Malheur Bière Brut (Reserve)

15/03 A 0.75 l bottle from beershop.hr, shared with Doggythedog. As we’ve expected, the cork flew off violently. It poured murky yellow body with some yeast particles floating inside. Big head for sure, but, similar to a champagne, it didn’t live too long. Pretty strange aroma, a bit vinous and slightly malty, with yeast completely missing. Flavor is fuller, pleasantly sweet fruity with hops adding just an impulse of bitterness to fill it up. Longer, tingling sweetish finish. Nothing so special as it may sound and can’t compete to Dark Brut, but it’s a good beer.

bottle @Zythos, yellow-gold, small head, grainy, fruity, alcohol, yeast. A good beer but I expected more from this ’champagne’-beer.

750 ml "champagne" bottle, from Vinmonopolet (bestillingsutvalget). ABV is 11%. Pale yellow colour, slightly hazy, big white head. The aroma is yeasty and spicy, hints of fermenting fruits and horse blanket - good, but not as great as I expected. The flavour is moderately sweet, certainly not "brut", notes of white candi sugar and spices, with noticeable alcohol. Moderate hops. Again: good, but I hoped for more complexity. Probably worth the price in Belgium, but not in Norway (NOK 219).

0.75l bottle from the Croatian Beershop, shared with heavy. A gusher of course, the cork almost blew a hole in the ceiling (the Floreffe Tripel we’ve had before almost matched it in strength). Poured a murky yellow-gold body filled with tons of particles. Orangey hopiness, some maltiness. Sweet fruity (orangey) taste, some hop bitterness, slightly soapy, the maltiness is light, candyish but quite tasty, some yeastiness, and my notes say "fruity" again then, very well balanced, quite complex, and I like it.

750 ml bottle. Slightly hazy, pale golden body with a creamy off-white head. The carbonation is intensively and small bobbled like champagne. Aroma is mild malty, citric fruity, hops and floral yeasty. Flavor is sweet and dry, light malty, a hint of honey, bread, flowers, acid fruit, yeast and more. It’s simply amazing how this beer can be this light and refreshing and at the same time so complex with so many flavor that I have problems to describe them. The body is light and refreshing with a big complexity. Alcohol is almost totally hidden. Fantastic.

Hazy, pale yellow colour. Aroma has sherry, wood, citrus and sultanas. Low carbonation, rich but light texture. This beer almost evaporates on the roof of the mouth. Flavour is very citrusy and has the sticky sweetness of candied dried fruits.

Dégusté avec Pyrozoid, Agaguk et grandgenie. Apparence jaune nuageux avec beaucoup de sédiments en suspension. Bonne mousse blanc mat qui colle tres bien au verre. Aromes de champagne, gingembre, avocat, pelure de kiwi, thym, pain sucré, mince filet de zeste de lime et lait de poule.... Assez complexe merci. Corps incroyablement bien balancé, sensation d’alcool tres presente. Palait vélouté et bonne effervescence. Gout tres semblable a l’arome, melon miel et miel.

Bouteille. Dégusté avec french tickler, Agaguk et GrandGénie. Biere de couleur Or brumeux avec un immense collet très très collant. Odeur de sucre, bananes, oranges, floral et un peu d’alcool. Gout sucré, alcool, épices, un peu de blé.