sjogro (11801) reviewed iE XXYZ Bitter from La Franche 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Fles thuis, gedeeld van Maakun. Lichte brandnetelbitter, fris-zurig, saisonachtig droog, met Nesquik/cacao-achtige afdronk. Eucalyptus. Backlog from 2015/05/20.
Bibax (5406) ticked La Planche Ode à La Vie from La Franche 10 years ago
Bibax (5406) ticked Forte from La Franche 10 years ago
--- Beer merged from original tick of Forte on 26 Nov 2016 at 17:14 - Score: 7
Kraddel (15844) reviewed iE XXYZ Bitter from La Franche 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Tasted at Vinni,Birri,Ribelli 2015. Pours clear blonde, no real head. Smell is hoppy, dry malts. Taste is sharp, hoppy, bitter. Rather dry. Very bitter aftertaste. Green hoppyness. Intense !
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Profonde from La Franche 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Tasted at Vinni,Birri,Ribelli 2015. Pours clear yellow, small white head. Smell is malty, yeasty, some aromahops. Taste is malty, aromahops. Some floral aspect. Bit bitter, complex, yet mild. Lovely !
77ships (14506) reviewed Madeleine from La Franche 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled 375 ml. bottle @ “Vini Birre Ribelli 2015”. Aged for 3 years on second use (already used for another beer) Bourgogne barrels if I remember correctly or was it Bordeaux,… not sure. Pours a clear fox red amber with no head. Nose is huge oxidation, sherry, massively so with some wine & oak. Taste is huge oxidation, sherry, big wine, walnuts, dry oak, spices, oak, more nuts. Fully oxidized body. Body was fully thinned out by oxidation, bit dry. Overly oxidized yes but still some nice flavors here, I wouldn’t want to drink much of it but I did enjoy it to a certain extent.
77ships (14506) reviewed La Planche Ode à La Vie from La Franche 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled 375 ml. bottle @ “Vini Birre Ribelli 2015”. Aged for 3 years on Vin Jaune barrels. Hazy golden, white bubbles. Nose is rotting, mineral, funky white wine must, rustic, wild, mineral. Taste is oily sweet grape must, mineral, hay, grape, light barnyard, bit rustic,… Substantial body. A touch challenging in its wild white grape quality but overall quite interesting & nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled 750 ml. bottle @ “Vini Birre Ribelli 2015”. Hazy golden, small white head. Nose is yeast, odd rotting white grapes, farm. Taste is overly yeasty, odd chalk yeast character, weird, hay, corn, sugar,… Body is yeasty, hay, corn,… Not really for me.
77ships (14506) reviewed iE XXYZ Bitter from La Franche 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled 750 ml. bottle @ “Vini Birre Ribelli 2015”. Hazy citrus, small white head. Nose is weirdly mineral, spoiled yeast, floral, fizzy. Taste is dry floral, big chalk & chalky yeast, hay, yeast dominates in taste & body. Odd, overly yeasty & chalky. I can manage but not really for me.
77ships (14506) reviewed Profonde from La Franche 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled 750 ml. bottle @ “Vini Birre Ribelli 2015”. Hazy citrus, small white head. Nose is weirdly floral, lemon, sugar, hay & some milky yeast. Taste is fizzy milky yeast, lemon, sugar, candy, mellow floral hops. Milky yeast body. Too yeast, not much hops, not really to the style but okay if taken on its own. Decent but nothing special.