Au Maître Brasseur La Cuvée des Artisans

A hazy blonde ale with a thin white head. A strong raspberry aroma, with light coriander and yeast. In mouth, a sweet candy malt, raspberry pulp and coriander, overall, a bit cloying. Tasted on July 26 209. Bottle from Gobelet.

Bottle (750ml). Shared with blankboy, garthicus, jerc and mabel - my bottle via trade with viper666. Light gold, smallish white diminishing head. Sweet and sharp aroma - light tart fruit and dry yeast. Taste - a big up-front hit of pungent tart fruit, it settles down to sweet, yeasty and tart berryfruit. Somewhat flat, sticky, very mild acidity - quick finish. Not that bad, after the ’’whoa!’’ of the initial taste, actually fairly tasty.

2008-10-22. Lightly hazy golden body with small white head. Fruity aroma - blackberries, light funk, light musty note. Flavour has an odd fruit character, pineapple or tropical fruit? Modest tangy funk in the finish, very light sourness. Touch of yeast. Smooth average palate. Interesting, different, okay. Bottle shared by HogTownHarry

Bottle (750ml) shared with HogTownHarry, garthicus, jerc & mabel -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a cloudy yellow-gold with small floaties and an average size somewhat-lasting white head. Aroma’s a bit sour and yeasty along with some odd fruit and light spices. Sour strawberries perhaps? (I see above that it’s blackberries) Flavour of light sour fruit, spices, yeast and light hops in the finish. Pretty carbonated stuff. Average bodied. Interesting stuff but I found it just O.K.

[1811-20081022] 750mL bottle. Aroma a melody of Christmas pudding, floral perfume, grassy mango figs, burnt cantaloupe, old tree trunk and some smoky characteristics. Slightly hazy, light orange yellow body with a medium-lasting foamy white head. Sweet sugary malt flavour has toasted floral smoked hops. Medium body is slightly bitter. A sourness comes out that probably shouldn’t be there but otherwise it’s a nice attribute, and a really interesting beer.
(Vintage 2007; c/o HogTownHarry, w/ him, blankboy, garthicus, jerc)

Bottle: Poured a cloudy lightly dirty beige color ale with a medium bubbly head with average retention. Aroma of light blackberry with some grainy malt and some weird ester. Taste is a weird mix between some blackberry syrup with some unrefined grainy malt and some weird ester which doesn’t really fit well. Body is quite full with average carbonation and no apparent alcohol. OK though not necessarily something I would buy very often.

Brown bottle, 750 ml, purchased at Le Grand Duc on December 5 2008, savoured on January 1 2009; eye: straw, hazy, slight effervescence, champagne-style white head that falls rapidly and forms a tiny sheet, good lacing; nose: almost equal balance of blackberry and yeast, light banana, fruity; mouth: fresh, fizzy, blackberry, yeast, light banana, fruity, finale in blackberry with a good presence of yeast, light acidity and acridness, lightly sweet, medium body; overall: special FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, achetée chez Le Grand Duc le 5 décembre 2008, savourée le 1er janvier 2009; œil : paille, voilée, très légère effervescence, mousse blanche style champagne qui tombe rapidement et se transforme en une petite couverture, bonne dentelle; nez : mélange presque égale de levure et mûres, léger banane, fruité; bouche : frais, pétillant, mûres, levure, léger banane, fruité, finale en mûre avec une bonne présence de levure, bonne carbonatation, légère acidité et âcreté, légèrement sucrée, corps moyen; en résumé : spécial

HogTownHarry’s bottle shared with, Harry, Blankboy jerc & mabel. Appearance: Cloudy orange/yellow with some slight red flecks. Aroma: Mango/pineapple aroma with some hops in there too. Flavour: Orange, mango juice. Not bad.