La Gauloise Ambrée
Brewed by Brasserie Du Bocq
Style: Belgian Pale Ale
Purnode-Yvoir, Belgium
In the year of 1858 a Belgian farmer, Martin Belot, tried his hand at brewing in the quiet months of the winter season, using the pure waters of his surroundings. Naturally these brews became popular in the local vicinity and even though the Du Bocq Brewery bought the rights to the brewery in 1949, nothing much has changed and the values of the company remain intact.
La Gauloise is from Purnode, in Wallonia, and, unusual for that part of the world, not tied in with any Trappist monks or monastery. The family owned and independent enterprise, the Bocq brewery, is one of the largest breweries in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of southern Belgium. Since the 60’s though, the agricultural side of the business was abandoned, with the drinks industry pushed to the forefront as it was seen as a more profitable industry than farming!
The brewery offers a wide selection and, capitalizing on the craze for traditional beers, Brasserie du Bocq successfully exports a lot of their products, harnessing the strong reputation that Belgian beers have gained recently worldwide. Brasserie du Bocq exports mainly throughout Western Europe, and with a current turnover of more than € 12.5 million, the Brasserie du Bocq is one of the largest independent breweries in Wallonia.
Review: 330 ml stubby bottle of La Gauloise Ambrée: ABV: 5.5%
A World Cup of beer silver award winner, coming in a cool looking 330ml bottle and bought in Lidl. Sure why not!
The oldest brand produced by the brewery, and its most successful beer, named after many Roman (Gaul) sites discovered in the area.
On pour, a dark orange looking colour appears, with a large foamy beige head that sticks around for ever, resulting in some decent lacing.
A bit of fizz
Nice reddish hues makes the beer look the part.
A nice beery smell on the nose , smelling citrus and fruity hops and a lot of malts, all well balanced. Nothing too complicated but was nice all the same
The taste was savoury, varied flavours, fruity, caramel, well balanced but very light and easy on the palate.
Smooth enough to drink, not bad, but there was a discount lack of strong flavours in this beer. I did pick up some, they are there but not enough to get the taste-buds going. A little disappointing in that regard. Light and easy to drink, not particularly hoppy or bitter or sweet.
Overall, I like this beer, its decent to drink, and goes down very smooth, but it would be nice to have a stronger edge to it with more discernible tastes. Ok, but not the best I have ever had
The Efes Group of breweries produce a wide range of alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages within Turkey and surrounding countries…..Russia and its former territories, central Asia, and in the Middle East, and is popular wherever you see Turkish expats.
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.
Guinness West Indies Porter first appeared in 1801 and, to maintain its freshness on long sea voyages to the Caribbean and afar, it was matured in wooden vats that were sea worthy and made with more hops and higher gravity that guaranteed best quality upon arrival, in the days when preserving the freshness of beers was difficult.
Had the usual porter aroma, was strong, smelling of roasted malts, caramel and toffee. Nice