Sharps Monsieur Rock

Brewed by Sharps (MolsonCoors)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Wadebridge, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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From notes. Bottle. Pours a golden color with a rocky white head. The nose is a bit floral and sweet, some acid. The taste is lightly malted, a bit yeasty. Body’s light/medium, active carbonation. Overall, I have trouble describing this beer, it has a lot of lager-like qualities. OK, but not as great as the Orval connection would suggest.

Bottle. Pours with an initial tight rocky head which dissipates quickly into a thin level of foam. Colour is a hazy very pale yellow. Aroma is subtle lemon and clove. Taste is quite thin with coriander and lemon present. Vanishes quickly on the palate and is quite mild, not at all bitter which is characteristic of the Saaz hop. Thirst quenching. I can see myself drinking this quite happily on a summers day.

Bottle at a tasting, London. Pours clear, pale yellow with a bone white head. Sugary nose, some pear and apple in there. Sweet flavor, a bit bready, with some yeasty notes and light tang. Hints of mild booze. Light in body with fine carbonation. Dry finish, sugary, lightly floral, with some ethanol and grass. A decent beer overall.

Bottled (frorm Utobeer, London). Hazy yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is perfumed soap, some mild malts and once it gets warmer rather rubbery. Flavour is malts, some parfumed soapy floral notes and mild rubbery. Also some hayish notes.

Bottle conditioned, from The Bottle, York. Faintly hazy lemon gold, thin shortlived white head and low but persistent condition. Pleasant fruity grain and a chalky hop note initially in the nose with some bready notes developing and a low peppery spiciness. Quite dry in the mouth but full bodied with an almost Germanic graininess married to a slightly earthy-fruity hop note, some citrus emerges as it warms. Finish is again quite dry with a low chalky bitterness and a faint raw barley flavour. Not quite as Orval as it could have been, but thankfully not awful.

[500ml bottle, The Bottle Shop, Canterbury] Pours a cloudy yellow with a fluffy white head. Soft citrus aromas from the off, a touch of grassy herb maybe. Creamy lemon on the palate, some light spice and a bit of Belgian herbal notes in there as well. Metallic finish, with more lemon. Slots between all the categories without fitting in any of them - but having said that, I really like it [11052011]

Bottle 500ml. @ chriso.

Clear medium yellow colour with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, sweet malt, fruity, light to moderate yeasty. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Maybe a bit like a young Orval before brett is added ! but then give me some brett... [20110501]

bottle at jens ... pale golden yellow... thin white lacing ... soft spicy grassy hop nose ... light lemon ... light dry grassy hop ... quite lagery and while balanced and quite interesting not my thing

Bottle from the Bottle Shop, Canterbury. Pours very pale gold with thin white head. Grassy saaz aroma is pretty attractive. Odd yeast on this though. It’s like a lager, but almost made with a Belgian ale yeast. Fairly light in the mouth as no great malt structure. A tad metallic on the carbonation. Some light lemon notes on the finish. I’m not sure I know what this is. It’s ok, some character, but I’m not sure I’d have another one. Not a golden ale and not a lager either.

Bottle from Beer Ritz. Golden pour with a white head. Floral nose with notes of pine and caramel. Fruity flavours of kiwi, orange peel, yellow melon. Not too bad but expected a little better given the Orval connection.