Nuances d'Alphonso

A hazed golden ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light lemon notes, light Epsom salts, light Brett, light tropical fruits, very nice. In mouth, a nice tart mix of passion fruit, mango, light lactic notes, Epsom salts and Brett. On tap at brewery.

On tap at Avant-Garde, pours a hazy orange with a tiny head. Aroma is full of wild bugs, oak, and accentuated by subtle mango. Flavour is buggy and tart, with lots of wild yeast, oak, and sour mango. Quite acidic, leaving a bit of heartburn. The blend doesn't impart the most cohesive wild yeast character, but it's a valiant effort.

(500ml bottle from L'Axe du Malt, Quebec City) Pours moderately hazy bright orangish-gold like mango juice with basically no lasting head. Notes dominated by fresh golden mango flesh, light piney/turpentine overtones, soft lactic citrusy acidity, drying neutral barrel wood, some funk but not as developed-feeling as some of their other wild ales, overall balance is lightly lactic tart with a little fruity sweetness, finishing fairly dry and rather mineral with lingering mango and light pine and dusty funk. Light body with effervescent carbonation. Solid though I thought the backing for the mango wasn't as complex as I'd like.