Gayant Madison

Brewed by Les Brasseurs De Gayant
Style: Pale Lager
Douai, France

(Bottle 33 cl) A beer with 5% Grand Marnier - well, that’s a first. Beautiful deep amber, not much head. Pronounced orange-flavour from the added liquor and lots and lots of sweetness. But actually quite delicious. The label is printed on the bottle. 191203

I passed this over last time I was in Nova Scotia, but since I'm here twice the same year, I'm scroungin' for some new stuff to sample while I verify beers. Dull amber colour. Slightly boozy, very sugary aroma. Sugary taste. Fizzy, with grand marnier notes. Little beer character. Just another French booze/beer gimmick-ass hybrid. This beer is proof that while the French have pretensions of being tasteful, they're not. There's more good taste in a Mexican peasant's tortilla soup than in 50% of the French population's drinks of choice.

Blond color. Sweet aroma, citrus fruits and honey, more Cointreau-like than Grand Marnier… Similar comment for the taste, sweet. Not a good idea!

Skunky aroma with a hint of orange. Golden colour with very little head or carbonation. Light lager with very little actual beer character overshadowed completely by sickly sweet Grand Marnier fake orange flavour, Very thin body. Happy this was only a 250ml bottle. Bottle.

(Bottle) The SAQ just picked this beer up... as did I, but I wished I had not. Thin, white head and a golden body. Orange aroma with some alcohol. An unmasked flavour of 90% Grand Marnier / 10% beer - not a good thing. Orange extract finishing bitter. This is event worse than the cognac/beer mixes I've had. Save your money.

What is with the French and their obsession with ruining beer by adding things that just don’t belong? They’ve done it with tequila, with congnac, and now with Grand Marnier. Although I’m willing to bet it’s orange flavouring despite the claim that there is 5% Grand Marnier in the beer. Starts off a golden yellow with no head to speak of. Aroma is lemon-lime soda (that’s right, not even orange in the aroma!) mixed with beer-in-the-carpet smell (you know what I mean). Flavour is sickly sweet with an artificial orange taste mixed in with a harsh poor quality pale lager. COME ON! Does anyone honestly think this is GOOD?!

Clear and fizzy. Taste much cake. Fine foam and escaping with imperceptible bitter. To understand.

Clear bottle, best before date: 28/02/04; eye: orangy with yellowish reflections, no head per se, no effervescence, clear; nose: orange, madera, alcohol; mouth: in that order Grand Marnier, sweet Grand Marnier, finale all sugary, medium boyd, thin and syrupy texture, not that carbonated; overall: too sweet FRANÇAIS Bouteille transparente, meilleure avant : 28/02/04; oeil : orangée avec des reflets jaunâtres, pas de mousse pour dire, pas d’effervescence, claire; nez : orange, madère, alcohol; bouche : Grand Marnier, Grand Marnier sucré, finale tout en sucre, corps moyen, texture mince et sirupeuse, pas très carbonatée; en résumé : trop sucrée