Bottle at Craft. Hazy pale gold thick white head. Lemony hop aroma. A little soap. Its drinkable

Bottle at Bruce’s 30th celebrations, 08/02/13, thanks to Ian. Hazed pale yellow/blonde with a thin white head. Nose is grass, yeast, farm, spice, light funk, fruits. Taste comprises citrus, lemon, grass, yeast, orange, spices. Medium bodied but way over carbonated, not often the palate score drops below 3, dry in the finish. Ok.

Bottle from Terre de Boissons, Calais. Dirty pale blond with some small floaters and thick white head. A sticky strong blond rather than a triple I’d say. A little perfumed. Some hops on finish. Not really a huge character, alcohol becomes obvious and as I say more a strong blond than a triple. Still, it warms the cockles.

bottle from saveur-biere. Hazy brown colour, mid-sized, foamy off-white head. Fruity nose. Medium-bodied, quite mild, with hints of caramel and dark dried fruit such as dates and raisins.

Bruce’s birthday tasting st the craft. Good perfume malt aroma. Spritzy carb. Decent.

bottle from saveur-biere.com. Cloudy pale yellow, huge, fluffy white head. Fruity-yeasty aroma. Very lively carbonation. Yeasty-fruity malt flavours with some dry aromatic and bitter hops that seem quite spicy, perhaps due to the lively carbonation.

This beer appears to be brewed for a posh booze shop: La Cave Gourmande, in Gravelines on the French coast (very close to Dunkirk). The 33 cl bottle with a front label showing an aerial view of the area was given to me by Marcus: cheers Marcus. Best before the end of Dec 2012: I poured it into an ’Augustijn’ goblet at home on 8th Dec 2012. Looked a very pale golden yellow with minute yeast/grist particles floating around and failing to settle. The thin wispy head of small white bubbles just sat there doing nothing: just like the yeast bits. Yeasty nose: not strong but there was nothing else to mention apart from a grainy ester or two. The taste was fine: crisp, tangy and hop bitter with a malty biscuit sweetness to balance the whole thing out. Well carbonated, held its zesty feel right to the end of the glass. No huge flavours to talk about but this was a fine brew and very easy on the palate. Different and interesting: two of my favourite words when reviewing beers, I’ll be visiting this shop when ever I get the chance: they don’t sell cheap supermarket slabs and told Marcus this when he entered: snobby French I can do without, good French beer I need!

Bottle from a Wine warehouse in Calais, France. Slightly hazy yellow pour with a small white head. Notes of yeast and spice in the nose. Sweet, fruity flavour. Quite enjoyable, but nothing to get too excited about.