Pelforth Ambrée

Brewed by Pelforth (Heineken)
Style: Amber Lager/Vienna
Mons-en-Baroeul, France

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Dark golden with a nice head. The aroma has notes of flower and caramel. The flavour is sweetish with notes of caramel and fruit. The finish is dry and hoppy. Charming, but not outstanding.

Bottle. Frothy white good mostly deminishing head. Amber colour. Light malty moderate hoppy aroma. powerfull nice caramellic flavor. Averae moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Good stuff.

Bottled, 330ml, Pasteurised. Amber with white head, carbonised. Quite a dryish beer for Pelforth with a grainy malt body, some husky nut notes and even a touch of hops on the finish. Reasonable without being in any shape or form a classic.

Sanft herb-malziger Antrunk. Spritzig würzig werdend, durch die leicht getreidige Herbenote zusätzlich frisch wirkend. Die Malzigkeit dehnt sich etwas aus, wirkt aber auch wässrig und daher etwas flach. Zum Ende wieder würzig-herb und erneut leicht getreidig. Einfach zu trinkendes Ambree. Danke an quack-duck. Test vom 11.10.2008, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 8,8,9,8,8,8 - 8,15

clear pale amber colour, fine head and a nice lacing, deep aromatic hop aroma, subtle notes of exotic fruits, full-bodied, bitter, dry malty aromatic finish - subtle and very pleasant

Bouteille (Merci, Quack-Duck!): Deep golden to light amber coloured, stable and lacy beige head; caramalt, toasted malt and a tinge of hops in the nose; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, only light bodied, quite unusual for a beer of 6.0%; short malty and slightly hoppy finish. Drinkable.........

OK, entering this beer is sure to touch off the discussion, seen in the forums many times, about whether to enter beers like this that are found in other countries, but brewed here inAfrica. I have no idea if the recipe is different. Label says "Brasserie et embouteillee sous licence intenationale par SOBOA Dakar Senegal." SOBOA is the French term for the society of brewers of west africa. So,you make the call. This one, courtesy of USAID, was a clear chestnut color, small beige head with poor retention. Aroma of caramel and light smoke. Taste had a sweet caramel start withabitterand peppery finish. One way or the other, it’s nice to see something besides a lager brewed in west Africa.

Aroma consists of toffee and grain, while the appearance is tan/red. This beer has a sweet and sour character and a slightly "off" character. Its OKish.

bottle. Clear golden-brown colour, medium-sized head. Aroma of roasetd malt and caramel. Malty flavours with hints of caramel and roasted malt, slightly fruity. Hoppy and dry in the finish.

UPDATED: MAY 8, 2007 650ml fliptop. Deep bronze pour with a generous white head. Candyish, slightly honeyish nose. Caramel, candy sugar and honey sweetness. Some of the creamy, slightly roasted maltiness of the Brune with a more assertively bitter and faintly metallic finish. Uncomplicated, but pleasant enough.