Craig Allan Cuvée d'Oscar
Nelson Sauvin dry-hopped dark wheat beer
3.5
220 reviews
Plessis de Roye, France
Community reviews
Voici donc une wheat en version dark, un peu comme une ipa en version black.
Quelle belle idée de l’ami écossais Craig dans sa campagne française …
A noter que ce personnage va brasser chez de Proef en Belgique, malgré une installation personnelle... C’est ainsi que se fait l’Europe !! Un écossais brassant en Belgique pour le marché français .. C’est aussi ce que l’on appelle une bière "locale" (je dis ceci pour les écolos pour qui local
se limite à leur jardin personnel …). Niveau abv de 7,5 % , og de 1065, et ebu de 26.
Malts d’orge et de blé, et "levures heureuses" nous dit ce poète écossais !!
Les malts sont en fait des munich, special B, choco et wheat.
Houblonnage en nugget, galena et Nelson Sauvin.
Le brasseur a eu aussi la bonne idée de faire un dry hopping en Nelson Sauvin sur ce breuvage.
Mon exemplaire était exactement à date (à 3 jours près ..).
Couleur roux sombre, un peu abricoté (ebc 59), à la clarté nette
Bulles fines par milliers, partout, très vives.
Mousse beige qui se réduit assez vite, mais garde un nappage à 1 mm.
Arômes d’un magnifique malt cara, fleurs de houblon, vignoble à la vendange.
1ère bouche souple au superbe ensemble malt/houblon/levure.
Arrière-bouche maltée, avec une fine pointe épicée aiguisée.
2ème aux céréales remarquables, et la pointe du Sauvin.
Arrière-bouche large, bien dosée, forte.
3ème avec encore d’autres nuances splendides, légère pointe de menthe.
Arrière-bouche longue, complexe.
Longueur admirable, toute en nuances, suave, élégante.
Jambes à flocons moyens, serrées, longues.
Levure fine, élégante, racée, superbe ligne ("heureuse" comme dit le brasseur).
Alcool très volontaire, il déploie tous les moyens pour développer les saveurs. Il aurait eu 1 petit
% en plus pour l’aider, que c’eut été encore mieux.
Finale de pure délectation.
CONCLUSION : voici la beauté d’une dark wheat dans toute sa splendeur. Quelle belle idée, à laquelle il fallait ajouter une splendide réalisation .. Une top beer … Un grand bravo Craig.
Bottle at home amber... Thin white lacing lacing.. Soft sweet floral orange soft floral fruit dry yeast fruit. Soft floral fruit
Bottle thanks to Joe.
Appearance - hazy amber with some head.
Nose - dried orange and light funk.
Taste - tangy dried orange and light white pepper.
Palate - close to medium bodied with a tangy texture and a long dry tangy finish.
Overall - good beer. Quite like a saison.
Bottle @ home. Aged two years. Deep amber and reddish liquid and a medium, llasting head. Sweet aroma of apples, red fruits, phenols, higher alcohol, pears, toffee, biscuits, oak, grass and spices.smooth palate, medium to big body.flavors of dried fruits, pear, spices, wheat, lemin, cloves, toffee. Taste is overall somewhat dull and has undoubtedly peaked.
A: Muddy brown with an almost nonexistent head.
S: Sweet, liquorice, grassy, floral.
T: Hop hit up front, woody,
F: Bitter, slight chocolate
O: Interesting mix of flavours
Keg at Mother Kelly’s, Bethnal Green. It pours a clean copper color with a medium beige head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of grains, starch, melon, toffee, biscuit. Taste is also medium sweet and lightly burnt woody with notes of caramel, biscuit, melon. Medium bodied with good carbonation. Overall, expected more
On tap at Chinaski. Brown amber with off white head. Aroma has cookie, bread, caramel, slight candy and wheat. Taste is wheaty, candy, burnt sugar, slight wood with a candy wheat finish
Orangée sombre, belle carbo, collet epais et persistant.
Aromes fruits confits, raisins, fruits noirs
Un peu trop porté sur le sucre une fois en bouche, avec toujours ses notes de fruits noirs, pruneau et caramel en finale.
Manque un peu d’équilibre et de finesse
Bottle shared. Good surprise, nelson all over with notes of berries, some wine quality. Quite drinkable and enjoyable, good job!
Bottle from Eebira. Ruby colour with a thick white head. Sweet spicy aroma, with nuts. Taste light sweet, fruity and slight dry edge, fruity finish. Medium body.
Lite tråkig sak, smaken var lätt fruktg med en väl tilltagen maltighet. Kroppen var okej och balansen likaså men smaken satt inte där jag väntade mig att den skulle vara.
