Truly divine moderate-bodied Biere De Garde posing as mild yellow-hazed amber ale counters its sharp alcohol bite with earthen herbal-spiced fruitiness and lightly prickled champagne-like effervescence. White-peppered grassy hops bring leathery hay dryness to floral-perfumed lemon zest, herbal green tea bittering, and musty Belgian-like yeast fungi. Sweet clover-honeyed candi-sugared tropical fruiting, creamy banana-vanilla-butterscotch tandem, and lithe coriander-cinnamon spicing counter green apple tartness, white grape esters, and unripe plum souring as well as tertiary basil-thyme-sage hints at the midst. Serve to honey-wined mead fans as a sweeter alternative.

Rustic amber-coppered ‘biere de garde’ opens with gunky saison fruiting and dewy earthen fungi contrasting addictive caramel-toasted vanilla bean creaminess. Green apple tartness, red grape sweetness and navel orange tang counter dry grain bitterness. Flowery hop aromatics usurp warm maple tone, losing resilience and giving way to ashen acridity. Severe alcohol burn may turn off lighter thirsts. French-styled barleywine essence may be overstated.

Superb 8% alcohol-licked French amber ale brings sweet cereal grain waft to chewy butterscotch-chocolate malting, rich banana-creamed cherry vanilla accrual, and chipper hop prickle. Affluent barleywine midst picks up hazelnut-chestnut-almond influence and minor quince-tangerine-apricot tinge, adding further complexity.