Bière de Noël
La Brasserie du Mont Salève in Neydens, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 🇫🇷
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Score
7.45
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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Si cette Mont Salève est une IPA très honorable, je n'y retrouve pas réellement d'esprit de Noël, ce qui je dois dire n'est pas le plus évident pour une IPA. Robe couleur dorée quasi limpide avec une mousse blanc cassé abondante, le visuel n'est pas trop mal. Le nez est sur une belle amertume herbacée et légèrement florale avec des arômes d'abricot et de mangue en complément. L'attaque est sur une amertume vive et sèche, un tantinet agressive sur une dominante pamplemousse et herbes. La deuxième bouche est plus équilibrée avec encore une grosse présence herbacée, du poivre, de la pêche, de la mangue et une pointe florale. L’arrière-bouche est vive avec une touche pimentée, sur une ampleur correcte. Le final, d'une bonne longueur est sur un joli équilibre malt/houblon. A défaut de l'esprit de Noël, nous avons une IPA agréable. Et Joyeux Noël à Vincent avec un peu d’avance !
Tried
on 12 Dec 2020
at 18:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Moeder Lambic. Very tropical, mango and grapefruit aroma, pine too maybe. Taste is good. Little bit of body to it. Not so bitter, almost a little sweet. Nice. Low carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a glowing gold, good white head. Aroma showcases a good, fresh, fruity hop profile. Taste is similarly fresh, hoppy, not overly fruity with everything held in balance and a perfect bitter finish. Sometimes, in a craft beer world of hazy, fruit-laden, murk-bombs, you yearn for a measured, confident, mature IPA like this.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jan 2018
at 02:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at home, 14th February 16. Aroma is floral and aromatic hops. The aromatic nose, comes through in the taste, good citrus bitterness, pine. Very nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2016
at 14:29
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Imported from my RateBeer account as Mont Salève Bière de Noël (by Mont Salève):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
15/I/16 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ Claudia's serrefeestje - BB: n/a (2016-33)
Little cloudy blond beer, creamy irregular off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of tropical fruits, lychee, mango, grapefruit, pineapple. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity start, pineapple, lychee, lots of passion fruits, grapefruit, pretty bitter, sweet caramel malts. Aftertaste: citrus, bitter, fruity, very nice beer!
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
15/I/16 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ Claudia's serrefeestje - BB: n/a (2016-33)
Little cloudy blond beer, creamy irregular off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of tropical fruits, lychee, mango, grapefruit, pineapple. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity start, pineapple, lychee, lots of passion fruits, grapefruit, pretty bitter, sweet caramel malts. Aftertaste: citrus, bitter, fruity, very nice beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2016
at 15:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bouteille(Merci, le professeur!): deep golden, a bit unclear, small and stable creamy white head; exotic fruits and traces of cough-syrup in the drier bitter-malty nose; moderate to solid bitter-sweet flavour, medium bodied, not very soft; lingering poney and fruity-exotic finish, hops stickin’ to the tongue. Quelle surprise!!! Quelle surprise…
Tried
on 07 Dec 2015
at 16:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
My first Christmas beer of the season is from the highly regarded La Brasserie du Mont Saleve in France. Their Biere de Noël is a 7.2% hoppy pale ale (IPA?). I got it on sale at Cave a Bulles in Paris and just noticed the best before date was 5 days ago so figured I should crack it open. It looks beautiful, a lightly opaque honey gold with a light beige head that leaves a soapy type of belgian lace behind. The nose is fantastic, huge pine with mild spice & sweet malt notes. While it is pine it is the full spectrum of pineyness: earthy, woodsy, bright green pine needles, etc. For something brewed last year it’s held up very well. Med-full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. The flavor is unexpectedly sweet, fruity & Rich with a mild hop bite in the finish. Candied fruit, fruitcake, marmalade & ashey, earthy pine. Good but I suspect it’d be even better fresh. It’s also an unexpected style for a Christmas beer. I hope to try more Mont Saleve again in the future.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Nov 2015
at 10:36
8/10
Tried
on 02 Jan 2015
at 21:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught Fluffy white head, very persistent over faintly hazy orange beer. Huge wave of fruity, citrussy hops/-oils, fresh hopcones, bit of ureum, straw. Light, but intense flavourprofile of dry, lightly cheesy hops, straw, dry leaves. Background has some faint sweetish cakey notes, banana. Light body, oily slickness. Bit flat MF. Another excellent, deceptively light appearing beer by Mont Salève. Phenomenal brewery, certainly for France.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2014
at 01:35
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle from Bièrerie Illkirch-Graffenstaden. Golden colour, with a white head. Intensive, unbelievable aroma of passion fruit. Good malty base, and more hops with passion fruit flavours coming through, even dominating the flavour. Delicious!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2014
at 10:31