Brasserie Craig Allan

Microbrewery in Plessis-de-Roye, Hauts-de-France, France 🇫🇷

Established in 2010

Contact
109 rue Saint Jean, Plessis-de-Roye, 60310, France
Description
Craig studied Malting, Brewing and Distilling science in Edinburgh, worked in several micro breweries in the UK and also for an independent malt whisky bottler. A bona fide flavour junky, he was naturally attracted to La Belle France where he worked for a few years in Burgundian wineries before settling with his French wife and family in the countryside north of Paris where he started his activities in 2010.

To get the business up and running he used the ultra-scientific, quality-driven de Proef brewery in Belgium and still uses, for the moment, this brewery for the production of the first three creations: Agent Provocateur, Cuvée d'Oscar and Psychedelia. in June 2015 a brewery installation was completed in the French farm-house where he lives.

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6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared at home. Clear golden with short lasting white head that leaves quite some lacing. Soft orange and apricot, cloves, minerals and light biscuits. Light sweet and almost medium bitter. Medium bodied with dry feel.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2016 at 15:51

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Bottle, 0.33 l, at tiong’s tasting, thanks, 20160109) The beer poured golden and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had hops and Belgian style yeast. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, hops, Belgian style yeast, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was fruity and bitter. A decent hop-forward Belgian style ale.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2016 at 05:24

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draught sample. Pitch black with a thin, off-white head. Roasted aroma with caramel, chocolate, coffee, licorice, vanilla and herbal hops. Taste is bitter-roasted. Medium body with an oily texture. Good for the abv. Finishes dry and roasted bitter with coffee and licorice. Nice Stout.
Tried on 24 Jan 2016 at 07:59

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draught sample. Hazy, amber-golden colour with a thin, white head. Fruity aroma with grasses, pale malts, citrus fruits and subtle cardboard (?) Taste is bitter. Medium bodied. Finishes dry and bitter with citrus fruits. Average.
Tried on 24 Jan 2016 at 07:55

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap@The French Craft Beer Festival at Malmö Brewing Taproom, Malmö - pours black with tan head. Dark roasted malty aroma and taste, with chocolate, some coffee, caramel, vanilla, roasted finish.
Tried from Draft on 24 Jan 2016 at 06:22

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap@The French Craft Beer Festival at Malmö Brewing Taproom, Malmö - amber coloured pour with white head. Citrus fruity hoppy and malty aroma and taste, orange and lemon, citrus rind, pine, some caramel malts , grassy hoppy bitter finish.
Tried from Draft on 24 Jan 2016 at 06:20

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle 0.33l at tiong’s, Espoo. Colour is clear golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, citrus, some spices, Belgian yeast and malts.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2016 at 07:44

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
At Maakun’s. Cool looking bottle pours a cloudy straw blonde with white head. Fruity and flowery with lots of doughiness and weed hops. Taste is light sweet and strong bitter. Body is round, nice slick texture and refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2016 at 14:55

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared at home. Hazy pale straw with big white head. Lots of nice citrus hops, light leaves, grapefruit juice, some fruit skins, light biscuits, a light mineral touch. Very light sweet and under medium bitter. Under medium bodied with a bit fizzy carbonation and dry feel.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2016 at 14:48

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
A golden ale with a thick frothy lacing white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with grassy floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light tropical fruits, OK. In mouth, biscuit malt with citrusy floral hops, a bit of Pledge cleaner, a bit thin bodied, OK. Bottle from Le Bon Marché, April 2015.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2015 at 16:42