La Motte Juillet Zéro Trois

Brewed by Brasserie de La Motte Juillet
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Treban, France

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle from La Cave à Bulles, Paris
Hazy golden color. It has a malty aroma, some hop, earthy. Good caramel flavor, in a medium body, with good hopping and a touch of pepper. The bitterness is well balanced, well mixed with the caramel, and it’s improving at the end. Truly IPA for me, very good.

Fully opaque orange; small but persistent yellow head. Very lemony nose with obvious hoparoma’s, but in all not very outspoken. Immediate hopbite, quite bitter, dry, grapey & slightly dusty. Zesty finish, flowery. Bitterness diminishes gradually in intensity. Not very well-bodied, light, slight slickness, but not empty. Another hopblast from La Motte-Juillet. But I seem to detect a certain "déjà-goûté", like a theme that is varied upone a bit too often. La Motte-Juillet is without doubt, the most American of French breweries.

cloudy amber-orange colour with almost no foam; robust flowery hoppiness with respectable grapefruity and gentian notes; a bit oily and a good malt body; late bitterness and a long flowery, bitter finish - nice balance between aromatic and bitter hops