Wheat beer from this brewery in France’s Périgord, bottle at JB’s place in Le Bugue. Snow white, moussy, thick, cobweb-lacing head on a lightly misty straw blonde beer with ochre-ish, deep golden hue. Aroma of white bread, banana peel, Conference pear, field flowers, freshly cut red apple, clove. Sweetish onset, banana and pear accents, softish carb, smooth and slick wheatiness with a touch of wheat soapiness as well, but bready in its core; light spicy elements in the finish, the usual witbier-inspired coriander seed and citrus peel but also hints of lemonbalm and clove. Soft floral hop bitterishness – very soft even, as is custom in a traditional Euro wheat beer. Belgian witbier-like, if not entirely conforming to the Hoegaarden standard; in any case not a postmodern American style wheat ale either. Not too bad.

Tripel from this young microbrewery in the Périgord region, named after the year Belgium, where the genre was invented, officially became an independent state. Egg-white, membrane-lacing, large-bubbled, medium sized head on an initially clear ‘metallic’ golden blonde beer, misty deeper ‘old golden’ with sediment. Aroma of soggy cereals, honey, peanuts, apple peel, a whiff of caramel, blonde sugar, ripe pear, banana. Sweet onset, residual sugars over impressions of peach, candied pineapple and banana, softish in carb, slick mouthfeel; white candi syrup-fuelled middle, cereally with a layer of honeyish and somewhat caramelly sweetness on top, made more smooth by the oatmeal used. Some very light oxidation is already noticeable, probably accentuating the overall sweetness here, while in spite of a light floral note, hop bitterness remains very faint. Some warming, brandy-like alcohol appears in the end. Sweet, simplistic triple for the masses – sorry to say as I am not normally a chauvinist, but the Belgians usually do this style better…

Amber ale from this brewery in the Périgord region in France, active since 2018 and notable for its comic book style labels. Strong gusher, but was probably served after too much contrast in temperature too. Medium thick, pale greyish white, moussy, rather loosely structured head on a misty deep ruddy-caramel-hued copper coloured beer. Aroma of pecan nuts and soggy peanuts, hard caramel, dried hibiscus flowers, dry tree leaves, hints of apple peel, tea and onsetting oxidation. Sweetish, clean onset, dreid fruit and rosehip notes but subtly so, softish fizz with some faint minerally aspects, smooth, bit oily mouthfeel; pecan- and peanutty, softly toasty (though hardly bitter) maltiness, malt sweet in a very pure way without any additional sugar effects, ending dryish, cereally and malt-forward the way it began, with only a gentle pinch of floral hop bitterness. Too gentle perhaps, more hops could have accentuated the malts more sharply, but in any case this beer indeed allows the malt to speak for itself, in an almost 'German' kind of way. Malt sweet amber ale in pure form, but lacking a bit in depth and 'relief'.