Atlantic au Pineau

330 bottle from LCBO Very pretty pour...brilliant gold, lively carbonation, and a strong head. Smells boozy, the cognac is detectable. Taste...sweet on the tip of the tongue, but nicely rounded in the back. Some slight amber characterstics, nice use of malt. Hops are there, but the cognac almost negates them. A well-made beer, certainly interesting, but nothing I’ll seek again.

Bottle: Wow, lots of low reviews. Pours pumpkin coloured, good sized white foamy head. Mine appeared flat as the farmer’s daughter, not streaming with bubbles like some of these folks below me. Aroma is sweet and grassy, an odd combination, and now I really have no idea what I’m in to. The good - it’s light, great mouthfeel, almost creamy in texture, very easy to drink. The bad - it’s very, very sweet. Syrupy sweet. You can definitely pull the grape flavour out, I noticed a bit of raisin and hints of orange to my palate. I liked it better than I expected, hence the higher rating I suppose.

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.

Looks and smells alright. But it’s a very sweet ale. Luckily, the sweetness doesn’t linger very long. Fruity and malty. Decent, and extra points for being a bit different.

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)

Bottle from LCBO. Yellow body with a billowy white head. (3+) Brief note of Cinnabon upon first opening the bottle. Yeasty lager aroma with light fruity character, hint of spice. Light herbal spice in a very fruity flavour, light grainy malt. Average palate is on the creamy side. A strange... something in the flavour like a wacky liqueur or foreign candy. A lot better than I expected but I can not really see drinking more than one. Interesting.

Bottle from LCBO Served at 48 deg.F there is no haze...just a crystal clear golden ale with a reasonable tight-pored white cap...moderate retention and lacing. Very pungent aromas of carapils malt, light fruityness, some wet hay. Up front this is relatively sweet... some from the bready malts, some from another adjunct source (this is the white Pineau I presume) there is some weak hopping to off set but it takes a back seat to the sweet malt and sweet fruit tastes which really develop mid palate. The finish is strangely drying and the mouth feel slick turning to sandy in the finish. An interesting and unique beer, probably good instead of a fruit sprizer on a hot day or with cold buffet deserts...but certainly too sweet to consume more than 2 in a sitting by itself.

A nice blonde ale with a generous creamy white head. Aroma is sweet. Fruity character.