Fleurac Le Cowboy & Indien Pale Ale

Brewed by Fleurac
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Ydes, France

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Color: amber beer with medium carbonization and small white head. Smell: malt, caramel and hops. Taste: malt and hops. Aftertaste : caramel and bitter, hops

Bottle. Hazy dark golden brown, small white head, solid lacing. Aroma of bright pine, grass, pineapple. Taste is bitter pine resin and a subtle edge of peppery cocoa powder. Tasty.

Bottle 33cl, a clear copper-amber beer with medium head. Nose is on fresh hops and resin. Aroma is on caramel, hops bitterness, resin, honey, toasted malt, notes of grapefruit. Long bitter aftertaste, a very nice and properly done pale ale with lot of hops of course. There is 120 IBU there but very drinkable.

Bottle 330ml. @ home on the terrace.

[ Trade by saxo ]. Clear medium to dark amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, flowers, grapefruit, lime, exotic fruit. Initial flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter, finish flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy to moderte bitte with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120626]

Bottle at Brewberry, Paris. Dark amber colour, a bit hazy with white head. Aroma is bitter with herbs, hops and grapefruit. Taste is medium bitter, a bit bread-like and yeasty, the hops are getting weak as we come to the harsh finish. Not too amazing beer, but still a good one.

UPDATED: DEC 7, 2012
2012-09-05, bottle from La Cave à Bulles, Paris; bb Mar 2014, 7-4-7-4-14=36
Hazy light amber color with medium sized head. Some aroma of caramel, malt, and some perfumy hops, a bit of fruitiness from them. Caramel and malt flavor, some biscuit, with light residual sweetness, on the edge of the American crystal malt beers, but better, with some fruits from the hop, and apparently much less than the disclaimed 120 IBUs. It has some of the profile characteristics of a Double IPA, but not the strength.
Pleasant, but not as fresh as an IPA should be, not as bold as a true Double IPA (which is not).

2012-07-03, bottle at Hoppy Loft, Brussels, 7-5-7-4-14=37
Beautiful red-amber color; creamy head. Malt and cheese aroma. Some caramel flavor, the mouthfeel is quite round, but also kind of dry; it has strong bitterness, some piney resins and light cheese touch; there is a roasty note out of tune, and moderate sweetness later.
Good.

Bottle from Cave à Bulles. Pours hazy dark amber with a slight beige head. Aroma of slightly oxidized hop. Citrus. Med body with firm carb. Flavor of roast malt, a little oxidation, and some citrus rind. Finishes fruity and bitter.

Bottled 330ml. -from La Cave à Bulles, Paris. Hazy dark amber coloured, big off-white head, spicy hoppy nose. Toasted malt, caramel and hoppy taste with nutty and spicy notes. Some mild alcohol also. Bitter/sweet aftertaste. Surprisingly pleasant French light DIPA. I completely agree with Alexs last sentence.

33 cl bottle, Sheffield, UK via Paris. Clear amber gold colour. Some resin and tropical fruit aroma, heavy bitterness on the first sip. As it warms progresses to a more floral but still sap backed aroma, syrupy texture with some alcohol and bright floral hops.

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich malt, flowers, caramel and hops. Quite malty.