Last Weekend

Well after our week with Ralph and Amber and missing our Friday night out with Trav and Pat, we did get to Jonathan and Lorains though on the Saturday. It was a shame though as we will not see Trav and Pat again until at least the 20th of March.

Ralph and Amber left during the early afternoon, so I got to watch one and a half of the Six Nations matches on that day. We left for Jonathan and Lorains at half time in the second match and was surprised to get there with only about ten mins gone of the second half.

So we opened a can of beer each and watched the rest of the Rugby before we had our tea, the beer is reviewed below. One thing to note, is that even though this beer is relatively week, it was quite good.

Cloudwater, Random Act Of Mindfulness from England

3.8% gold in colour with a thin head, some hop in the aroma and the taste was quite good.

Rothaus, Tannenzäpfle from Germany

 

5.1% gold in colour with a nice head, hop and malt aroma and the taste was quite refreshing.

There was another couple of beers that we had had before, so I didn't take any photos of them, I do however have photos of them although the labels may now be different.

Hadrian & Border, Tyneside Brown Ale from England

 

4.7% deep amber colour with a good head, fruity malty aroma, liquorish malt taste, very good beer.

De Koningshoeven, La Trappe Dubbel from Holland

 

7.0% amber colour with a good head, sweet caramel aroma, fruity and malty taste, very good.

Abbaye de Vauclair

All of these beers are from De Gayant, I have not covered them before, well not together so I thought it was about time. One of them was new to me as well and it just reminded me that these French beers are so good. I will leave the new one till last, a Wheat Beer I got from Lidl on our last trip in the van.

De Gayant, Abbaye de Vauclair Blonde from France

 

6.5% gold colour with a thin head, another beer very much like Leffe blonde very nice.

De Gayant, Abbaye de Vauclair Triple from France

 

8.5% gold colour with a good head, sweet aroma, sweet strong alcohol, not as bad as it sounds. Looking at the photo it was taken in France.

De Gayant, Abbaye de Vauclair Rubis from France

 

5.0% red colour with a good head, fruity aroma, slightly bitter summer fruit taste, I am not the best person to review this type of beer as I do not like them.

De Gayant, Abbaye de Vauclair Blanche from France

 

4.5% cloudy gold in colour with a nice head, a really good aroma and taste, another great beer from these people.

Last from our first trip to France 2016

I think that these may be the last of the beers I got while on the first holiday in France this year, there may be one or two more but we will have to see later. Some of these where drunk back home but some where drunk in France, anyway they were all bought over there.

Gayant, La Goudale Ambree from France

 

7.2% amber in colour with a thin head, some caramel in the aroma and not a bad taste at all.

Saint Germain, Page 24 IPA from France

 

4.9% amber colour with a thin head, it was quite nice and not really an IPA at all.

Saint Germain, Page 24 Irish Stout from France

 

3.9% black in colour with a thin head. light roasted aroma, taste is light roast but with a watery finish.

St-Feuillien, Saint Graal from Belgium

 

8.0% hazy gold colour with a good head, sweet aroma and a strong fizzy taste, very strong.

Brasseries de Bourbon, Bourbon from Réunion Island (France)

 

5.0% gold in colour with a thin head, there was some grass in the aroma and the taste was quite nice.