Garrigues La Belle en Goguette (2012)

Brewed by Brasserie des Garrigues
Style: English Pale Ale
Sommières, France

Serve in English pint

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Bottled. Golden coloured. Unclear. Dense light beige head. ARoma: Flowers, sweetness, some peach. Flavour: Herbs, flowers, sweetness, some tropical fruity notes. Medium bodied Ends flowery bitter. Quite nice.

Bottle at yespr. Cloudy yellow coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of caramel and hops with notes of citrus peel. Fruity flavour of caramel, grass and hops. Hoppy finish.

Bottled. A hazy yellow beer with a lazing white head. The aroma has malt and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and straw, leading to a dry finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.

33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a huge white head. Aroma is peachy and light citrusy. Floral, peachy and citrusy. Bitter and light grassy finish.

Something must have been wrong with this keg, cause it tasted very lager-y and not at all as a Pale Ale (even English one). Did not like it.

Bottled at La Fine Mousse, Paris. Hazy deep golden, rich firm head. Pleasant herbal honey aroma. Quite sweet with clean, rounded mouthfeel and evident crystal malt character. Caramelized sugar and English hops. Salty mid bitter finish.

33cl bottle, BB 25/03/2014. 5.6% abv on this batch, to me another sign that the guys cannot brew the same batch consistently, and the quality shows in the beer. Dorée, col épais, crémeux blanc. Arôme houblonné noble, citronné, sur un bouquet rappelant le style anglais, malt reste moyen. Palais est trop pétillant, presque agressif en fin de bouche, palais est sec, grains, malt de type cara-pils, les houblons sont ici encore quasi noyé dans le malt, le tout est trop sec et cache le peu d’amertume qu’il reste à noter. Ce dernier reste modéré entre citronné et herbacé. Déçu encore une fois.

Light orange, misty body with stable white creamy head. Very nice, delicate mild hoppy aroma. Bit Belgian, but with a modern profile. Quite sweet malt base. Orange candy and fresh herbs. Interesting quite bitter base, clean yeast profile (even with all the yeast residue in the bottle’s neck). Refreshing active carbonation, which I like. This beer does a lot just right. Not extreme or overly, but a modern and well hopped, refreshing pale ale. good stuff. (33cl bottle, from Brewberry if I remember correctly)

Bottle from La Cave à Bulles, Paris, bb 13/02/14
Hazy light amber color with generous compact head, everlasting. Some aroma of malt, and yeast. The mouthfeel is dryish; some malt and caramel flavor, smooth, with quite strong bitterness, light and delicate fruity touch, but also with some yeast.
Average beer.