Atlantic au Pineau

Brewed by Brasserie des Gabariers (Cognac L & L)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Cognac, France

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Pale golden colour with a fizzy white head. The nose is grassy with a bit of candyish sweet malt and sugar. Iron notes in the nose as well. The body is a cardboard cookie with sugar sprinkled on top. Sweet is all there is, too sweet even for a cognac beer. Not good.

This pours sparkling gold into the chalice. The head and lacing is cloud white, and looks very creamy. Pineapple aroma, musty basement, tropical fruit, lots of yeast. This is very sweet. A sipping beer for sure. Lots of sweet fruit juice, pineapple, pretty yeasty, sugar, a touch of sauvignon blanc. This is too sweet for me to have any more than one, and it is a bit of an effort. I can see the use for this, but it does not appeal to me.

Light golden with an Ok head. The aroma is sweetish, perfumed and fruity. The flavour is sweet, perfumes and artificially fruity. A peculiar beer. 2056

Bouteille de 330 ml achetée chez LCBO (Ottawa, ONT). Arôme: Odeur très fruité. Apparence: La couleur est légèrement dorée avec une moyenne densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût fruité et sucré. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyenne avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût très fruité. (Rating #1378)

Light blond/gold in colour. Yeasty and spicy smell. Tastes sweet like figs with a hint of spice and yeast. Quite nice for a blonde.

Bière de très belle apparence : couleur or foncée avec un col blanc, relativement abondant avec une rétention moyenne. Le parfum mélange des notes métalliques, d’alcool et de sucre. Le goût est très sucré, avec pratiquement aucune amertume. Notes de mais avec un persistant arrière-goût métallique, voir sanguin. Le palais est rond, le sucre semble coller à la langue. La carbonation est délicate mais présente. Définitivement trop succrée pour en boire plus d’une bouteille. Le pineau est subtil et n’apporte rien sauf le sucre sur abondant.

This ale poured a very light yellow colour with next to no head, even after a vigorous pour. To the nose it has sweet notes, grassy scent with ripe fruit. First taste is very different. Almost a buttery flavour with a light fruit following. Very slightly over-carbonation gives a little bite to the taste. Almost an oily mouthfeel with the butter flavour lasting. Very Sweet!

Bright honey gold color, with a big fluffy white head, leaving laces, with a floral wet hay nose, with a fruity, cognac oakiness, a sweet honeyed pale malt, and a mild pineau white grapes aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a sweet fruity raisiny, pale malt character, with a honeyed liquorish cognac accent, with a candi sugar sweetness, hint of oakiness, with a candied lemon peel note, and subtle pineau des charentes winey accent, with a nice carbonation, leading towards a sweet honeyed fruity pineau finish.