Not at all a beer I like, but admittedly quite unique in its features. Nose: garlic, black truffles, nutty; taste: licorice, earthy with mineral edges to it, like ponies on a damp and muddy, hot and humid summer’s day in quite a dirty park, also lots of honey and very sweet.
5/30/2016: Dull amber-brown color with a beige head; caramel, dried dates and some raisin, slightly nutty with some vanilla from time to time, suggestion of cocoa in the finish; medium body, smooth mouthfeel; quite interesting and good. Bottle.
375ml bottle. Large beige head atop clear chestnut brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, pinot noir, some grape, grape juice, caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, grape, light sourness/wood. Medium body, light stickiness.
Couleur brune, légère mousse beige. Nez houblonné, fruits noirs (pruneau), avec note maltée et confite . Gout confit, mielleux, fruits noirs, avec du moût de vin, fleur de houblon, leger citronné. Bonne amertume houblonnée et fruitée caramelisée en fin de bouche. Me fait penser a une dunkel weizen
Pours hazy with a nice head, aroma of fruits, fresh with passion fruit and mango, flavor of fruits, fresh and yeasty, medium bodied
37,5bottle from saveur-biere.com. Color is dark copper. Head is medium and white. Light to medium sweetness and bitterness. Aroma is wheat, grapes, hops, spices, liquorice.
Aroma - dry hops, alcohol, wheat, and Belgian yeast.
Appearance - body has a cloudy ocher brown, with good nucleation. The white head is about 1" and slowly fades. Some lacing.
Taste - has dry hops and a faint wheat taste, with a slight roast. Yeast is of a Belgian nature. Interesting, slightly confusing mix.
Palate - medium body, slightly oily and yet smooth texture, average carbonation, the finish is abrupt, but the beer soaks the mouth with some ascorbic acid.
Bue à la pression. Ambrée foncée, mousse beige. Nez malté doux. Palais rond, corpulent et malté. Finale courte, pointe de houblon. Cool.
7.5%ABV. Wheat Ale
Tapped out Amber. 18ºSRM.
Nose has some sweet, beery, spicy aroma notes, cinnamon comes to mind. Slight woody, oaky aromas. There is a bit of sweet starch like a sweet potato.
Mouthfeel is soapy. Palate has dark malts with rye bread, black bread, nuts with chestnuts and acorns. Alcoholic palate is well-represented.
Hops come in a the end to prolong the finish a little, making it a medium bitter ride.
Not sure the dry-hopping did very much for the flavor or the aroma.
Golden brown color, creamy beige head. Fruity esters nose, yeast, caramel, sweet licorice, light malty. Caramel taste, licorice, malty, metallic notes, hint of alcohol. Medium body, average carbonation.
Weird and a little skunky, but it’s got some decent hop bitterness to it and the crisp maltiness works solidly despite the weird nose. I’ll hedge.
bottle @ Party Source / Bellevue KY --- The bottle says "Product of Belgium." Cloudy dark amber color, thick 1" beige head, sheets of lace. Taste is malt and wheat that grow sweeter through the swallow, then move to sharp carbonation along with mild dark fruit, followed by light hops. Big body for a wheat ale, but very easy to quaff. I like it.
Bottle shared during Scopey’s 5K tasting - Croydon, London. Cheers! Pours cloudy, dark gold with a creamy white head. The nose holds rich pale bread, yeast, florals. Medium sweet flavor, quite hoppy, with notes of pine, some alcohol, dank grass. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Warming finish rich citrus fruits. Not bad overall.
bottle at home from alesela (i’ve sat on this for too long probably
opaque dark burgundy brown with thin lacing, rich fruity nose, like a syrrah. Full bodied, wheat spices, stone fruit (think plums and nectarines) quite heavy, moderate carbonation, fruity & complex. Need to get hold of a fresh bottle but aged as it is a delicious drop.
Pours a brown body with a medium head. Faint and a little sour aroma. Nice and well balanced taste with a bit of sourness and barrel warmth.
Ganska fyllig och rätt mycket av det mesta. Mörk och härlig färg. Helt okej, men inget toppbetyg.
Bottle shared by Tmoney99. Pours a hazy amber color with a small off white head. The aroma and flavor had grassy, bready, musty, pale wheat malts, dry, light spices, mild to moderate sweetness, earth, this one just doesn’t quite come together for me.
Bottle. Poured hazy amber color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate hop, wheat and yeast aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Good drinkable beer.
Buona birra, ambrato carico con poca schiuma, bianco sporco, evanescente. Odore di erba, frutti rossi, scorza dagrume. In bocca presenta sapore di crosta di pane, mirtilli e frutta sottospirito, un tocco di cenere e suggestione di nocciole nel retrogusto. Scorrevole, un filo acquosa, leggera come tessitura e dal corpo medio. Buona, decisamente.