Frères Papinot (Bières Calvinus) Rousse

Rousse

 

Frères Papinot (Bières Calvinus) in Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Brewed at/by: Brauerei Locher (Appenzeller)
  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular
Score
6.47
ABV: 8.0% IBU: - Ticks: 7
During the horrendous heatwave of July 1558, Calvin liked to amble in the still-empty streets of the city, well before dawn. One morning, as he descended the cauldron-makers’ street towards the Bourg-de-Four central square, he saw swirling water and flames coming out of the fountain at the bottom of the street. Suspecting an apparition of the Evil One, he approached, quite fearfully. It was red-haired Hermine “La Rouquine“, one of the streetwalkers on the so-called “street of the beauty girls“, the rue des Belles-Filles, splashing around half naked and waving her impressive red hair in the fountain as a means to cool off. Seeing such a shameful sight, Calvin felt quite shocked and troubled and fell into a faint. Several hours later, he came to at the convent hospital. His rantings about the Devil and women were so agitated and incoherent that the doctors diagnosed severe dehydration. As soon as Calvin was back on his feet, he had the “beauty girls“ banished from that street, much to the population’s anger. As a hommage to Hermine and to the oldest profession in history, we, the Brothers Papinot, have brewed a lovely red beer, containing water, barley, hops and yeast and sure to make your head turn.
 

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7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
I drank it at plainpalais at the tap. It is a normal beer, nothing extraordinary, refreshing, a bit metalic, malt, few hop, a bit boring, 28.11.16
Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2025 at 20:20

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
hazy orange colour, one inch of dense off-white head; aroma of intensive honeycomb toffee, some orange, floral and some bubblegum notes; taste of malty-toffee-like, as well as floral honey sweetness which is very well balanced by orange-zesty-hoppy and yeasty notes; not bad at all
Tried on 05 Apr 2019 at 18:06

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 050816
Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2016 at 11:36

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Some fruity esters. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2016 at 11:34

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet malt, yeast, fruits, hops and malt. Sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2016 at 11:34

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle, 8%. Clear golden with medium off-white head. Aroma is malt, yeast, caramel, fruit, little ripe fruit and fruit peel. Flavour is malt, yeast, fruit, fruit peel, sweet, warming, little ripe fruit, hop and medium bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2016 at 11:34

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Wine Universe, Geneva Airport train station
Cloudy golden color with generous head. It’s rather mellow, with a moderate character of Belgian yeast, and traces of fruity esters; ordinary bitterness.
Not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2015 at 03:52