Gayant Bière du Démon

Brewed by Les Brasseurs De Gayant
Style: European Strong Lager
Douai, France

Golden color with a short white head. The nose is malty with strong alcohol notes. Flavor is sugared malt with a strong bitter alcohol density. The aftertaste is strong and unpleasant.

Bottle. Barley malt and fusel aroma. Golden yellow color with moderate head. Sweet barley malt flavor initially but this is quickly overwhelmed by the alcohol. A boozy mess.

25cL bottle Firenze, Italia. Good lord! This beer was serious struggle to drink. Probably doesn’t help it wasn’t too cold to begin with on a scorching Italian summers day, but woah! I had to take a deep breath between each sip! Fusel alcohols aplenty. Tastes like copper. Should really go for something other than the strongest thing in the fridge for a change!

0.33 l bottle from a Casino store in Monaco. It poured golden body with smaller to medium head. Slightly lemony aroma, some flowery malts, weak anyway, without alcohol presence. Flavor is honey malty, slightly sugary, somewhat lemony as well with some alcohol of course but not too much for the style, and for such high ABV. Not overly carbonated, pleasant on palate. Sweetish and warming finish. Alcohol is really well hidden in this brew, what surely gives it a big plus, it’s fine enough, not overly sweet and really drinkable. Simple, but very good for the style.

Didn’t think this was too bad. Golden light. Smells of wheat and sugar. Light and crisp taste. Fizzy. Some yeast, bitter and lemon peel in the end.

bottle shared with wimpie133, golden colour with very nice white head. Smell: like an awesome wodka (I’m sure it was because of the alcohol) and very stinking rubber. Taste: alcohol, alcohol, alcohol with a little grainy touch in the aftertaste. This is a wodka with bubbles. I wasn’t able to drink the whole bottle because it is so bad!

Bottle, 33 cl shared with a friend. The presentation starts good: golden, light bubbles, a beautiful white medium, lacing head. But only smelling the beer turns down the expectations: a rubbery, dusty, skunky smell. The taste is just a heavy beer to be heavy, without any subtlety. The taste is alcohol and sweet. Somehowq like a tuned-up Heineken, or the terrible Jupiler Tauro which I don’t mean positive at all!

Medium blonde color with a small head. Aroma of malt and yeast, smells strong already. Not particularly inviting aroma. Sweet flavor with lots of alcohol. Very hot on the tongue and back of throat. Slight fruity flavor as well, raisins, figs, cookies. Hot alcohol and malt finish. Ok, but like many of its type, a bit too much and lacking subtlety.