Hoppeland Bier Light

Brewed by St. Sylvestre
Style: Low Alcohol
St. Sylvestre-Cappel, France

Serve in English pint, Shaker

From bottle at GBBF, day 3 on 3 August 2006. To be honest, I have no idea where this beer appeared from - it certainly wasn’t on offer at the festival. Thanks to whoever brought it along anyway. Unfortunately I can’t find too many good things to say about the beer. Stale light malt and corn aroma. Very weak and watery. Distinctly unpleasant.

Bottled. A dark orange beer with a dying beige head. The aroma is sweet and very lightly beery combined with light hoppy notes. The flavor is a mixture of acidic and sweet - but in a very subdued way, combined with light notes of malt, and fruit, but no real signs of hops, though the end is still nicely bitter. The carbonization tickles the tongue.

Bottle (GBBF 2006): Fizzy gold. A bit bland. Would be nice chilled as a lawnmower beer. Light spice and biscuits. Drinkable.

Bottle, thanks Ungstrup. Pretty bad. Very sweet, very light. Tasted like old/stale light beer. yes, its a light beer, not so sure if its old though. Very watery, not much happening, too sweet.

Bottle at GBBF 2006. Golden with thin white head. Perfumed nose, bit over carbonated. Bit thin on malts, some citrus hops on end. Bit of sickly malt too. But mostly an empty beer. Carbonation is too much.

Bottled – GBBF. A light copper coloured beer. The aroma is sweet and corny. There is a lot of unpleasant plastic charcter. The taste is also heavy on the plastic. Tinny, carboanated and dull. Nothing nice about this one.

[Bottled at GBBF] Clear golden, creamy head. Some citrus. Fairly soft despite weak maltiness. There is a hint of metal but no bitterness. Slightly better than average commercial low alcs.