6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Dry stout by this new microbrewery in northwestern France, tasted at BXL Beerfest. Creamy, medium thick, pale mocha-beige, regularly shaped head, black robe. Aroma of coffee grounds and old black coffee, touch liquorish, chewing gum, rainwater, hard caramel candy, walnut. Sweetish onset but restrainedly so, minerally aspects, dried fig and raisin notes but hardly any sourishness or umami to increase complexity, therefore coming across as a tad neutral; slick, bit bubblegummy more than actual ‘velvetiness’ from oats, medium carbonated body, nutty with a soft roasty bitterish edge, more leafy hop bitterness in the finish but again relatively soflty so, lingering hard caramel effect. Accessible, easygoing example of a dry stout and decent enough to French standards, but nothing exciting outside of that context.

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Sampled at BXL festival. Hazy light yellow with white head. Tart grains, marzipan, light flowery, sweet malts and oats, fruity notes. Milky, herbal tea. Light sweet and bitter, quite light tart. Medium bodied.

6

Pours hazy yellow. Aroma and flavor are sour, sweet, lactose, rhubarb. Overall: okish

8

Coffe nose. Dark roasred coffee & malts. Lo g lastinf, well balanced finish

7.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

BXL ‘19. Fairly hazy golden with barely any head. Aroma of citrus, wheat, lemon and mineral. Flavour is light to moderate sour. Light bodied with soft carbonation.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

BXL ‘19. Black with a ring beige head. Aroma of roast, dark chocolate, toffee, caramel and coffee. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.

7.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Sampled at BXL festival. Passionfruit, guava and orange. Hazy yellow with white head. Passionfruit, creamy grains, lactic notes, guava, soft dough, kettle sour notes. Almost medium sour, very light sweet and bitter. Medium bodied.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Sampled at BXL festival. Almost black with light brown head. Roasted malts, lots of blackberries, licorice, soft cocoa beans, earthy leaves. Medium sweet and bitter. Medium bodied too.