Name: La Gnomette Experimental
Date: 07/13/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Capitol Ale House, Richmond

opaque gold, whispy white head that can’t be roused, bits of lace, light sweet spicy aroma, big sweet malt flavor with a fruity essence of apricot and other light fruits, lots of spicy character, stays sweet and spicy to the end without ever developing much other character

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

This is one of the best beer I ever drank !Honey, corriander and fruity aroma with a nice big creamy head. In mouth, this beer felt like velvet for the palate, incredible sensation. So bad that this beer is almost impossible to find, I would love to have a keg in my house !

Hazey, pale with a small white head. The aroma is pear, pepper, corriander and lots of floral hops. The flavor is moderately sweet, caramel, tea, honey, pepper and lots of grassy and herbal hops. Medium body with soft cabonation and a smooth texture with a better end. Quite nice.

Draft at Zeno’s, and it was listed as Chouffe Gnomette. Unfiltered, wit-like in appearance, or like a murky Belgian blonde. I thought it was fairly similar to La Chouffe but it lacked the strong soapy coriander nose that Chouffe has. More of a lightly spicy peach and sweet lemon flavor. The yeast is what makes this beer, and it’s a nice, even spicyness, mellow you could say.

Thus far the Chouffe beers have failed to impress me. Sampled on draft at Zeno’s in State College PA this beer poured a murky orange-honey color with a medium sized yellow-white head. The aroma was somewhat faint but fruity. The flavor was bitter and very hoppy with orange, grapefruit and some other undefinable fruit flavors mixed in. The finish is long, dry and bitter.