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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bouteille 33 cl. Nez sur les fruits jaunes, exotique. Nez ananas, fleur. Saveurs plutôt douces, bien houblonnée, une belle amertume, bière équilibrée, un peu trop légère pour moi, rien d'exceptionnel.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2019
at 18:53
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2019
at 13:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Hoppy Corner, 19th December 18. Pours a straw colour, off clear. Aroma is aromatic hops, perfume. Taste is aromatic, perfume, bitter, complex and well balanced. Lovely one.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Dec 2018
at 20:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Les Trois 8, Paris. Pours hazy yellow with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, saison yeast, white bread, hay, citrus. Flavor is light bitter, malt, yeasty, fruit, light earthy, citrus. Medium body, average to lively carbonation. 171018
Tried
on 17 Oct 2018
at 16:50
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. Pours black with some short lived head. Aroma is dark malts, coffee, chocolate. Somewhat fruity and fresh. Medium body - surprisingly light for the style. Flavour is dominated by the Ethiopian coffee which is showcased beautifully as the beer is malty sweet but generally light and drinkable, thereby really giving the coffee the space to shine. Fruity somewhat acidic roasty coffee flavours. Quite bitter. Some spices and herbal notes. Finishes bittersweet with a long lingering espresso flavour. Beautifully done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2018
at 22:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle. Darkest brown colour with ruby glimmer and airy, foamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Sweet-ish, chocolately dark malty and funky, fruity yeasty aroma with a vinous touch, notes of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, blue grapes, red and blue berries, a touch of red wine. Taste is dry, fruity hoppy and minimally sweet, chocolately dark malty, minimally diluted notes of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, hints of blue grapes, dark and red berries, minimally funky, yeasty spicy overtones; slightly overcarbonated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2018
at 21:47
6/10
Backlog
Tried
on 13 Sep 2018
at 14:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
0,33l bottle at home bought L'Abbeye des Saveurs, Lille (2 weeks ago). BB 02/2019. black color, small coffee colored head. smells earthy, nutty, hazelnuts, bit milky, light espresso, some bitter chocolate. nice smell. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes earthy, peppery, spices, ashy, charcoal, burnt espresso. finishes rather roasty bitter with notes of ash, charcoal and spices. nice, but also rather ashy and bitter, balance is not that great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2018
at 17:33
7/10
Backlog
Tried
on 07 Sep 2018
at 14:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Terre de Boissons Calais and drunk at home. That took a bit of tracking down but they do put the lot number and year on the back of the label. Hazy amber colour lasting thick cream head. Hoppy no doubt. Good piney hoppy resin IPA. Grapefruit. Love the hops. Easy drinking. Light in malts but enough to carry the hops. Which are really good. Good hops. Lemon lime and grapefruit. Lovely I thought.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2018
at 20:36