14 October 2012

19/40

Flashback, Boulder Beer Company, 6.8%
Darker ale with typical American hops bitterness, low fizz. Good try.
**

18/40

Cervoise Lancelot, Brasserie Lancelot, Brittany, France
Blond, unpasteurised, second fermentation in bottle, seven plants and honey, 6%
Very pleasant aromatised and refermented Belgian style lager
***

17/40

Lancelot, Brasserie Lancelot, Brittany, France
Blond, unpasteurised, second fermentation in bottle, 6%
Nice refermented Belgian style lager
***

05 October 2012

16/40

Trappistes Rochefort, 10, Abbaye St-Remy, Belgium
Dark, bottle re-fermented, 10%
With non malted cereals, a deep caramel but not oversweet flavour, some alcohol high. A gem from Belgium, complex. To be degustated on its own.
*****

02 October 2012

15/40

Bière aux fèves de cacao, ambrée, Bovetti, France, 6%
Amber with a single floating cocoa bean. Despite the bean, subtle choc flavour.
**

14/40

Easy Street, Odell Brewery, CO/USA, 4.6%
Wheat beer but with American hops tang.
**

13/40

Dubbel, Westmalle abbey, Belgium, 7%
Traditional trappist beer, brown bottle refermented.
Deep flavour, a prime example of Belgian abbey beers.
***