UPDATED: MAR 20, 2023 Bottled. Orangeish ambery colour with a mediumsized slightly off-white head. Aroma is tropical fruits, some alcohol, fruits, plum, mild ripe dark fruitiness as well as some raisins and some toffee to it. Flavour is sweet fruits, nectar, some mild alcohol sweetness, a bit ripe dried fruits and some toffee.

UPDATED: MAR 10, 2023 Bottle, from a trade, at home. Golden with white head. Malts, hops, yeast, Piney, herbal, some Piney bitterness.

UPDATED: JAN 14, 2023 Clear deep golden in the glass and a fine head. Good lacing Looks nice Pleasant and fine intensity in the aroma Moderate sweet and a fine bitterness Also a fine carbonation level Malty, resinous, grapefruit hoppy, fruity and pine in the flavor [Bottle from Gundersen Travel]

UPDATED: OCT 15, 2022 Double IPA by this progressive brewery in the Alsace part of France, with updated label depicting the Mona Lisa giving us the middle finger, and apparently updated ABV as well, rising from 8% to 8.5% - but still the same beer, I presume, so I will park my rating here. Thick and foamy, thickly cobweb-lacing, egg-white, very moussy and creamy head heavily resting on an initially crystal clear, orangey amber-tinged 'old golden' beer with minute dots of dead yeast everywhere - but so minute that they do not interfere with the visual appreciation; turns misty and more deeply orange with sediment. Classic West Coast DIPA aroma of pink grapefruit, toasted 'Bicky Burger' onions, pink peppercorns, rusk, crumbled Tuc cookies, old cheese rind, wormwood, toasted peanuts, dried orange zest, notes of powdered spices (ginger, paprika, cumin even) and jute. Clean, sleek onset, hints of persimmon and fried red bell pepper, low in sweetness but rounded and full, with medium to slightly minerally-fizzy carbonation and full, oily mouthfeel; slick peanutty and rusk-like malts, sweetish and biscuity but with clear toasty edge compensating the sweetness, adequately bittered by a grapefruity, oniony, bit piney and wormwoody hoppiness, adding long-lasting if not too agressive bitterness, remaining well in touch with the 'biscuitiness' and toastiness of the malts. Grapefruit peel and dry toasted onion abound, but a slight trace of malt sweet caramelliness sits underneath and a very well-positioned afterglow of gin-like alcohol ties all the flavours together without interfering with them. Excellent interpretation of an old school West Coast DIPA, clean, well-structured and powerful enough; the aroma alone is nostalgic enough to evoke memories of me trying to master American IPAs two decades ago. Granted, I stumbled upon this inviting bottle well past its prime (half a year beyond its 'best before' date) and some cheesiness has set in by now, but it has held its flavours remarkably well - proving my old point that West Coast style IPAs really need not be that fresh, at least not to my personal taste and not at this level of alcohol strength. Does not feel worn out at all, in fact this beer feels as vivid as ever, though I am sure that in fresh condition, it can only have been even better. Another rock-solid French offering - and even if the Alsace was once a 'beery' region in several ways, not many traditional beers hail from this part of the world, so a skilled 'Americanized' craft brewery feels really welcome there. Pleasantly surprised by France - three times in a row. Now, my beloved southern neighbours, take the next level and throw your ancient knowledge of viniculture onto this beer hype, no one can foresee what effect that would have. Whenever this happens, it could well turn France into one of the most exciting beer countries in the world.

UPDATED: MAR 28, 2022 Bière rousse avec un voile de mousse. Bon déjà c'est ste cru, alors ça annonce une bonne bière qui va vous faire relire l'étiquette une 2eme fois. Au nez, on a un peu de fumé, de bois, née assez pauvre, pas trop de truc percutant mais en bouche, bonne carbo, et la l'amertume arrive, tout de suite les papilles sont en eveil, l'alcool arrive ensuite 8% quand même! Et ensuite les goûts arrivent, le fumé, la fin de bouche est liquide, mais avec cette amertume qui ne part pas.... Bref une bonne interprétation de ste cru, comme d'hab

UPDATED: AUG 1, 2021 Probably most crude beer bottle I’ve seen. Flavor is malty and grassy hoppy ness. Reminds me of a three Floyd approach. Lasting head. Sticky sweet thickness. Nose is hip bomb. Overall it’s a hop bomb but not over bitter. I like it.

UPDATED: APR 9, 2021 A bottle coming from Amstein, St-Légier. Opening and enjoying it, two days ago with my wife, at Epalinges. The body is brown, orange and troubled, normal carbonation for the style, white foam. A decent ipa, I could say enjoyable, hazy, rather bitter and citrus, bitter and mineral, side of fruits but it is rather dry, not disappointed from a serious brewery.

UPDATED: SEP 11, 2020 Vous n'aimez pas l'amertume, passez votre chemin ! Une belle claque de houblon pour une bière de qualité. Vu la mode du IPA, je suis toujours anxieux de voir ces trois lettres sur une bière, car souvent déçu de la qualité. Mais là un pur plaisir pour un amoureux des IPA qui tapent dans les IBU !

UPDATED: MAY 9, 2020 DOUBLE IPA, HOUBLON HOUBLON HOUBLON HOUBLON HOUBLON. Une impériale réussie on y retrouve tout ce qu'on aime chez une dipa et chez Sainte Cru.

UPDATED: DEC 2, 2019 Golden hazy with a thin head. Smell of grapefruit and passion fruit. Citric, bitter taste. Medium carbonation.