La Brasserie du Mont Salève

Microbrewery in Neydens, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 🇫🇷
Associated Venue: Brasserie du Mont Salève

Established in 2010

Contact
13 rue du Jura, Neydens, 74160, France
Description
Il y a encore quelques années, Michaël Novo construisait des installations chimiques pour un bureau d’études. A la nuit tombée, sa cuisine avait les allures de laboratoire. Il expérimentait des recettes. En 2009, l’idée de créer une brasserie artisanale germe dans sa tête. Un an plus tard, le 1er avril 2010, la Brasserie du Mont Salève ouvre ses portes.

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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Hazy orange beer under a very good big-bubbled orangeish cream head, quite stable, leaving shards of lace. End of bottle some vicious UFO’s. Fruity, citrussy hopnose; citruspeel mainly, grapefruit, mandarine(peel). Ever so slightly catty. Bitter, hoppy, but with a nice sweet-ish underbuild, bit caramelly. Orangemarmalade. Hints at orangecookies retronasal, where the bitterness is getting more mild, if with a metallic tang. Well-bodied, very slick to oily, well-carbonated. Very good IPA, maybe just a tad too light for a true Imperial IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2014 at 07:38

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Keg at BBF 6, day 1, 26/09/14. Clear golden orange with a moderate off white covering. Nose carries a citric zip, straw, bitter orange. Taste comprises tangy citric notes, smoke evident, lapsang souchong, spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok effort.
Tried on 01 Oct 2014 at 13:44

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft @ Borefts 2014. Again, this Mont Saleve beer is a bit too subtle. The notes of malt, rye and hops are nice and all, but lack some character.
Tried from Draft on 01 Oct 2014 at 10:02

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft @ Borefts 2014. Black IPA with a modest body of soft roasted malt, modestly hopped as well. It’s all a bit too french, could use some more power and character.
Tried from Draft on 01 Oct 2014 at 10:00

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
@ Borefts Bierfestival 2014. Black colour, brown foam. Medium carbonation. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, red berries. Bitter with sweet fruity hints. Unfortunately thin body and watery, also a hint of iron. Not bad but a bit too thin.
Tried on 01 Oct 2014 at 08:50

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled @ Borefts 2014 day 2. Lightly hazy yellow color, average sized decently lasting off-white head. Aroma is very fruity and hoppy, totally didn’t expect that. Taste lightly malts, quite fruity and hoppy again, moderately bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Quite nice.
Tried on 01 Oct 2014 at 04:13

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
Sampled @ Borefts 2014. Clear yellow golden color, small to average sized off-white head. Smell malts, smoke, a hint of peat. Taste malts, smoke, clearly some peat in there, fingerpaint. Don’t like it, and I don’t get anything IPA - ish. Not my thing at all.
Tried on 01 Oct 2014 at 03:53

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sampled @ Borefts 2014. Very dark brown to black color, small off-white head. Smell and taste malts, a touch of coffee, lightly hops as well, lightly roasty, decently bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Quite good.
Tried on 01 Oct 2014 at 03:51

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle [from trade with EricKok] @ home. Opaque dark brown color, full sized beige to light brown head that lasts for quite a while. Aroma is malts, rye, coffee, some smoke and perhaps even slightly peat. Taste malts, dark roast, smoke, a hint of leaves, again slightly peat. Medium body and carbonation. A quite good beer I think, but smoke and peat aren’t my things.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2014 at 14:33

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
@Borefts 2014 Hotel Room tasting, wazig oranje met witte kraag. fruitig ipa aroma’s. smaken zijn sinaasappelschil, zoet, moutig, bittertje, kruidig,matige body, glad met goede afdronk.
Tried on 30 Sep 2014 at 10:45