Some French Beers

On our last trip to france I had four beers from one brewery and compared with new British beers these were very good. As you may know I am not a big fan of the newer beers brewed over here, unfiltered, very hoppy, some just not that good at all. However lots of new beers from around Europe seem to me to be getting better and better. I do not meen the lagers that Europe was already very good at, I mean bitters, stouts and others.

La Collective Du Houblon, Bitter Bitter IPA from France

 

6.3% cloudy gold in colour with a good head, vinegary aroma but the taste was just bitter, not to bad.

La Collective Du Houblon, Intensely Fresh Golden Ale from France

 

6.5% cloudy gold in colour with a thin head, citrus aroma but the taste is mild and relatively tasteless.

La Collective Du Houblon, Super Dark Black Ale from France

 

8.1% black in colour with good head, malt aroma and a very nice stout taste, although it is a bit strong.

La Collective Du Houblon, Extra Smooth White Ale from France

 

4.5% cloudy pale gold in colour with next to no head, not much aroma but the taste is citrus and not bad.

Brasserie de Bellefois, France

Had some good beers on our recent trip to France, over the years the French beers have got better and better, here are some just from one brewery. These are bottles I brought back with me if it doesn't look at all like France.

Brasserie de Bellefois, 732 Bière Dorèe from France

 

5.6% pale cloudy amber in colour with a thin head, malt aroma, the taste is malty toffee and some yeast.

Brasserie de Bellefois, 1356 Bière Blonde from France

 

5.6% cloudy amber in colour with a thin head (strange for a blonde), malty aroma, the taste in bitter sweet malts and fruits.

Brasserie de Bellefois, 1356 Bière Rousse from France

 

5.6% deep red in colour with a thin head, nice malty aroma and the taste is a good low hop very nice beer. It tasted more English that modern English beer does.

Ninkasi, the French one.

I have had other beers with the same makers name Ninkasi but this is for the French one.

Ninkasi, Blonde Pilsner from France

 

4.0% hazy gold in colour with a nice head, hoppy aroma and taste.

Ninkasi, Ambree from France

 

4.5% amber in colour with a nice head, a citrus aroma and a hoppy fruity taste.

Ninkasi, French IPA from France

 

5.4% amber in colour with a nice head, malt, caramel and hop in the aroma, nice taste with not too much hop. The one that frightened me the most, was actually the best.

Some cans I have had for ages

I have not been out much over the last couple of weeks but that doesn't mean that I haven't had anything to drink. I have been getting through some of the beers I have had in the fridge for ages. The first two are cans, both fairly strong ones and both from our last visit to France.

Castelain, Dagsbier Biere Forte from France

7.0% gold in colour with a good head, it had a mild aroma and a strong taste of alcohol. It was the same as Karlsberg, Dagsbier Bière Forte from Germany only 1% weaker

Belle France (Saint-Omer), Bière Spéciale Blonde Extra Forte from France

8.0% gold in colour with a good head, the aroma was of alcohol and tin but it had a smooth strong taste.

Holiday by the Loire

Well I had a week away down in the Loire area of France and had some really nice beers, that was not a big surprise as I have done this many times now.  Our Holiday blog

Lets start with a typical French beer

St Omar, Biere d'Or Des Flanderes from France

 

4.0% gold in colour with a thin head, just a plain ordinary hot weather French beer but not bad. I think I actually bought this one when I got back home.

Les Brasseurs De Gayant (Saint-Omer), Itinéraire des Saveurs Biere Blonde de Garde du Nord from France

 

6.0% gold in colour with a nice head, a nice slightly sweet aroma and a good Blonde taste, very nice. Another photo taken in England but I did buy it in France.

Saint-Omer (ALDI), Kusterbier from France

 

4.5% gold in colour with a poor head a very typical French beer, even though RateBeer say it is made in England this was bought on the Loire in France and I do not think it was from home.


Mort Subite, Witte Lambic from Belgium

 

5.5% hazy yellow in colour with a nice head and quite fizzy, sweet limy aroma, nice but sweet fruity wheat beer taste.

Karlsbräu, Ecu d’Or Blonde from France

 

6.4% gold in colour with a thin head, nice malt aroma and the taste is a quite nice blonde.

Karlsbräu, Ecu d’Or Blanche from France

 

4.5% cloudy yellow with a good head, a nice typical French wheat beer.

Britt, Altiplano Bière Bio au Quinoa sans gluten from France

 

4.5% cloudy gold in colour with a thin head, malt aroma and taste, not too bad.

Saint-Omer, Kingsbräu Abbaye from France

6.2% blond in colour with a thin head, another good French abbaye beer

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.

A set from our French holidays 2016

During our first trip to France in 2016, I had a set of beers from the Coreff brewery. I thought I would cover these together but separate from the others.

Coreff, Ambrée (Goularz) from France

 

5.0% amber in colour with a nice head, malt aroma and taste, it is a bit fizzy but not bad.

Coreff, Blonde (Melen) from France

 

4.2% gold colour with a thin head, at first it was like Leffe but it was a bit thin, it was weaker after all.

Coreff, Blanche (Gwenn) from France

 

4.5% hazy yellow in colour with a nice head, a typical French Blanche, slightly bitter.