Draught at La Marine, Val Thorens. Pours amber with a white head. A clean euro lager, with a little higher malt sweetness than usual.

Lys gul farge med luftig skum. Tåkete. Lukter banan, sitron. Frisk i smak. Lettdrkkelig og godt karbonert. Mye sitrus i ettersmak.

Belgian-style witbier brewed near the Mont Blanc. Cloudy yellow colour with lightly greenish hue; irregular, milky and moussy, snow white head. Aroma of white bread, wheat, coriander seed, dried orange peel, lemon zest, fresh fish (I stress the word ’fresh’), soap, banana, cheese spread, chalk, raw potato. Fruity onset (green apple, water melon, unripe plum, gooseberry) with strong, sharp and minerally carbonation, sweetish and bready, with the typical wheaty sourishness setting in quickly; somewhat drying coriander effect in the middle, but relatively subtle, as well as the expected curaçao, both more restrained than is often the case in "real" Belgian witbier so that the grains can remain dominant; yeasty and a bit starch-like, fluffy mouthfeel, smooth, finishing in a kind of chalkiness, a bready malt sweetishness, restrained wheaty sourishness and starchy yeastiness, hops practically undetectable but still there for purely structural purposes. In all: though a bit past its prime, this is still a very refreshing and quenching witbier, but very cliché. Enjoyable nonetheless, with the bready ’barley factor’ being more prominent than the wheaty sourishness. Big thanks to Marie for bringing me this bottle from France, along with the amber ale from this brewery, which was unknown to me before.

Ravfarvet klar med lavt beige skum. Maltdominert lukt. Brent karamell, noe nøtter og bær. Søtlig noe syrlig smak. Frisk. Noe oljete.

French amber beer from a 75 cl bottle, apparently brewed in the French Alps and in that sense far removed from the traditional bière de garde region. Sticky, snow white, moussy and very stable head, colour lightly hazy amber. Nutty malts, dried fruits, biscuit, walnuts, apricot, hints of caramel; restrained sweetness, bit metallic, malty with slight yeastiness and medium herbal hoppiness in the finish. Quite okay. Big thanks to Marie for bringing me this bottle all the way from the Mont Blanc region!

Thanks to Alengrin. 750 ml. bottle sampled @ “Tim needs to get rid of his ticks” Tasting. Enjoyed together with tderoeck, Benzai & Alengrin. Clear red amber, little head. Metallic nose, herbs, iron, caramel syrup. Taste is caramel, thin fizzy, lightly metallic, light herbs, lightly fruity. Body is a bit fizzy & thin. Okay for what it is but it certainly didn’t blow me away as promised by the commercial description.

Sampled from bottle (thanks to Alengrin) @ Tim needs to get rid of his ticks tasting. Clear rusty orange color, medium sized white to off-white head. Smell and taste malts, lightly sugar, lightly caramel. Hard to describe. Average to medium body and carbonation. Ok beer.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Mont-Blanc La Rousse (by Mont-Blanc):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5

23/I/15 - 75cl bottle @ "I need to get rid of my Belgian ticks" tasting - BB: 3/VI/2016 (2015-89) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the bottle!

Clear red beer, creamy irregular off-white head, unstable, dissipates immediately. Aroma: very fruity, sweet, caramel, sugary, some apples. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet and sugary start, pretty fruity, bit sourish, lemony, malty. Aftertaste: little bitter, hoppy, pretty fruity, banana, sweet, sugary.

Lukt: Fin duft av plommer, høy og hvete.
Utseende: Dunkel gul farge.
Skum/kullsyre: Lite skum, ring langs kant.
Smak: Smak av hvete, banan og plomme.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Det Gode Brygg, Sandnes, Nydt@Lokal hjemme tasting med Gorm
Medium: Flaske@330ml, ABV@4,7%, Når@17.01.2015