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La brasserie artisanale Saint-Monon est une entreprise familiale née en 1996, située à Ambly, à la limite de l’Ardenne et de la Famenne.

Saint-Monon beer was born in 1996 in the heart of the Famenne, land of brigandage and legends located at the gateway to the Belgian Ardennes. This beverage straight out of the imagination of the youngest Walloon brewer in, Pierre Jacob, quickly acquired its letters of nobility.

Pierre Jacob is an industrial engineer in the food industry. Nature, he works with and he respects it. His farm is 100% self-sufficient in electricity, the filtration residues from his beers are converted into food for the village animals, organic waste is composted, he works with recycled paper and cardboard boxes.
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Alengrin (11809) reviewed
Malagne l'Arduinna from Brasserie Saint-Monon
12 years ago
5.1/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Spelt beer referring to the Gallo-Roman age, with yellowish white, dense, moussy head and orangey peach blonde colour, misty, brownish with deposit. Spicy aroma of ginger, nutmeg, grains including spelt, grapefruit; spicy, dry, fruity and yeasty taste, completely ruined by bacterial lactic acidity, clearly the result of an infection.
Tried on 28 Aug 2014 at 11:59
Alengrin (11809) reviewed
Meuuh! Blanche Artisanale from Brasserie Saint-Monon
12 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
Commissioned wheat beer with sticky, white head and ochre blonde colour, hazy. ’Wild’ aroma, yoghurt, sour cream, lemon, bready malts, banana, pear. Lemony acidity in the onset, bit lactic sourness too, bready malt base, rather thin mouthfeel, somewhat phenolic and unpleasant ending. Atypical if considered a witbier and not very satisfying.
Tried on 27 Aug 2014 at 13:09
Alengrin (11809) reviewed
La Féodale de la Roche Blonde / Blond from Brasserie Saint-Monon
12 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
The blonde one in this series of commissioned beers for a shop in La Roche, with stable, off-white head (captured after strong gushing!), murky ochre blonde colour with orange glow. Aroma powerfully fruity, peach, persimmon, orange, apple, straw, nutmeg, coriander, grapefruit; fruity taste with surprisingly low carbonation in relation to the gushing, smooth caramel malts, sweetish, florally bitterish finish.
Tried on 27 Aug 2014 at 12:18
Alengrin (11809) reviewed
La Féodale de la Roche Brune / Bruin from Brasserie Saint-Monon
12 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Commissioned by a souvenir shop of which the proprietor apparently helped develop the recipe. Cream white, dense, pretty stable head, warm brownish copper colour, misty. Caramelly and nutty malts, very spicy as usual for this brewery, coriander, cinnamon, liquorice, cloves, nutmeg, apple, grape, orange, bark, grass, pepper, sulphur, honey and something unpleasantly, but luckily subtle solvent-like. Smooth, round palate, light maltiness, fruity with perhaps too obvious (real) spices, medium carbo, medium hop bitterness in the finish, bit phenolic, yeasty and a bit saison-like. Too bad for the somewhat chemical smell and taste effects, this would have been a very decent ale otherwise.
Tried on 27 Aug 2014 at 12:15
jefverstraete (7490) reviewed
Au Miel from Brasserie Saint-Monon
12 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle @ Fourneau Saint-Michel. Amber colour, white foam. Aroma is malty with notes of caramel, honey and spices. Not too sweet but well balanced. Very good beer!
Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2014 at 00:47
jefverstraete (7490) reviewed
La Saint-Hubert Cuvée du Borq from Brasserie Saint-Monon
12 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle @ Saint-Hubert. Amber colour with creamy foam, lots of carbonation. Aroma of caramel and dark sugar. Bitter taste with sweet notes. Ok beer.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2014 at 00:45
Alengrin (11809) reviewed
Dolmenius Wéris from Brasserie Saint-Monon
12 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 2 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Commissioned by ASBL Terre de Durbuy. Off-white, quickly collapsing and eventually disappearing head, colour warm orange amber, misty. Aroma of dried fruits and spices, walnuts, caramel, grass, honey, mango, tomato, vanilla, nutmeg. Restrained fruitiness in the taste, mineral touch, very yeasty (a bit ’dusty’ even), bready and nutty malts, dry with spicy accents, bit sourish due to mild infection, brief and mild hoppiness in the finish. Clearly out of balance.
Tried on 13 Aug 2014 at 11:45
Alengrin (11809) reviewed
Cuvée Ermesinde from Brasserie Saint-Monon
12 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Strong amber commissioned by Arelbières in Arlon, with thick, creamy, off-white, sticky head and bright copper colour. Spicy and fruity aroma of honey, apricot, pepper, aniseed, ginger, citrus peel, whisky, flowery hops. Sourish onset, then turning sweetish, light citrus, caramelly maltiness, spicy notes, finishing mildly flowery hoppy with warming alcohol, but the spices - typically overused as this brewery so often does - also generate a drying effect. Nonetheless quite an agreeable brew.
Tried on 10 Aug 2014 at 09:02
tderoeck (24158) reviewed
Au Miel from Brasserie Saint-Monon
12 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Saint-Monon au Miel (by Brasserie Saint-Monon):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.7/5

8/VIII/14 - 33cl bottle from De Bierloods / Zytholoog (Adegem) @ the seaside - BB: IV/2011 (2014-889)

Little hazy amber beer, small yellowish head, dissipates immediately, lots of small chunks floating in the glass. Aroma: sweet, caramel, soft honey notes, bit bready. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, some honey, caramel, bit of cardboard, sweet. Aftertaste: sugary, honey, some overripe banana, caramel, bit of cardboard.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2014 at 12:15
ShivanDragon (10797) reviewed
Au Miel from Brasserie Saint-Monon
12 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 9
licht amber, wazig met minimale witte kraag, maar eigenlijk ziet het er niet uit . aroma van hop, kruiden, koriander, honing, smaken zijn matig zoet, zwak bitter, Belgische gist, zwak fruitig, sinaasappel, zoet honing/caramel. maar goede smaken. medium body, glad van textuur, lage co2, afdronk kruidig en zoetig. smaakvol biertje,
Tried on 06 Jul 2014 at 07:13