Cunningham (15598) reviewed 26.2M from L'Echappée Belle 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Appearance: Unclear pale golden color with a white head. Good lacing.
Aroma: Fresh nice yeast, citric, ginger and spruce.
Palate: Medium body. Moderate sweet and a moderate bitterness. Rich carbonation.
Taste: Mild yeast, citric, ginger and spruce.
Overall impression: Really nice and tasty for someone like me that like it when they make beers like this.
Personal stats: Bottle from Vinmonopolet in Fredrikstad, Norway
Inbreak (10170) reviewed 26.2M from L'Echappée Belle 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
08.05.2014, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly fresh fruity, citrus, light malts, yeast, coriander, hay, soap, grass, hay. Taste is harsh soapy, washwater, green soap, pine needles, citrus peel, coriander, light malts, yeast. Little bitterness, very harsh soapy mouthfeel. Holy crap on a cracker!!
Holmen_1 (14547) reviewed 26.2M from L'Echappée Belle 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
0,33 flaske fra polet: Inneholder iflg spesifikasjonene ingefær, kardemomme, c vitaminer og saft fra guaranabær, så denne bekrefter det jeg alltid har trodd, nemlig at polet er en helsekostbutikk. Iflg. Wikipedia er guarana en krypende busk som hører hjemme i Venezuela og det nordlige Brasil i regnskogen i Amazonas. Fruktene er små, lyserøde og inneholder svarte frø. Guarana-frø inneholder mye koffein, opptil 4-8%; mer enn kaffebønner, som inneholder ca. 1-2.5% koffein. Frøene er også rike på tanniner og xanthine-alkaloider, teofyllin og teobromin. Så vet vi det. Ølet er friskt og godt, med en lett krydret bitterhet og litt sødme i avlsutningen. Middels munnfylde gjør den lett å drikke, og jeg kan godt finne på å kjøpe en flaske til av dette noe uvanlige brygget. Guarana er en populær ingrediens i energidrikker og te. Guarana er også en vanlig ingrediens i såkalt naturmedisin.
daniele (14510) reviewed 26.2M from L'Echappée Belle 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
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tderoeck (22711) reviewed L'Echapée Belle from L'Echappée Belle 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as L'Echappée Belle (by L'Echappée Belle):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
27/IV/14 - on tap @ ZBF 2014 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2014-438)
Cloudy orange amber beer, creamy off-white head, very stable, adhesive. Aroma: very spicy, metallic, dry. MF: lots of carbon, medium body. Taste: bit of caramel, somewhat spicy, metallic, pretty bitter, citrus. Aftertaste: malty touch, very spicy, bit metallic, some banana, bitter ending. Not what you'd expect from an "ambrée", and the metallic notes don't help. But point for creativity and originality in flavour, the metallic part aside.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed 26.2M from L'Echappée Belle 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as L'Echappée Belle 26.2M (by L'Echappée Belle):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
27/IV/14 - on tap @ ZBF 2014 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2014-437)
Pretty cloudy bright yellow beer, creamy white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: bit fruity, floral notes, hay, some agrum fruits, bit metallic. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: grassy notes, fruity, some banana, bit of grapefruit, bitter, little spicy. Aftertaste: fruity notes, grapefruit, floral, bitter grassy touch. Not bad.
diabel (1874) reviewed L'Echapée Belle from L'Echappée Belle 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Hazy blond body. Off-white creamy head. Aroma of caramel, lavender. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour. Bit watery, but still quite ok.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Belle Pin-Up from L'Echappée Belle 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
33cl @ 9ième fête de la bière namuroise. Light gusher, dorée foin trouble moyen, col blanc très effervescent, signe d’une mauvaise mise en bouteille comme les autres bières de cette brasserie. Arôme présente un bouquet moyen fruité citronné, note de grains; froment avec un petit rappel sucré qui s’immisce en rétro-nasal. Palais est ici trop pétillant et qui enlève tout le caractère de la bière. Sec et terreux, au profil typique de froment, houblonné fleuri moyen et on peine à y noter le profil de la blanche. Cette effervescence est terrible, et j’ai souvenir que même le Délirium a du débrancher la bière car impossible de la servir au fût.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed 26.2M from L'Echappée Belle 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
33cl @ 9ième fête de la bière namuroise. Light gusher, dorée foin, sur un trouble léger, col blanc fin aux bulles éparses style champenois - indication habituelle d’un problème d’embouteillage ou du contrôle de la levure. Arôme présente des notes épicées avec ce bouquet distinct de gingembre, le caractère malt reste typique avec une note pils-pâle. Palais est sec, pointe d’épice, profil grains conséquent surtout au niveau de guarana qui me rappelle un peu le côté sec de la quinoa. Le gingembre est bien présent, sec et poussiéreux, note citronnée pour une bière qui se rapproche d’une blanche belge. Pointe d’amertume arrive en fin de bouche.
77ships (14506) reviewed 26.2M from L'Echappée Belle 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
25 cl. draft @ Delirium Tap House. The ingredient list of this one reads more like that of an energy drink than that of a beer, contains Vitamin C & Guava etc. Who markets a beer like that? As I asked this question to myself I also realized who the intended audience is and I knew that I needed to try this one. Pours a hazy bright citrus golden with a creamy white head. Nose reminds me of soap, somewhat chemical soda additives, sweet candy, herbal with some children’s aspirin. Taste is that of sweet yeast, thick flour, herbs, sweet malts, paste, some light energy drink additives,… Heavy yeast body. There is absolutely nothing infected about this beer since it feels far too sterile for that but still the flavour profile reminds me a bit of a Freigeist infection. Much better than expected.