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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6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
27.11.13 Bottle 375ml Saveur. Deep amber color, good beige head. Strong Nelson Sauvin aroma: kiwi, lychee, passion fruit, kind of smokey hints. Medium-bodied. Citrusy front, then sweet tropical fruity Nelson Sauvin flavor. Some backing alcohol and light funky tartness. Good beer, although not so trendy anymore.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2013 at 04:20

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
Thanks to ThirstyBird. Nose is hoppy-malty. The beer starts quite malty, the hop-aroma comes there second, but not too intense. The bitterness is there before the hop-aroma, Slightly sweet. The aftertaste is long, a bit sweet, but the hop-aromatic is too low. Bitter aromatic finish! --> nice IPA, but could be much more hop-intense beside the nice bitterness!! --> 8/12/8/8
Tried on 26 Nov 2013 at 10:17

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pours a warm brown tone. Very cloudy, and I was actually pretty gentle with the pour, so I assume it’s the wheat. Big light khaki head. Dissipates fairly quickly leaving some lacing. The aroma is big on tropical fruit, grapey Nelson Sauvin and earthy Belgian flavors. It’s all a bit milder than I’d like, though. I wonder if this beer would be better fresh as can be. The taste has a lot of doughy, toasty malt. Very bread. Nice Nelson fruitiness, sweet and rich. Gets fairly medicinal and a bit plasticky as it warms. Lots of flavors that don’t quite mesh. Mouthfeel is full and a bit fizzy. I liked this beer for a brief time as it warmed but it went from too mild to too medicinal quickly. It needs a lot more hop character and less funny yeast notes.
Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2013 at 00:37

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
A coppery beer with a big, dense and blond head. The nose of fruits, sweet strawberrymarshmellows, some tropical fruits and black currants, hint of yeasty sourness. Interesting and fresh aroma. Taste of fruits, wheat and tartness, some spices and black currants. Medium bodied, quite easy to drink. Fruifull wheat beer, quite nice.
Tried on 01 Oct 2013 at 07:06

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
375 ml Bottle (cork) from Saveure Biere cons 2013-09-28 Göteborg AR: yeasty, white wine, wee farm house AP: hazy amber, high steady frothy crème beige head F: rich carbonation, yeasty, horse pee, high alcholic white wine, pretty aqward beer that is growing on you;), finishes alcholic white wine
Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2013 at 09:54

8/10
Tried on 27 Sep 2013 at 16:00

6.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Pours amber with a small head.Nose shows herbal and spicy hops, Belgian phenols, pear and soft clean malt.Flavours are very Belgian, lots of spicy notes and soft pear. Some hoppy bitterness in the finish.Body feels a bit watery.
Tried on 16 Sep 2013 at 04:08

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Pours amber with a large head.Nose shows floral, spicy and grassy hops along with some biscuity and bready malt.More of the same malt as flavours, with not much of the aforementioned hops though.Carbonation is much too high.
Tried on 02 Sep 2013 at 22:31

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle picked up at ’Jacks’, Westholme Stores, Goring-on-Thames, Oxon. Consumed at a wonderful house owned by the Blackwell family in Appleton, Oxon, Saturday 31st August 2013 Great label but a rather average beer. Typically Belgian with some spice, yeast and a little buzziness, gold/light amber in colour, it’s absolutely fine but with few interesting or distinctive features that set it apart from 101 other Belgian beers doing the same thing. Nice but nothing earth shattering. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov12 3.3
Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2013 at 06:13

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Slightly hazy golden colour, white head. Floral aroma, quite fruity, yeast, spices etc. Sweet flavour, quite bitter, malts. Bit thin. Malty, light bitter finish. Brilliant label!
(From 33cL bottle shared @ DutchDrebus’ place)
Tried from Bottle on 23 Aug 2013 at 08:03