UPDATED: MAR 6, 2022 Bière en méthode champenoise, comme la brut .. bien nommée !! Celle-ci est un rien plus douce, mais ce n'est pas aujourd'hui encore que le champagne va faire de moi un adepte .. il est vrai aussi que j'en ai bu tant de vert chez des producteurs !! Bref, les bulles reviennent cher au kilo dans ce pays snobinard .. Bon, n'oublions pas quand même que Reims était la ville des sacres. CONCLUSION : cuvée royale nous rappelle les sacres, mais rien d'autre qui puisse évoquer un produit royal .. (music pairing : Royal hunt, album Dystopia .. peut-être ..)

UPDATED: JAN 19, 2019 Bottle from 2008 sampled 2019. Old straw aromer. Nice pils malt taste. Low bitterness and medium body.

Bottle shared @ Elie's place. Many thanks! Hazy amber colour, creamy white foam. Sweet malty, light caramel notes, some notes of peach. Good.

5th September 2016
Almost clear gold beer, massive white head, huge! Palate is light, semi dry and mildly crisp. Thin sweetish malts. Sweetish floralness. Mild and sweet generic fruits. Little yeast on the finish. Pretty disappointing. The Essex champagne ales of the last couple of years have been much better, Red Fox, Brentwood, Farmers Ales and Mersea Island have all done better than this somewhat insipid and sweet affair.

Light opaque golden yellow, white lacing foam head. Barley aroma, some floral ntes. Some sweet notes, but very well balanced in taste. Nice. (Arnhem 201605)

Sample from 750 ml bottle at Kalmar Ölfestival. Hazy golden with white head. Aroma is yeasty, slight alcohol, pale malt, white sugar and grassy herby hops in the background. Taste is similar, some alcohol, yeast and pale sugary malts dominates.

KRS/KØLF 020116. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is sugar, malt, alcohol, yeast. Flavour is yeast, malt, sugar, spices, hay, dried fruits, alcohol. Full body. Very nice beer.

15cl glass at Bierfestival Groningen. has a hazy golden colour with a small white head. aroma of citrus, exotic fruits, honey, yeast. taste is moderate sweet and low bitter with a soft dry and bitter finish. notes of citrus, cherry, honey, plums, yeast. oily texture, medium bodied with fizzy carbonation.

15 cl at Bierfestival Groningen 2016. Appearance: yellow golden with low white head. Aroma: citrus, fruit esters and honey. Taste: moderate sweetness with low bitterness. otes of citrus, cherry and honey. Palate: medium body, oily texture with fizzy carbonation.

Bottle at home (best before 01/08/2015). Pours light hazy (yeast particles) yellow with a very large frothy head. Aroma of malts, yeast, light hops, light spicy/cardamom. Taste is moderate sweet, light bitter, malts, yeast. Moderate bitter aftertaste. Reminds of a triple/blond.