Sant Patern
Brewed by Britt (Brasserie de Bretagne)
Style: Amber beer
Trégunc, France
This is my second beer reviewed from the Breton brewery Britt (Brasserie de Bretagne), formerly of The Brasserie du Trégor, who merged with Britt in 2010.
I had previously reviewed their Blonde, Barbe Torte, which I found to be not a bad beer.
Sant Patern was retired, but it now has been given a new lease of life and you can find the new version of the beers stocked in Lidl.
The beer honours one of the Breton saints, Saint Patern, who was the first bishop sent to the diocese of Vannes, a small city in the west of Brittany, in the 5’th century.
The brewery, it seems to me at least, can be known as Britt or the Brasserie de Bretagne (Brewery of Breton), was founded in 1988 and produces about fifteen different types of beer all catering for the upturn in demand for quality beer in France.
Brittany, of course, is the Celtic part of France, situated in the North West of the country.
Review: 33cl Bottle of Sant Patern Bière dorée (Golden Beer): ABV: 7%
Coming in a relatively boring looking bottle that doesn’t stand out.
On pour get a nice clear orange colour emerging that turns hazy amber after a while. Has a big head from the pour with a huge amount of carbonation, which is very strong, bubbling along.
A pretty decent head, that maintains and settles down nicely. Looks a pretty good beer,nothing wrong with the appearance.
Had also a very nice aroma, can pick up on the yeast, and the fruits (lemon and banana).
Lot of taste, not bad, can get some fruit…..bananas
Very smooth to drink.
I am very surprised with this beer, as I had it in the house a long time and thought it might depreciate in taste and quality, but no, it is very good, very drinkable and quite fantastic really!
Delicious. Malt in the background hitting all the right spots.
Hops not apparent
Overall I liked this a lot, and I recommend it to try. Definitely did the business for me, and after a hard day at work this was exactly what I needed……a nice refreshing beer to relax and enjoy.
Delirium tremens (also called “The DTs”, “the horrors”, or “the shakes”) is a severe form of alcohol withdrawal that can cause confusion and delirium. Delirium tremens is mainly caused by a long period of drinking being stopped abruptly and can usally last from a day to three days. People may hallucinate and can be appear delirious and restless. Physical effects may include shaking, shivering, irregular heart rate, and sweating. Occasionally, a very high body temperature or seizures may result in death. Delirium tremens is an emergency condition and should be treated seriously. DT occurs in 5–10% of alcoholics, and death can occur in anything between 15% and 40%, depending on the treatment given or lack of it, showing that Alcohol is one of the most dangerous drugs to experience withdrawal from. Great!
Some people call the DTs “seeing the pink elephant”. A “pink elephant” is the stereotypical image of what drunks see when they get the shakes and possible seizures from lack of booze. From Wikipedia we get “The term dates back to at least the early 20th century, emerging from earlier idioms about snakes and other creatures. An alcoholic character in Jack London’s 1913 novel John Barleycorn is said to hallucinate “blue mice and pink elephants”. So there in lies the answer to why The Huyghe Brewery put a pink elephant on the label of its Delirium Tremens beer, in case you were wondering! In a foil wrapped bottle. 
On pour I get a golden yellow looking appearance with some nice lively carbonation going on, bubbling along. A nice foamy white head, looks good, but does go flat after a short while…..eventually. 
Very sweet taste, not very appealing to me at all, don’t like it to be honest 
A definite slow burner 
The Ratsherrn Brauerei (Alderman Brewery) is a medium-sized company, with a 50 year tradition, but is in its present form since 2012. It is located in the Sternschanze district in the heart of the portal city of Hamburg, Germany. Brewing has been going on here in this part of the city since 1869.
Got a strong initial taste hitting the senses, the spices I guess.
Beck’s striking logo, is a silver key on a red shield, and is the mirror image of the coat of arms of Bremen. 
On pour get a very clear, very, very clear, light golden yellow appearance, with some nice carbonation, bubbling away. Has a decent sized frothy white head that looks good, but does reduce in size but maintains overall.
The Vauclair Abbey was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1134 by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, located in the North Of France. Supported financially by rich families, the abbey quickly prospered and was given several estates and farms, until the French Revolution in 1789, when it was finally demolished and sold as “national property”. Then World War one lead to further damage from artillery fire…..to where today only ruins remain. What remains of the site is an arboretum of apple and pear trees and a medicinal herb garden. It is not clear if the Brewery is located within distance of the ruins of the Abbey, but, knowing Lidl, it is probably not!
On the nose I got a really lovely smell, a very distinctive sweet red berry like aroma which was quite nice I have to say. Very sweet, very clear and strong fruity aroma and very distinctive. had the wow factor on the nose.