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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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Joe. Appearance - pale golden with a decent head. Nose - tangy orange and malt bag. Pot plants. Taste - orange and light spicy rind. Palate - light bodied with a tangy texture and a long dry tangy finish. Overall - it grew on me.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2016 at 09:38

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
9th Nov 2016: 75cl bottle between four at the monthly Shrewsbury beer exchange group meeting in Chez Sophie. Cheers Mat for this offering. Highly carbonated, poured a dark brown, tanned topping. Dry, bitter Stout with some chocolate notes in both the nose and taste, mini coffee flavours in the bittering finish.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2016 at 04:21

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
75cl bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, oct 16, brought by myself. Pours very dark brown, small tan head. Aroma is grainy dark malts. Taste is layered dark malts, bitter dark chocolate, earthy roast, light sweetness. Good complex stout.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2016 at 17:10

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 8
Muy pálida, pajiza, con aboundante espuma jabonosa, muy duradera. Aroma muy intenso, muy lupulado, floral, con notas de pomelo. En boca es ligera, con gas punzante, paso fácil. Muy aromática también, ahora más frutal, pomelo, melocotón... amargor creciente, bastante intenso al final. Bastante buena, sólo se echa en falta algo más de cuerpo y cremosidad
Tried on 06 Nov 2016 at 14:42

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle shared at Danish Ratebeer Gathering Ulfborg 2016, Day 2. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of due malt, grain and light yeast. Flavour is light sweet and bitter. Light bodied with moderate carbonation. [20-08-2016]
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2016 at 04:01

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 750ml. @ The Danish (Ulfborg) Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2016, TNO(U)DRBSG16 @ fonefan & Brugmasia House. [ As Craig Allan La (Saint) Jean ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, herbs, moderate yeasty, spicy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, spicy - yeast bitter, saison - belgium yeast, banana yeast notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160820]
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2016 at 14:21

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20th August 2016
Unhelpfully nothing on the front label that says this is the Citra version. As Eric pointed out below you need to check the small white box on the side label for the ’L10 2016’ marker to distinguish this. Once opened there is no doubt this is the citra version, punchier than the regular one. Hazy gold - amber beer, big pale cream colour head. Palate is light, fairly dry and has fine minerally carbonation. Thin malts, a little dry malt cream, not that sweet. Juicy orange hops, some citric peel and floralness. Trace of orange sherbet. Light dry floral orange finish. A tad dry but tasty.
Tried on 21 Aug 2016 at 07:12

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled from bottle @ Danish Ratebeer Gathering 2016, Ulfborg, Day 2. Hazy golden color, average sized white head. Aroma is pale malts, yeast. Taste malts, lightly yeast, quite bitter. I don’t dislike the flavor actually. Average body, medium carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2016 at 05:05

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle@Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2016 - yellow pour with white head. Floral and lemon fruity, straw, hay, some herbal notes into the close.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2016 at 05:03

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
TNOD(U)RBSG16. Cloudy light amber, small white head. Malty, yeasty aroma, light citrus. Yeasty, fruity flavour, lemon and orange.
Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 05:02