From 1993. This isn't awful but it's certainly long past its prime -- who knew that "beer for keeping" doesn't mean three decades?! 😉 Sherry oxidisation, sweet malts, a slight hop bitterness but not really. A tiny bit of fizz when opened but not in glass
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2025
at 15:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home, darker amber beer, small head. Aroma is malt, hops, citrus, yeast. Taste is the same, bitter, sweet, hops. nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2025
at 19:25
4.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
330ml. bottle. @"Hotel", Gruissan (France). 05/08/2025
[#8.572 Global - #127 France - #2 Castelain]
Pours hazed pale yellow with a tiny and diminishing white head. Aroma: floral hops,pear and lemony malts. Taste: spiced malts, coriander and lemon zest. Chemichal palate.
Next one, please!
[#8.572 Global - #127 France - #2 Castelain]
Pours hazed pale yellow with a tiny and diminishing white head. Aroma: floral hops,pear and lemony malts. Taste: spiced malts, coriander and lemon zest. Chemichal palate.
Next one, please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2025
at 10:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Carrefour Reims.
A: clear golden, small, off-white head.
A: apple, pear, biscuit, yeast, grass.
T: sweetish apple, bitter apple peel, yeast.
F: grassy hops, bitter grapefruit, yeast.
P: medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation.
Decent; more yeast than hop character though.
A: clear golden, small, off-white head.
A: apple, pear, biscuit, yeast, grass.
T: sweetish apple, bitter apple peel, yeast.
F: grassy hops, bitter grapefruit, yeast.
P: medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation.
Decent; more yeast than hop character though.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2025
at 15:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
440ml can. Pours a misty yellow, good white head. Aroma brings a gentle exotic breaze. Flavour profile follows suit, coming across NE-lite.. as in super lite.. but a lovely smooth gently sweet quaffer.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jul 2025
at 15:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
75cl bottle shared with Eric in Eecke. Clear deep golden appearance, loose white head. Pleasant floral hop character, fruity with a malty sweet base. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2025
at 11:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Sights & Swills Summer Holiday Beer#109. ST MALO. From June 2025. Mildly hazed, sweetened tropical fruit effort, in both aroma and taste. A tasty example. Last of the French beers drank in France.
Tried
from Draft
at
La Fabrique
on 17 Jun 2025
at 08:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Sights & Swills Summer Holiday Beer#66. PONTORSON. My sixty-sixth beer of the holiday, and just a digit short of being the number of The Beast! This beast is a strong but tasty hoppy blonde with a few sugars and pale malts. This came in only a 25cl bottle so was over before it had begun!!!
Tried
from Bottle
from
Carrefour (Various locations Worldwide)
on 13 Jun 2025
at 17:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Sights & Swills Summer Holiday Beer#62. ST MALO. Found this one at Riff Magnetic, a late night music bar behind the indoor market building in the walled city. Golden with a head. Easy textured but not thin. It's a juicy enough tropical brew in both aroma and taste, although more juicy than tropical.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jun 2025
at 21:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Sights & Swills Summer Holiday Beer#48. ST MALO. Evening drink within the walled city. Golden with a creamy head and lots of carbonation. Has sweetish pale malts and Belgian-style bubblegum. Its strength is not too impactful in taste, but obviously helps in giving it plenty of body.
Tried
from Draft
at
La Belle Epoque
on 11 Jun 2025
at 18:49