Barbe Torte
http://www.brasseriedebretagne.com/
Brewed by Brasserie de Bretagne
Style: Blond beer
Trégunc, France
Barbe Torte is an award winning Breton beer brewed by Brasserie de Bretagne in the small town of Trégunc located in western Brittany. Brittany, of course, is the Celtic part of France, situated in the North West of the country. The beer is apparently named after a Duke of Brittany, Alan II (“Barbe Torte” à la française or his much more interesting nickname, “Twisted Beard!”) who expelled the Vikings from Brittany and ruled the kingdom until his death in the year of 952. The brewery, not as old, was founded in 1988 and was known as Brasserie Britt.
The brewery produces about fifteen different types of beer all catering for the upturn in demand for quality beer in France.
The brewery is certainly innovative and eager to try something out of the ordinary.
They launched a beer in the colours of French League One team, FC Lorient, a first for a Breton club. They also branched out with their own version of cola, Britt Cola, adding to an American classic a Breton twist. With the World Cup in Brazil, they produced a fruity “Britt Do Brasil”, for the Sochi Winter Olympics they produced a vodka flavoured beer, and the brewery is the main partner for the famous sailing event Route du Rhum where boats test to see who can travel from Saint-Malo to Guadeloupe in record time. They certainly like to get their brand about.
Review: Bottle of Barbe Torte: ABV: 6%
Bought in Lidl
On pour looks lovely, has a real full body, a lovely light yellow colour. When it settles it does become a bit murky with a lot of carbonation, not as good looking.
A small head that dissipates
Smell is very strong and full of nice flavours, nice citrus smell, hoppy and all the rest.
Even though it is 6%, you cant really taste it. Nothing too strong, not very bitter
A nice slow burner, one to relax with and enjoy rather than guzzle down
A very very tasty beer, I liked it
Everything blended well, hoppy and malty…
Will try again.
Asahi Super Dry is the most popular beer in Japan, produced by Asahi Breweries Ltd, a leading brewery and soft drinks company based in Tokyo, Japan. Asahi Breweries Ltd is the largest beer producer in the whole of Japan.
Asahi Super Dry, dry as in crisp with no sweetness in the taste, light and not much aftertaste. Super dry as in more of all that. I guess. The labeling on the bottle is very stylish I must say, shiny silver background with a black printed “Asahi” catching the eye
On pour got a lovely clear light golden looking beer, with a nice big white foamy head, which unfortunately did die quite quickly.
Generally tasteless, not great at all. actually feel cheated. It says on the label beer, but this tastes like bottled water. And the fact it looked good and smelt ok, was very disappointing that the end product was so bad. A shite feel to the beer, very flat. One to avoid in the future!
Birra Peja Original from Kosovo, an Albanian speaking disputed territory that is part of the Balkans and only just recently recognized as an independent state. And lately they have got their football team playing with Fifa in the World Cup qualifiers, which is all the recognition I need! (Their first game was a very respectable one all draw away to Finland)
Some lacing
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An Italian craft beer, coming in a pretty cool looking 75 cl bottle, with an over-sized cap. The label oozes class. Vudu spelt out in dramatic colouring and surrounded in stylish iconography. With a price range between 11 to 13 € this beer better be good!!
Very strong smell, very strong but very appealing, can smell lots of flavours, lots of fruits from banana (and lemon), very sweet. Wheaty, toasty malts, very very earthy.
I liked this beer, not very sweet, but bitter, but not overbearing. Dark chocolate/caramel tastes, like a stout, but not quite. Roasted malts and fruit (Banana mostly), creamy undertones
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Smell was very slight, couldn’t really tell you much about it as it was so faint, nothing!…….
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A World Cup of beer silver award winner, coming in a cool looking 330ml bottle and bought in Lidl. Sure why not!
The taste was savoury, varied flavours, fruity, caramel, well balanced but very light and easy on the palate.
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Got a lot of fruits on the nose. Nice aroma
With a name like Lucifer, well, how could you not buy a beer with a name like that, all hail the dark lord.
Bought in Lidl and brewed by Het Anker. Attracted by the name and the imagery on the bottle, a very retro look, Lucifer himself holding a pitchfork surrounded by fire.
The smell was quite strong on the nose, wow. Can really smell the hops. Even though its strong it is pleasant to smell. A lovely beery aroma, with a sweet lemon citrus note.
Was planing on having a taste of this beer for a long time. Always stands out in the supermarket with its very interesting name, and its conspicuous label of what I guess is the ‘Hobgoblin’.
There is no doubt that this beer stands out with its very amusing logo, inspired by the local myths and legends of the ancient Wychwood forest.
I found it very hard to drink to be honest, one to sip, definitely not for a session, that’s for sure, for me anyway, lol.
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Had the usual porter aroma, was strong, smelling of roasted malts, caramel and toffee. Nice