heavy (2937) reviewed Blonde from Frères Papinot (Bières Calvinus) 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
0.33 l fliptop bottle my friend Zrinka shared with me, thanks! BB date 08/Feb/08. Poured bit hazy pale golden body (outdated rather than unfiltered) with big dense head. Again not so strong, but pretty pleasant aroma, well balanced between grass and lemony hops and sweet floral and fruity malts. Flavor is as pleasant, has all characteristics explained in aroma plus nice bitter hopiness, relatively full bodied for the style, finishing in very pleasant fruity way. Great for pale lager, although I think this is one of its related, more subtle styles. And only if it were fresh...
heavy (2937) reviewed Blanche from Frères Papinot (Bières Calvinus) 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
0.33 l fliptop bottle my friend Zrinka shared with me, thanks! BB date 27/Mar/08. Poured hazy pale yellow body with medium creamy head. Very faint aroma, fruity, with orange, banana and peach dominating. Unfortunately some swamp notes all the way around. Sweetish fruity flavor, from time to time notes of bitter and sourish like orange. Quite thin bodied, let’s say watery, but that’s the style... Smooth sweet finish. Probably better when fresh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Hazy golden with medium white short lasting head. Sweet fruity aroma with notes of aronage peel, yeast and wheat. Sweet wheaty flavor with yeasty and orange peel notes. Ends sweet.
yespr (55573) reviewed Blanche from Frères Papinot (Bières Calvinus) 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
25 cL bottle. Pours almost clear yellow with a dense white head. Wheaty and coriander note in the aroma. Flavour is dry with a distinct wheat note. Solid spiced flavour into the finish with a mix of banana fruit, yet it remains dry.
heavy (2937) reviewed Noire from Frères Papinot (Bières Calvinus) 18 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
06/01 Well, well. Thanking to Zrinka I got from Geneve a beer that was not even in the database, nor on their official website. A beautiful 0.33 l bottle which poured black body with bigger brown head. Probably the darkest I’ve ever seen. Weak malts in note, coffee, some dark fruits, caramel... If only would be stronger it would be nice. Flavor dominated by the coffee, some caramel with maybe cocoa hints. Medium bodied, with quite full carbonation, finishing long flavored of sourish Turkish coffee.This might also be a dry stout, but Doggythedog know much better on those styles. Quite interesting beer although nothing special.
Marko (22746) reviewed Noire from Frères Papinot (Bières Calvinus) 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
0.33l bottle courtesy of and shared with heavy whose friend brought it from Geneva Not 100% sure on the style. It poured a black (dark dark red) opaque body with a tan-brown medium to big sized head that went away slowly. Looks very nice. The nose is a bit weaker than I expected but ok, with notes of coffee and dark chocolate... The taste was thinner than expected, a touch acidulous, coffee, chicory, somewhat dry stoutish, chocolate (70+% cocoa) aftertaste. Drinkable but watery. My impression of the beer degraded as I progressed from the visual to the tasting part... Ah, well... I don’t get to be the first rater of a foreign beer all that often.
Ungstrup (52239) reviewed Blanche from Frères Papinot (Bières Calvinus) 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. An unclear orange beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of wheat as well as light notes of spices - especially coriander and fruit - especially banana. The flavor is sweet spicy primarily coriander, but also notes of wheat and with a dry wheaty finish.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Blonde from Frères Papinot (Bières Calvinus) 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Hazy blond color. Light aroma of hop and honey scent. Balanced taste, with light malt, honey and hop. Soft impact, but refreshing.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of fiulijn. Hazy, golden with a white head. Lightly fruity nose. Fairly light-bodied with sweetish, soft, wheaty notes. A light citric touch with some acidity. 090507
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Blanche from Frères Papinot (Bières Calvinus) 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Brewed by Locher
Golden color, with live yeast in the bottle; feels like a mix of lager and hefeweizen, with a quite nice malt and spicy character; the body is also a bit sweeter than the average.