Biere Du Chameau
Brasserie De La Pigeonnelle

 

 

 

 

Thanks to GRG1313 for sharing this one at his tasting.

Pours a murky light yellow with a foamy bone head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Foamy swaths of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, grain, honey, and spice aromas. Taste is much the same with watery grain and yeast flavors on the finish. There is a very mild amount of spice bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a low level of carbonation with an almost flat mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that is drinkable but pretty bland and unexciting.

 

This is a lager from France that I've never seen with, forgive me, a cool camel on the label.

Pours a hazy "whiteish yellow" with a thick and firm pure white head, although head quickly fades down to about a pretty quarter of an inch.

Nose is light lemon citrus with hints of lacto and light straw. Hints of Berline Weisse wheat. Pleasant and almost a nose like a light Berliner Weisse in all respects.

Mouthfeel is medium/thin with very light carbonation and while not a sour, the mouthfeel has a citric sour tone to it.

Flavors are light and refreshing. This is a wheat lager that I've only seen once and just picked up the bottle at Buzz, in downtown Los Angeles. (A very quirky and very cool wine and beer shop - that's another story). For description's sake, this smell, looks and tastes just like a Berlinerweisse although from France. I like it, especially the wheat/lactic/citrus flavors that are all very well integrated and balanced. Very low alcohol and very drinkable.

Finish is a bit of a lightly sour Berlinerweisse finish with a lacto and light lemon/wheatgrass tone.