Bourganel Bière au Nougat

Brewed by Brasserie Bourganel
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Vals-Les-Bains, France

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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<!-- i -->courtesy of Stéphanie Dürler<!-- /i --> - pours a slightly hazy pale golden colour under a little foam; deep and very pure aroma of honey and almonds, notes of cocoa; rather high carbonation and a decent malt body; the finish is long, nutty and oily, no bitterness - original and pleasant though tending to be cloying if you finish your glass

Dark golden pour with a thin white head and slight lacing. Nougat comes flying from the bottle and fills your nostrils. You can also pick up tobacco, toffee, malt and hops. Very aromatic. All the above come through on taste with the exception of the tobacco. Very tasty and moreish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle… Clear, deeply golden ale with a small, fizzy, white head. The aroma is fantastic as it mainly consists of rich hazelnut nougat. Light-bodied and watery with modest carbonation. Even at room temperature, this beer is not silly sweet; regardless of what any previous ratings have stated. There are loads of hazelnut/almond notes in the flavor, but otherwise it’s pretty much nondescript, but well-balanced. Finishes crisp, thin and nutty with a faint minerally bitterness. Fairly low-gravity and crazy drinkable. If this was available in 12 oz bottles or cans, I would take it with me to the beach on the regular.

Botella de 330ml. Vaso de ½ Pinta. Saboreada en abr´12. Color dorado brillante con capa blanca y fugaz. Turrón de tutty-fruty en nariz con un leve aroma de pan y levadura. El turrón domina todos los sabores con un empalagoso dulzor. Cuerpo y carbonatación medios. El conjunto, incluso para un goloso, resulta pesado, blando y sin contrastes. Senti como si bebiera una Lager con un bola de helado dentro. 330ml bottle. ½ Pint glass. Enjoyed on apr´12. Bright golden color. White, brief, head. Intense fruity nougat to the nose, slightly yeasty/bready aroma. All flavors are dominated by nougat with a cloying sweetness. Medium body, medium carbonation. Even for a sweet-toothed the overall is fat, bland & flat. I´ve felt like drinking a Pale Lager with a fudge ice-cream ball inside.

UPDATED: APR 24, 2012 330 ml bottle. Pours a yellow brown with a light but lasting head. Very strong nutty nougat nose with a hint of vanilla. Liquid nougat flavor with little other than some late and light bitterness.

Draft @ Little Delirium. Orangée, col blanc pétillant. Arôme est sympa avec le nougat qui ressort bien, le tout sur un bouquet fleuri et fruité houblonné. En bouche, le mariage nougat ne va pas vraiment, et je pense que une bière à base brune ou du moins présentant un meilleur profile malté aurait été plus adaptée. On y retrouve le nougat avec ce profile de Bourganel cad une sorte de farine de marron avec ce fini pétillant fruité amer qui gâche un peu le tout. Le nougat est présent sans être trop en avant, fini sur une pointe de levure avec un houblon citronné qui prend un peu le dessus. Dommage car l’idée originale était intéressante.

Appearance: bright honey gold with a short, creamy white head and scattered lace. Aroma: honey, vanilla, cream, caramel, and definitely nougat, with additional nutty (almond) notes. Taste: as the aroma indicated, with the nougat notes appearing most strongly. Finish: smooth, creamy, sweet, and slowly drying. Notes: Before having this beer, I couldn’t remember the specific aroma or taste of nougat, but once I popped the top, all of a sudden I remembered. This is a one-dimensional gimmick beer, but I found it pretty interesting and relatively enjoyable. It’s essentially drinking an alcoholic cream soda. Bottle from the Rare Beer Club.

Bottle. Pours hazy gold with medium, fizzy white head; short retention and some lacing. Aroma is vanilla, cookie and caramel malts, nuts, honey, and faint floral hops. Flavor is sweet malt forward, faint hops, and medium fruit esters; dry finish. Light body and warmth with medium carbonation.

Bottle. Pours lightly hazy orange with a small, fizzy white head, short retention with light lacing. Aroma is marshmallows, cookie and nutty malt, coconut, vanilla, and faint chocolate notes. Flavor is vanilla, coconut, mild malt, no hops and a dry finish. Light body and warmth, medium carbonation.

Tasted on 3/6/12 from a 750mL swing-top bottle from the Rare Beer Club. Pours clear orange with an average white head that slowly recedes to leave thin lacing behind. The nose is very sweet with tons of nougat, and some peanut aroma as well. The flavor has some sweetness, with the exact same nougat and peanut butter from the nose, with the addition of very light bitterness. The body is light with average, fizzy carbonation, and a long caramel nougat finish.

bottle... quite a unique brew worth trying... this beer is all about the aroma, its fantastic, smells like freshly melted nougat, super sweet, orange cream sicles, can’t get enough of it... the sweetness doesn’t come through as much on the taste and what does is a bit generic, super easy to drink and worth trying because of the aroma