Elle goûte la flotte

Décevante, le goût est bon mais trop peu présent, flotteuse

Hazy yellow beer. Limited carbonation, a restrained head. Mango in the scent, maybe a hint of passionfruit, too. Definitely mango on the tongue. And passionfruit, wheat malt and a salty hint. Feels light, zesty, pithy and refreshing.

Flight 4/4. This is a punch against my tastebuds. Opaque, very dark brown beer. A modest fawn lacing. The nose gets shocked by the boozy olfactory slam. Strong barrel notes in the air, must be Scotch? Oaky, dark roasted malt and a hint of peat. This. Is. Intriguing! Indeed, powerful smoky whisky in the taste. Oak barrel, dark cacao powder, brown sugar, a pinch of toffee, blackcurrant and blackberry. Wow. Quite a cocktail! The sensation is full but not robust, strongly barrel aged, boozy, marginally smoky, liqueur-like, warming. Absolutely! Warming. Nice but a tad arrogant. Could benefit from cellaring?

Flight 3/4. This beer looks lucid amber. The most impressive foamy lid of the four. Off-white fluffy. The smell is... odd. And revolting. Like sewage. Jesus! What now?? Thank God, the taste had nothing to do with sewage. Not that I know how it tastes but anyway. A relatively appealing flavor profile actually: amber malt, graham cracker, mango, mandarin and a hint of brown sugar. The body is light-medium. Even close to medium. Ends with crisper caramelly and fruity components. Feels light-medium, marginally crisp, a tad dry, drying and modestly tea-like. Started awful, turned attractive, ended alright. All in all, good!

Prometteuse à l’odeur, elle prend un pas de recul au goût. Dommage, je suis nostalgique de mes premières NEIPA, qui mettaient des grosses claques. Ou alors, peut-être qu’on en fait plus des comme ça 🙃