wants:
- 10
- Gots:
- 42
Its light taste of special malts, flavored with Flanders hops and its aromas of high fermentation, gives La Goudale all its character and balance.
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Ratings by Reaper16:
Reviewed by Reaper16 from Alabama
3.61/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
12oz. bottle served into a tulip glass
Pours a light, light orange color; sort of a poppy orange. The body is quite clear, and you can see an abundance of carbonation screaming up to the top of the glass. A finger and a half of creamy, fine-bubbled head form. The lacing is spectacular: a solid but fine wall of foam sticks to the circumference of the glass. Great looking Biere de Garde.
The aroma strikes me right off the bat as musty. Like musty attic meets stale Belgian amber malts. That's not a bad thing, it's just a thing. I get some apple core aroma, and also a little bit of rose petal. Yeah, lots of apple core. Some faint nuttiness too. Pretty subtle, but a solid enough nose.
I don't particularly enjoy the flavor of this beer, but it is objectively pretty solid. It's very much in the Amber Ale vibe in terms of malt flavors: light breadcrust, appleskin. There's some phenolic astringency here, which is welcome. The finish brings out a drying huskiness from the malts that comes across like nutshell. I'd like this beer -- ostensibly in the farmhouse ale mode -- to have some more interesting yeast flavors. As is, it is a standard, if above-average, example of the style.
La Goudale is on the lighter side of medium-bodied. Despite the active visible carbonation, you don't really feel it prickle your tongue. That smoothness compliments the amber malt flavors. Overall, this is a good Biere de Garde. I don't personally see myself buying it again, but someone that really enjoys American Amber Ales should definitely seek this beer out. Accessible palate expansion and/or a rustic Belgian beer for people that don't like funk.
Jun 06, 2011Pours a light, light orange color; sort of a poppy orange. The body is quite clear, and you can see an abundance of carbonation screaming up to the top of the glass. A finger and a half of creamy, fine-bubbled head form. The lacing is spectacular: a solid but fine wall of foam sticks to the circumference of the glass. Great looking Biere de Garde.
The aroma strikes me right off the bat as musty. Like musty attic meets stale Belgian amber malts. That's not a bad thing, it's just a thing. I get some apple core aroma, and also a little bit of rose petal. Yeah, lots of apple core. Some faint nuttiness too. Pretty subtle, but a solid enough nose.
I don't particularly enjoy the flavor of this beer, but it is objectively pretty solid. It's very much in the Amber Ale vibe in terms of malt flavors: light breadcrust, appleskin. There's some phenolic astringency here, which is welcome. The finish brings out a drying huskiness from the malts that comes across like nutshell. I'd like this beer -- ostensibly in the farmhouse ale mode -- to have some more interesting yeast flavors. As is, it is a standard, if above-average, example of the style.
La Goudale is on the lighter side of medium-bodied. Despite the active visible carbonation, you don't really feel it prickle your tongue. That smoothness compliments the amber malt flavors. Overall, this is a good Biere de Garde. I don't personally see myself buying it again, but someone that really enjoys American Amber Ales should definitely seek this beer out. Accessible palate expansion and/or a rustic Belgian beer for people that don't like funk.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Kost97
3.55/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.55/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 750ml corked and caged bottle.
It's the first beer I had from this style and it was quite a bit sweeter than anticipated. It is mostly felt in the middle of the sip and after that the alchocol and carbonation balances it out.
Mar 04, 2024It's the first beer I had from this style and it was quite a bit sweeter than anticipated. It is mostly felt in the middle of the sip and after that the alchocol and carbonation balances it out.
Reviewed by MadMadMike from France
3.89/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
50 cL tall boy can, cold, into a snifter, Toulouse, France.
Fair foam over gold brew.
Nose brings bready lemon with perceivable sweetness.
Taste is hoppy Belgian ale with notes of bread, orange, light bitterness.
Mouth and carbonation are medium.
Overall, nice pop-anywhere sud!
Jan 01, 2024Fair foam over gold brew.
Nose brings bready lemon with perceivable sweetness.
Taste is hoppy Belgian ale with notes of bread, orange, light bitterness.
Mouth and carbonation are medium.
Overall, nice pop-anywhere sud!
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.75/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
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
Jun 19, 2023L- 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
Reviewed by Beersnake from California
4.14/5 rDev +14.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev +14.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
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.
Jun 30, 2022Reviewed by BucBasil from Rwanda
3.95/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
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.
Apr 21, 2022Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.25/5 rDev +17.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +17.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
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.
Jan 03, 202275cl 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.
Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California
3.79/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
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.
Aug 11, 2021
La Goudale from Brassierie Goulant
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100 with
291 ratings
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