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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6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cloudy orange with white head. Aroma and taste of clove, fruit, wheat and yeast. I’d like some tartness or funkiness in this one. A bit one-dimensional and lacking in depth. Not bad though.
Tried on 03 Dec 2014 at 10:32

7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Appearance: Hazy orange color with a off white head that leaves a nice lacing.
Aroma: Malty, fruity, banana and citric.
Palate: Medium body. Tad sweet and an ok bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Herbal, fruity, citric, toffee and some bana notes.
Overall impression: A really tasty and a bit complex ale. Absolutely recomendable.
Personal stats: Bottle from Systembolaget web order, Sweden
Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2014 at 03:50

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
How: Bottle.
Where: SMÖF 2014.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Citrus, caramel, malt, hay.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, hops, citrus, a bit funkiness-
Comment: Like a saison without any fruitiness.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2014 at 22:41

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Apparently brewed in Belgium for / by a Scottish brewer living in France, if I am correctly informed... Regular, brightly white, mousse-like head, colour a pure golden blond, clear but misty after addition of the ’fond’. Nose gets apple, unripe peach, orange peel, wheat, bread, honey and grassy hops; taste a nice rounded dryish fruitiness in onset, fresh citrus notes, in the middle a soft, somewhat caramel-like maltiness and gently spicy yeastiness but otherwise a bit neutral, finishing grassy and slightly spicy bitter (hops) with mineral undertone. Not much of an IPA in my opinion, rather a typical Belgian blonde ale of medium strength. Not bad, though.
Tried on 16 Jul 2014 at 13:49

9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bardzo konkretne i tresciwe piwo. Z artystycznym zacieciem i receptura Craig Allana. Piana stoji mocno i jest trwala i spora. Aromat cytrusowy dosc silny, kolor zlocisty i prawie klarowny. W smaku limonka, cytryna i troche slodu. Ale tu gora jest chmiel naprawde powala aromatycznoscia to piwo. W tej kwestii jest super. Polecam
Tried on 27 Jun 2014 at 11:35

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
75cl bottle@ Tuska Open Air, thanks Jookos! Golden color, thick frothy white head. Fruity, hoppy, mandarine, nice aroma. Flavor has yeast, earth, mandarine, hops, citrus. Tasty, high drinkability. Amarillo delight. Good.

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Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2014 at 07:33

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Keg at the Hanging Bat. Hints of caramel on nose, sweet sticky toffee/caramel taste, light spice, wheaty.
Tried on 11 Jun 2014 at 13:39

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Pours hazy amber, caramel, dry, pine, sweet, light bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2014 at 13:34

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours hazy orange, taste is orange, citrus, sweet and dry toffee, bit fizzy.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2014 at 02:32

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Leicht trübes dunkel rötlichbraunes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch hopfig, fruchtig, hefig, Trauben, so ist auch der Geschmack.
Tried on 19 May 2014 at 11:58