Les Râteliers (Bell de Loing)
Microbrewery in Amilly, Centre-Val de Loire, France 🇫🇷
Established in 2003
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught Good amberish head, dense, slightly irregular; amber beer, fully hazy, well carbonated. Parsley, caramel, smoked ham (not like in a Rauch, mind you), roasted malts nose. Caramel, toasted, coloured malts, toffee, shortbread, malt syrup, but thankfully not too sweet. Slight burning, very well carbonated if a bit syrupy. Nice, if somewhat classical amber beer - and this time perfectly poured.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught Fully hazy with some UFO’s, nearly not head, but a white rim. Very badly poured (unwashed glass, too cold). Citrus, slight (pale) malt, faint yeast esters. Again citrus, lemonbalm, warm malt. Retronasal definitely mint/ "cool-aid". Warming up, more citrus (orange) notes. Very refreshing, but ending quite empty, the serving temperature does not help at all. Nice blonde, but very, very "meek".
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Cloudy orange colour. Spicy, caramelly flavour......................
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Hazy amber color. Light aroma of malt and sugars. Dry mouthfeel, poor malt, some caramel. Another mediocre French beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
An unclear amber beer with an off-white head. The aroma is sweet malty combined with spices, while the flavor is sweet malty combined with notes of straw.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled (BB 02/2008)
Dark nut brown, small tanned head. Aromatic nose of roasted malts and flowery hops. Medium-bodied, carbonated. Starts hoppy then turns chocolaty. Roasted aftertaste. One of the best French I’ve had.