Cimes Piste Noire

Brewed by Brasserie des Cimes
Style: Bière de Garde
Aix les Bains, France

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Clear amber color with a small head. Fresh yet malty aroma and a discreet, fresh malty flavor. Not bad.

(on bottle) An odd beer; I believe it had infections or else the brewstyle is new to me. sweet, funky sent, pale prange colour. The overwhelming finish of peas and cheese, made it impossible to finish. Quite gassy too.

Bottle 33 cl. Redbrown colour, small beige head. Sweet aroma of malts and some notes of caramel. Malty flavor and nicely hidden alcohol, but a little too sweet. Medium palette. Very drinkable though!

Bottled. Clear orange coloured with a medium sized white head. Acidic aroma with notes of citrus and spices. Fruity flavour with notes of orange peel, spices and hops.

33 cl bottle. No yeast in bottom. Amber colour with a weak head. Sweet aroma with notes caramel and some toffee. Also flavour of caramel but little watery and light tasteful. But an easy drinking beer.

Golden honey amber, with a ring of froth on top and a few flakes on the bottom.
Scent of spent grain, caramel malt and blackstrap molasses, with a subdued herbal hop finish.
Medium carbonation, the caramel malt comes through at first, then a noticeable alcohol spike and finishes out with that medicinal hop finale. Not awe-inspiring, but a decent brew I never heard from before.

Bottled. a slightly hazy mid brown coloured beer with puddles of tan coloured head. the aroma is sweet with candy sugar and caramel notes. The taste is also sweet and quite funky, but the sweetness dominates the funk and makes it a bit of a struggle.

(Bottle 33 cl) Amber coloured, slightly hazy with almost no head. Sweetish caramel notes with a very limited bitterness. Fruity notes from the top fermenting malt. 010903