Britt Ar-Men Brune

Brewed by Brasserie Britt (Brasserie de Bretagne)
Style: Belgian Ale
Trégunc, France

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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clear brown colour, no foam, licorice and alcohol aroma, medium-bodied, slightly sour, sweet, malty finish

Bottle. An orange-golden beer with a creamy, beige head. Milky, dusty, slightly citrusy nose with bakers yeast in the back. Caramel and some hops in the mouth, quite tasteful even though it bears the same symptoms of infection as the aroma. Medium body, quite effervescent. Even though it is going bad, it is a quite nice beer, but nothing special. (081003)

Bottle. Amber colour with an off-white head. Aroma is fruit, sweet, malt. Flavour is sweet, fruit, malt, hint of hop. Medium body. OK beer.

Actually bought under the name of Ar-men Ambrée au blé noir Hazy, very dark brown beer with some red highlights; with a good brownish tinted, collapsing head, some lace. First impression is slightly sourish, lactic, but mixed with quite a bit of coloured, but still sweet malts, even chocolat malt. Sweet taste, quite malty, bit of dull chocolate, but always with a little spike of lactic-like acidity. Not very well-bodied, bit thin. Quite disappointin, as most Brittany’s black beers are very distinctive, and really tasting of the black grain. This one doesn’t.

Some chocolate flavor, quite sweet taste with some carbonic acidity. Nice foam. Not that bad but not that special.

Chocolately malts, light astringency, some licorice and caramel. Dark red-brown, hazy, with thin lacing light tan head. Medium bodied with medium-high carbonation. Starts with mild sweetness, light roasted malts, chocolate and licorice. Mild acidity and low bitterness. Finish is light bitter with chocolate malt. After has mild carbonic acidity, with tangy hops, and low bitterness.

Copper-amber color. Aroma of brown sugar, light malt. Same taste, with some caramel and light liquorice. Ordinary.

Sovereign buckwheat proudly hails its dominance and declares roasted malt as its ally…Both tread on a still twitching yeast…The hymn they compose though is not that original though…