Brasserie de la Couronne - L'Impératrice
Microbrewery in Leval-Trahegnies, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Established in 2019
While L'Empératrice Triple Blonde quickly gained her first letters of nobility, the history teacher turned brewer looked for a building that could accommodate his La Couronne brewery. Preferably in Leval, because Loïc Regulski is deeply attached to his village and that is where the history of L'Empératrice began. The research was not easy, but he finally found the perfect place in the old showroom of the Stiernon company. It was then necessary to overcome administrative trials and activate the supplier chain. A few months after installation, the bottling line is launched. The first bottles of the crown brewery will be out within a fortnight. The culmination of two years of work, and the start of a great adventure.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
33cl bottle from Cora in Brussels. F: big, egg-white, good retention. C: amber, hazy. A: banana, strawberries, pineapple, plums, peach, apples. T: full malty base, banana, apples, red apples peels, pineapples, nice balanced bitterness, bit orange, warming alcohol touch, medium to full carbonation, quite nice for the style, enjoyed for sure.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
33cl bottle from Cora in Brussels. F: medium, off-white, good retention. C: gold, hazy with huge yeasty debris. A: raspberries, bit red berries, nice fruity, peach touch. T: medium malty base, raspberries, bit red berries, peach, decent bitterness, medium carbonation, not bad for the style, enjoyed.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled. Close to an amber colour with a longlasting white foamy head. Aroma is bananas, some toffee, yeasty and some floral and wooden tones. Flavour is citrus, yeast, bananas, toffee, some floral and mild yeasty tones. Alcohol does show a bit, but not disturbingly much.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Rond Point. HAzy blond colour, white foam. Nose of syrup, dried fruit, some citrus. Taste is sweet, fruity, yeasty,notes of honey and flowers.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle, 0.33l. Aroma of flowers, honey, caramel, yeast and dried fruit. Pours dark amber color with thin quickly diminishing off-white head, yeast residue and sparkling appearance. Taste starts with sweet toasted malt and caramel, follows by candy sugar, dried fruit, coriander and yeast, mouthfeel is warm and spicy, while finish is herbal bitter. Medium to full body, thick creamy texture and lively carbonation in palate.Winning hoppy triple...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330ml bottle. Some tiny chunks float around in otherwise clear, dark amber colour with average to huge, firm, frothy, moderatly to mostly lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Sweet-ish, malty and yeasty fruity aroma, notes of dried yellow stone fruit, apricot, mirabelle, hints of loaf, some honey, cautious herbal-spicy overtones. Taste is sweet malty and yeasty fruity, notes of dried yellow stone fruit, apricot, mirabelle, a touch of honey, loaf, some mis-matching and minimall unpleasant, herbal-spicy interludes with a tobacco touch, some warming alcohol in the finish. Slightly oily texture, smooth and soft, somehow foamy-creamy, slightly cloying palate, soft but overarching carbonation signs responsible for the foamy part of the palate. Not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Botella @Taverne Le Coming Soon, Bruselas. 16/11/2019 Color amarillo espuma blanca, aromas florales, sabor levadura, fmalta, cuerpo medio.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Deseveaux L'Impératrice Triple Blonde (by Brasserie Deseveaux):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
11/V/18 - 33cl bottle from La Cave Du Vénitien (Roche-en-Ardennes), shared with Brambo @ home - BB: IX/2020 (2018-697)
Clear orange beer, lots of chunks floating under a big cream beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, fruity, some orange peel. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: bit oxidized, malty, sweet, some honey, fruity touch, bit sourish. Aftertaste: sweet malts, some banana, orange peel, bit oxidized.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Hazy medium amber colour, small frothy off-white head, dissipating slowly, fair lacing. Aroma sweet malts, toffee, light peach, yeast. Taste light heavy sweet and light bitter, toasted malts, toffee, some honey, peach, light banana, yeast, alcoho. Sweet and slightly bitter aftertaste, candy sugar, toffee, spicy notes, bit boozy. Full-bodied, creamy texture, average carbonation, quite sweet for a tripel, not really subtle but rich and well-balanced, I like it.
