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Originally from Sainte-Croix en Plain, the Alsatian Sainte Crucienne brewery first saw the light of day in 2007 during a boozy evening, thanks to a band of idealistic friends eager to create different and very hoppy beers. At the start of their adventure, they started by brewing 20 liters of beers, then 100, then 600. It was not until 2013 that the brewery officially started in its premises in Colmar, in just three years the volume of production has doubled to reach 3000 hl today.
They share this success with a whole community of independent brewers who are part of the Front Hexagonal de Libièration, with whom they continue to work. The goal is to multiply collaborations and unique brews to create an ever more original beer in taste and participate in the revolution of the world of craft beers.
They share this success with a whole community of independent brewers who are part of the Front Hexagonal de Libièration, with whom they continue to work. The goal is to multiply collaborations and unique brews to create an ever more original beer in taste and participate in the revolution of the world of craft beers.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle@HBF 2016. Pours yellowish orange with a thick white head. Aroma of grass, fruits and citrus. Taste is smooth, grassy and fruity with hints of citrus. Finish is crisp, hoppy and grassy with some fruits and citrus. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 06:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle at HBF2016. Hazy yellow-amber color, good cloudy head, lace. Grass, candy fruityness. Medium-bodied. Citrus, a bit sweetish flavor. Candyish, some alcohol. Sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 06:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle. Golden color, thick white head. Sweet, grapes, fruit, stone fruit. Flavor has herbal hops, floral notes, ripe fruits. Pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 06:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Almost clear dark copper with off white head. Ham, lots of smoked meats, lime, pineapple, smoke, ash, fudge, seaweed. Under medium sweet and bitter. Medium bodied. More a German style smoked beer than IPA. Not really my thing, though it really is a well made beer, these kind of meaty malts are just not my favorite.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2016
at 19:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle kindly shared by rusos, many thanks. aGolden color with medium white head. Citrus hops, light smoke in aroma. Taste, citrus hops with pines, zest, peat, rye. Medium long citrus hoppy finish. Interesting, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2016
at 13:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at a tasting. Clear golden colour. Moderate rauch in this one - enough to make it a major player but not too much for hops to shine as well. Mixed smoke character. Hoppiness is citrusy, grapefruit, pomelo. Quite good, though harder drinking. High bitterness and dry smoke-hops finish. Balanced well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2016
at 13:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Clear, dark, chestnut colour with huge, thick, frothy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, beige head. Herbal-spicy, hoppy aroma with tropical fruity background, some grapefruit, resin, a minimally funky touch, chocolately dark malty basis. Taste is bitter hoppy, herbal-grassy-spicy, hints of tropical fruit, grapefruit, chocolately, dark malty basis; soft palate but not undercarbonated. Slightly strange herbal touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2016
at 14:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle [friendly fired to OWL by bartlebier, thank you very much for permanently repeated restoration of Braukollektiv completeness!]. Barely clear, yellow-ish golden colour with huge, frothy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Smoky and citrusy hoppy aroma: starts citrusy, oscillates between citrusy and smoky, smoke predominance in the end - notes of grapefruit, lemon and orange, some candied orange zest and a resinous touch on the citrusy side, clammy wood ashes, a touch of peat on the smoky side. Taste is citrusy hoppy, moderately smoky, moderate bitterness with a leafy touch of tobacco, notes of orange, mandarine, some grapefruit, wood ashes, minimally sweet, malty basis with late hints of rye spiciness. Not completely harmonious or fully integrated, not monolithic, nevertheless unambiguous and intending a precise objective.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2016
at 15:56
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught @ [ 888 Winter Camp French Craft Beer Festival ] - Malmö Brewing Co, Bergsgatan 33, Malmö, Sweden 214 22. [ As Sainte Crucienne / Braukollektiv - Friendly Fire ].Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, wood, rye, moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity hops, smoke, wood, plastic smoke - burnt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160123]
Tried
on 24 Mar 2016
at 16:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Slight hazy pale yellow with white head. Lychee, grapefruit, pineapple, soft spices, light grassy and herbal towards the finish. Some dough and biscuits. Light sweet and a bit more bitter. Medium bodied with quite some carbonation and light feel for a wheat ale. Good hoppy stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2016
at 15:06