750ml bottle. Minimally cloudy, yellow-ish golden colour with average to huge, frothy, quickly osteoporosing, in doing so collapsing, subsequently re-compressing, white head. Slightly grainy, pale malty, sweet-ish fruity, minimally vinous aroma, notes of apricot and peach, a touch of prosecco. Taste is dry, slightly vinous, fruity, subtle fruity sweetness, notes of apricot and peach, hints of prosecco. Minimally oily, watery texture, minimally astringent palate, lively carbonation. Nice composition, quite refreshing due to the lively carbonation, but also surprisingly light bodied and therefore dangerously drinkable.

Kräutriger, mild süßlich kirschiger Antrunk. Erhöhte Karbonisierung, die Kräuternoten werden milder. Mild herb, süffig. Okay. 8/11/10/11/8/10

Bottle at Cotteridge wines tasting room; clear yellow pour with a big frothy off white head, aroma has yeast and some lemon grass, taste has sweet caramel, some herbal action, yeast.

--- Beer merged from original tick of Dame Jeanne on 15 Feb 2016 at 20:48 - Score: 7

Bottle as a gift. Hazy golden colour, white foam. Medium carbonation. Vinous notes, malty. Some notes of citrus. Bitter, light hoppy. Bit unbalanced, ok.

Fonefan 300814. Golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is fruit, pine, orange, citrus. Flavour is fruit, malt, apple, herbs, pine, orange, citrus. Ordinary beer.

Commissioned ’bière brut’ from a 75 cl bottle with, frankly, cheap label and hangtag; instead of a classic muselet, the cork is secured with a simple piece of rope. Pours a warm golden blonde, lightly hazy with fine sparkles (but not nearly as fierce as in champagne or the like), under a thick, moussy, cream white head with good retention. Aroma of damp cloth and cardboard at first, even lightstruck (green bottle again, cheaper than brown bottles, no coincidence!) fortunately receding and giving way to more seductive hints of peach, white grapes, flowers, cava, starfruit, freshly cut apple, gin, hay, white bread, dried apricot and baker’s yeast. Fresh fruity onset, pineapple and other exotic fruits, sweetish with even a slight honeyish sugary touch, vanilla, quite delicate actually, light mouthfeel, clearly less fizz than usual in this category of beers; honeyish malt sweetness, spicy yeasty notes, very flowery hop bitterishness and some gin-like alcohol make up the finish. I was a bit disappointed by the off-flavours at first but when those faded, this became quite enjoyable, though I find more graciousness and complexity in Malheur’s "bière bruts".

Bottle 750ml. corked @ The Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2014, TSODRBSG14. [ As Dame Jeanne Brut d’Anvers ].Clear medium yellow color with many tiny body particles, a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate yeasty, fruity yeast, sweet fruit. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a long duration, sugary malt - fruit, pale malt, light yeasty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20140830]