Cimes Piste Noire

Brewed by Brasserie des Cimes
Style: Belgian Ale
Aix les Bains, France

Amber of color. Nice maltaroma with toffee and malt sweetness. Malty flavor.

Bottle, picked up from the Dodgy Deli (Classic Deli) Cowley Rd, Oxford 09-02-07 for 50p a bottle. Amber in colour, this may actually have tasted quite nice and could have tasted a little better were it not for the fact that there were quite a few floaters milling around. Nice fruitiness backed up with some caramel and yeasty notes although that wasn’t surprising as there was quite a bit of this stuff kicking around, I must try this again as appeared quite an interesting beer slightly ruined by too many floatees.

Amber body with no lacing and a medium beige head. Malty aroma, chocolat, spices, strawberry, wood. Soft malty flavour, some caramel.

Bottle. Amber with a medium off-white head. Aroma of yeast and fruity hops. Flavour is yeasty with caramel, toasty malts and nice fruity hops, bit nuttish. bit malty sweet finish.

Bottle. Dodgy Deli, Oxford. Amber gold with a modest off-white head. Strong dried fruit and strawberry aroma, underlying dusky and woody notes. Flavor is menthol and dried fruit, with a odd lingering buttery aftertaste that transitions into a vinegar sourness. Pretty odd stuff, in a way that makes it hard to imagine it was on purpose.

Bottle. Amber colour with a nice beige head. Aroma and flavour of malt, caramel, fruit and hops.

Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma is slightly hoppy. Taste is sweet caramel and some fruit.

Pours a clear cobber. Very sweet with heavy malty aromas. Has a hint of a hint of a hint of fruit. Bready mouthfeel. Extremely short dry and sweet finish. Too sweet. Might be slightly over the hill though exp. date was 01-2007.