Bottle 33 cl. Vintage 2015, 8.4%, "Bière ambrée triple". Pours a hazy amber with a creamy and lacing off-white head. Very sophisticated aroma, spicy and slightly tart, very fruity. Rich, malty, tart fruitiness, subtle yeast and a little spice. late, warming alcohol. Sophisticated and delicious. 221215

Bottle from a friend, many thanks. Unclear orange golden aroma with huge white head. Nice citrus hoppy aroma with oranges, tangerines, some earthy notes. Hoppy taste with oranges, tangerines, orange zest, light pies. Long fruity hoppy finish. Good, enjoyable beer.

Bottle from a friend, many thanks. Hazy orange golden color with thick white head. Aroma of oranges, tangerines, honey, earthy notes. Taste, earthy hops with oranges, zest, pines. Solid malty backbone. Enjoyable beer.

Shared bottle at DSJT at Cardinal 08.11.15. Slightly hazy dark orange. Aroma of tropical fruits, plums, candy sugar and malt. Vinous taste of ripe tropical fruits, eaux de vie and malt. Dry. Lively carbonation.

Bottle from Malt Attacks. "Denim pale ale" with a crocodile depicted on the label. Fairly thick, eggshell white, finely lacing, dense and stable head, colour almost clear and pure ’old gold’ with low fizz; strains of an oil-like substance can be observed just below the head. Aroma of kiwi, lemon soap, children’s aspirin, papaja, exotic flowers, starfruit, bubblegum, lavender, freshly cut grass, dried ginger. Crisp onset, sour-sweetish fruitiness of starfruit, lime, gooseberry and a hint of banana, strongly (even over-)carbonated, minerally, vague salty accent, smooth and supple pale malt sweetishness in the middle with a lightly bready quality to it, bit grainy as well, ending in a long, spicy, citrus peel-like hop bitterness, leaving a bittering coating on the mouth and throat and drying the finish, while some of the ethereal spices return retronasally, along with (restrainedly) citrusy hop aromas. This is a bit weird: it has enough hop effects to deserve IPA rather than APA status (neglecting brewer’s intent) but I am more puzzled by its ethereal and soapy spicy perfume; it is hard to believe this beer gets this unusual aroma only from C-hops, I strongly suspect some spice has been added here, and not even in a very subtle way. If this is the case, I think they had better left it out in order for the hops to shine in their own right, but I did not find this beer too unpleasant, in all. Moreover, it is interesting to see that France is (finally) succumbing to the craft beer revolution as well - they are still pioneering at this moment (not considering the bière de garde tradition) so I am curious to see what else our southern neighbours will come up with in the near future.

330 ml. bottle. Purchased @ Malt Attacks. BBF 07/2016. Dark brown, touch dark reddish fruit, mocha head, quite a solid head. Nose is sour cacao, mocha, powdery with sour coffee, light red fruits. Taste is artificial sweet chocolate bar, touch sour, light sour coffee, cheap chocolate syrup, odd red fruit, touch red fruit gummy bears, malt, cheap artificial chocolate & sweetish red fruity candy, a light sour touch, faint lemon, sour coffee but mild sour coffee, toffee. Powdery chocolate & cacao powder body. Weird but interesting. Fun but with a bit too many odd accents to really impress.

330 ml. bottle. Purchased @ Malt Attacks. BBF 06/2016. GUSHER. Very hazy orange, solid white head. Nose is odd, USA hops, passionfruit mixed with a big washing powder smell plus aspirin & other medicine. Something off maybe? Taste is odd powdery, medicinal pills, old aspirin, old powdery yeast, stale bread, somewhat chemical,… Powdery, dough, chemical body. It feels like the beer itself was good but something went wrong along the way. Too bad because you can feel that the base was good but the odd element is just too big for me to fully love it.

Sample from 75 cl. bottle. Dark, amber colour with a thin, white head. Sweet aroma with caramel, fruits and yeasts. Taste is sweet. Medium body with a creamy texture and a soft carbonation. Finishes drying and fruity with caramel malts. Good.

Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Brown colour. Moderate malty and hoppy nice raspberry aroma. Moderate bitter flabor. Berries slightly present. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw, malt, and caramel, leading to an alcoholic finish.