L'Egyptienne
Les Brasseurs Du Sornin

"The Egyptian"... “Beer” is written in hieroglyph on the label.

The head is fine, dense and lasting, and the body shows a nice pale amber color. The smell was quite unusual and hard to describe (the style of the beer was hard to choose too, and kind of random). Probably grainy, but more like dry cereals; straw with a veil of caramel. Maybe reminding me a bit of light rice-chocolate bars. Not that pleasing in my opinion, but quite original. The taste has the same surprising character but is enriched with notes of caramel, a warming alcohol feeling, and a light but deep chocolate flavor and consistency. Maybe faint notes of pepper. The weird cereal thing unfortunately (at least for my taste) in the aftertaste. The mouthfeel is interesting, warm in the back of the throat and chewy on the tongue. Quite an unusual beer for a French brewery. Too much of this cereal thing going on for me though. I don’t know if this beer is brewed according to an old Egyptian recipe, or if they just decided to call it L’Egyptienne cuz they felt like they needed a name and it was the first thing that came to their mind. Some explanations on the label would be appreciated (even though they say it’s an unfiltered ale, which they do an all of their beers).