Brasserie Craig Allan
Microbrewery in Plessis-de-Roye, Hauts-de-France, France 🇫🇷
Established in 2010
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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.
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.
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Amber brown color. Aroma has bubblegum and lots of fruit. Taste has a malty start and fruit in the middle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2012
at 15:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 7.5%. Distinct NS hop aroma. Cloudy dark amber colour. Big stable white head - looks a little plasticky, but nice enough. The flavour is mildly fruity from the hop, mango and those sort of soft, subtle fruits. Mild grapefruit finish, slightly rough bitterness, quinine-like. Does not taste 7.5%, but perhaps the alcohol gives the bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2012
at 09:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
37.5 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a huge and off-white head. Aroma is peachy and grapefruity hoppy. Solid bitter, wineous fruity and light citric. Bitter and crisp hoppy into a lingering fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2012
at 08:59
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
cloudy brown, small white head. aroma is fruity, flowery. flavor is wheaty, fruity, sweet malty, alc. rounded off by bittter hops.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2012
at 09:49
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 37,5 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a hazy amber with an off-white head. Yeasty, phenollic aroma. Medium body, some initial sweet fruitiness, phenols and quite some late Nelson Sauvin notes. Dryish, bitterish finish. 090212
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2012
at 08:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. A hazy dark golden beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of fruits, malt, yeast, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, yeast, wheat, spices, and fruits, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2012
at 08:09
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Craig Allan Cuvée d'Oscar (by Craig Allan):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
4/I/2012 37.5cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 29/IX/13 (2012-9)
Clear dark amber to reddish brown beer, big bubbly head, unstable, pretty adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, with lots and lots of sweet mango, passion fruits, lychee, touch of alcohol. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity start, fulfilling the expectations from the aroma: citrus, lychee, passion fruit, sweet pineapple, some honey, sweet mals, then sour hoppy notes and a soft gentle bitterness. Aftertaste: more fruitiness, lemons and lime, some sweetness, but not sugary. Pretty good job. Would've never guessed this was a wheat beer though.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
4/I/2012 37.5cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 29/IX/13 (2012-9)
Clear dark amber to reddish brown beer, big bubbly head, unstable, pretty adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, with lots and lots of sweet mango, passion fruits, lychee, touch of alcohol. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity start, fulfilling the expectations from the aroma: citrus, lychee, passion fruit, sweet pineapple, some honey, sweet mals, then sour hoppy notes and a soft gentle bitterness. Aftertaste: more fruitiness, lemons and lime, some sweetness, but not sugary. Pretty good job. Would've never guessed this was a wheat beer though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2012
at 09:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Imported from my RateBeer account as Craig Allan Agent Provocateur (by Craig Allan):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
27/12/2011 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 15/9/2013 (2011-735)
Note: somehow I forgot to enter this rating, in 2011. Oh well.
Bit cloudy orange beer, small yellowish head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of citrus fruits, some grapefruit, yeasty touches. MF: good carbon, medium to full body. Taste: citrus start, some pinapple, sour lemony touches, bitter hops, bit chemical. Aftertaste: bitter and dry, not a single trace of fruitiness any more, traces of band-aid, pretty faint. Aroma is very promising, but the flavour disappoints.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
27/12/2011 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 15/9/2013 (2011-735)
Note: somehow I forgot to enter this rating, in 2011. Oh well.
Bit cloudy orange beer, small yellowish head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of citrus fruits, some grapefruit, yeasty touches. MF: good carbon, medium to full body. Taste: citrus start, some pinapple, sour lemony touches, bitter hops, bit chemical. Aftertaste: bitter and dry, not a single trace of fruitiness any more, traces of band-aid, pretty faint. Aroma is very promising, but the flavour disappoints.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2011
at 09:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Nr Gent, Belgie, 12th November 2011 consumed at home 15th November 2011. Floral with a tropical edge. Touch of creamy but citrussyness to this, cream soda perhaps? Its hoppy but not overly so, soft in mouth, very pleasant beer. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2011
at 00:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Peachy hop aroma. Cloudy yellow orange, low head. Fruity, yeasty, citric hops Fresh. Mellow sparkly mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2011
at 02:15