L’Amoureuse No. 1 Blanche
Brasserie Trois Dames
- From:
- Brasserie Trois Dames
- Switzerland
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 10.47%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 21, 2015
- Added:
- Mar 08, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
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It’s thanks to Raphaël’s friendship with Nicolas Pittet and Pierre-Alain Dutoit, winemakers from Lavaux/Vaud, that the L’Amoureuse beers were born. They’re real hybrids – born of a combination of dry Saison and the freshly-squeezed juice of local grapes, blended and fermented together. The result is a relatively dry beer with a light, fruity, vinous nose. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and refermented in the bottle, the L’Amoureuse will continue to evolve and grow more acidy over time thanks to the wild yeasts that occur naturally on the grape skins.
It’s thanks to Raphaël’s friendship with Nicolas Pittet and Pierre-Alain Dutoit, winemakers from Lavaux/Vaud, that the L’Amoureuse beers were born. They’re real hybrids – born of a combination of dry Saison and the freshly-squeezed juice of local grapes, blended and fermented together. The result is a relatively dry beer with a light, fruity, vinous nose. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and refermented in the bottle, the L’Amoureuse will continue to evolve and grow more acidy over time thanks to the wild yeasts that occur naturally on the grape skins.
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Reviewed by drpimento from Wisconsin
2.99/5 rDev -21.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.99/5 rDev -21.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
First of all, THIS BEER SHOULD BE DECANTED! I learned the hard way. During most of the pour the color of the beer was much more of a blonde. At the end and before I could stop myself, some dark sediment poured out and totally changed the color of the beer, probably other aspects as well. Aroma is fruit, slight tang, malt. Flavor's like nose with tang more bold, ditto sweet, slight bitter. Still not really an attractive beer for me.
Dec 21, 2015
Reviewed by Chico1985 from Massachusetts
3.45/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.45/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Jan. 2015 notched off on the label. Described as 'ale brewed with grapes'.
A - I have had this a few times before, so I knew what to expect and opened it over the sink - I suggest you do the same. Big ol immediate gusher that just keeps gushin', lost a few ounces, but it pours into the glass without much trouble. The girl on the label smirks at me as foam runs down her face. Color is very pale peach-orange with floaty flecks in abundance, which eventually collect as a blob that rests at the bottom. White head eventually settles at a solid half-finger and leaves bits of lace.
S - A little bit of a grape/white wine vibe, comes off more like apple juice or cidery to me. A little bit of spice, some vanilla wheat, slight funk.
T - Tart grapes make themselves more known here with a bit more musty funk too. Juicy sweetness cuts through the sour aspects. Wheat, light spice.
M - Decent body that, given the gusher-ness, is surprisingly pretty lowly carbonated. Kinda flimsy feeling. Tartness is light and the 8% is pretty well-concealed.
O - Not bad, really lacks the extremity and complexity of your average lambic/sour (feels more like a kinda-tart-witbier kinda) but pleasant enough. Though the whole gushing/full of flecks thing is a turnoff.
May 19, 2015A - I have had this a few times before, so I knew what to expect and opened it over the sink - I suggest you do the same. Big ol immediate gusher that just keeps gushin', lost a few ounces, but it pours into the glass without much trouble. The girl on the label smirks at me as foam runs down her face. Color is very pale peach-orange with floaty flecks in abundance, which eventually collect as a blob that rests at the bottom. White head eventually settles at a solid half-finger and leaves bits of lace.
S - A little bit of a grape/white wine vibe, comes off more like apple juice or cidery to me. A little bit of spice, some vanilla wheat, slight funk.
T - Tart grapes make themselves more known here with a bit more musty funk too. Juicy sweetness cuts through the sour aspects. Wheat, light spice.
M - Decent body that, given the gusher-ness, is surprisingly pretty lowly carbonated. Kinda flimsy feeling. Tartness is light and the 8% is pretty well-concealed.
O - Not bad, really lacks the extremity and complexity of your average lambic/sour (feels more like a kinda-tart-witbier kinda) but pleasant enough. Though the whole gushing/full of flecks thing is a turnoff.
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.39/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.39/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Pours a murky yellow-orange with a foamy bone head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Tiny particles of sediment are seen floating around in the beer after the pour. Smell is of grain, grape juice, grape jelly, fruit, floral, and slight funk aromas. Taste is much the same with grape juice, grape jelly, yeast, and spice flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of spice bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that is drinkable, but the smells on this one work slightly better together in my opinion.
Serving type: bottle.
Mar 17, 2015Serving type: bottle.
Rated by vfgccp from New York
3.3/5 rDev -13.6%
3.3/5 rDev -13.6%
Abbreviated review: sweet Reisling, white raisins, and a touch of green apple sourness on a thin body.
Oct 25, 2014
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