Trois Chariots Blonde
Brewed by Brasserie De Sutter
Style: Blonde IPA
Gisors, France
Two brothers, Antoine and Frédéric, with a deep passion for beer and with their agronomy and brewery diplomas in the bag, founded the Brasserie De Sutter in 2008.
In 2012, they moved production to Gisors, in Normandy, north France, to a larger more efficient operation with greater output.
The name of the beers, Trois Chariots, comes from history. In 1307, the Knights Templar are arrested by order of the King of France and the treasures of the Templars are moved out of Paris, concealed with the help of three trolleys. The brewery likes to use three different styles of hops in their brews, hidden away unintrusive to the casual drinker who will surely get a nice surprise when sampling the gems of the brewery, or something like that!
Review: 33cl bottle of Trois Chariots Blonde: 6.3% vol.
Bought in Lidl France. Picture of a chariot on bottle.
A cloudy looking dark orange colour with a small white head on pour. Some carbonation.
Did not get a whole lot in the bottle, which is always a bummer.
Getting a nice red hue in the colour after a while, which is attractive to see.
The smell, well oh my word, it is very strong on the nose, but very pleasant. I am getting a lot of dark fruits, some spices, caramel, and also quite a hoppy aroma. The best aroma I have had off a beer in quite a while. Lovely stuff.
Initially on the taste I found it to be a bit dry in the mouth but the more I got into it the more the fruits and the hops came to the fore. It tasted not too bad at all, very long tasting and lies on the tongue for a while, a deep taste in the mouth. Also the sweet malts and fruity notes also make an appearance, but truth be told this beer is all about the hops.
The hops were well nice and perfect, full bodied, and hitting the spot exactly. Lovely to swill around the mouth and it is a beer to enjoy over time. One to sip.
Very good, enjoyed it, a slow burner but loved it. The hops were fantastic, very, very tasty, great. Recommended.
Originally all their beer was brewed by contract by Matt Brewing Company, it was here that they first developed their famous Brooklyn lager. Other beer types were developed in time, a Weisse to an exciting Black Chocolate Stout to a more standard East IPA.
These days the brewery churns out a whole range of beers, from all sorts of the more traditional types of ales to more fruitier versions (Pumpkin ale anyone?), to stouts, wheat beers, and pilsners, selling to thirsty punters all over the globe, from Scandinavia (in partnership with Carlsberg), to the Far East and Australasia, and to mainland Europe and the UK.
Has a nice amber colour on pour with a decent frothy white head. Looks ok on pour. Some slight lacing. Not a bad looking beer.
Starting small to eventually becoming a bit of a sensation in the brewing world, with all sorts of high jinks and marketing bull. To their credit they have always tried to push the boat out with exciting and innovative styles, using a wide array of mad and exotic ingredients from chilli, honey, chocolate, hemp, and mustard to name but a few. And generally they do tend to get the basics right……ie. their beers are actually quite bloody good, continuing to rake up a tonne of awards and prizes all over the globe.
Taste is what you would expect from the BrewDog guys, all overloaded with hops, but they are all very manageable and well balanced, and very tasty to boot in this one. 
Lapin Kulta (Lapland Gold) is a Finnish beer brand and brewery from the Lapland town of Tornio. Founded in 1873, the brewery is now run by Hartwell Ltd, a Finnish beverage company, as part of the Royal Unibrew group. 
My first beer tryout from Finland. The beer uses an original recipe that dates back more than 140 years ago and brewed from the icy water of Lapland. This should be interesting! 
Also getting some floral hops in the taste that were a little bit too sweet, kind of giving it a soapy taste, which wasn’t terrible just a little strange!
Like Alexander, the beer has had to fight and battle its way to the top. Unbelievably by the mid 1990’s a nation as old and great as Greece didn’t even have one 100% authentically Greek owned beer that was produced in the country!!
On pour we get a light yellow coloured beer with a small white head. 
Very malty for sure. Also getting the fresh grains and some fruit.