Sunday 24 July 2011

X77 - 2011 Brasserie de Saint-Sylvestre Bière Nouvelle (France)

A young, fresh, deep nose with notes of fennel seeds, grapefruit, lemon sorbet and fresh cut grass. Very good. A very fresh and refreshing nose.
The taste is cool, fine and fresh wit notes of lemon, fennel seeds, gravel and sweet minerals. A very nice structure. Long and balanced. The 10% alcohol isn not noticable at all. Very, very good.

88p   (tasted from bottle - 2011/06)

X76 - Sigtuna Summer IPA (Sweden)

This summer special has a big, fresh nose with notes of sweet peaches, summer flowers, vanilla pods and a nice creamy feeling. Sweet and good.
The taste is tight and medium big with nice, sweet yellow fruit and notes of sweet hay and orange peels. Very dry in the finish, the bitterness is a tad too high I think. But this is uncomplicated and nice.

84p   (tasted from bottle - 2011/06)