La Brutale
La Voie Maltée

I got to try this one much fresher than the previous time I had had it. I have updated my review and the official scores. My original review and scores are included below for posterity's sake.

Serving: Can
Canned: Jan-7-2020 (Consumed Feb-16)

It pours pretty clear gold with some fine particulate. A medium-sized white head that settles to a semi-rousable ring. Some lacing. Aroma of lemon zest, light tropical fruit, overripe grapefruit and some grassiness. The flavor follows the nose with sweeter fruity notes (Juicy Fruit-like), there is a little lime zest greenness that builds up at the end but it never quite gets bitter, per se. Dry, thinnish and zestily carbonated in the feel department. This is a decent little beer! It is fairly aromatic and smells and tastes of new-fangled hops. It is not quite as crisp and dry as I would expect but is still good on that count and actually benefits from a little body since I have found the thinness a little distracting in other versions I've had (not sure if they used rice here instead of amalyse enzyme or in addition to it, I'm guessing the former). Overall, very tasty and I'd have it again.

4...3.75...3.75...4...3.75

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Serving: Can
Canned: Oct-??-2018 (Consumed feb-22)

Pours a cloudy gold-orange with a skiff of short-lived white head. The aroma is surprisingly "there" for how old it is: Melon and lemon with a little bitterness. The flavor follows with citrus zest, white bread, relatively assertive green hoppy bite. Dry but a little residual sweetness. A fairly good beer. It was a little old but still had a nice fruity hop character and a little bite. It would be better a little drier, but perhaps I would be more open if it was super fresh. Who's to say?
3.5...3.5...3.75...3.75...3.5