Day 5 - Enghien Noel
I tried this one (but not the Christmas version) a month or so back and found it to be a peculiar beast but quite enjoyable. With a festive twist, would this be the star on top of the tree, or the pine needles stuck in the carpet?
It's a dark blonde colour but I found it to be lacking fizz or head. I managed to coax a head out of the second glass but perhaps at the expense of liveliness in the glass which is a shame and fairly basic.
It's aroma is an exciting affair with very interesting butter and vanilla aroma with a hint of smoky jacket (remember the pleasant smell your clothes used to adopt after a night out before the smoking ban?). It's not the kind of wood fire smoke that we want, it was a bit jarring. On the second sniff there was more pleasant cinder toffee and finally honey.
The taste is a little odd too. The fag smoke lingered and was coupled with some harsh bitterness which was not balanced with any sweetness.
Happily it improves a lot with food as the bitterness is mostly masked and the pine elements that are present in the original come through too. However, once your grub's finished, it's back!
This beer is unfortunately a little bit too wacky and the flavours just jar a little too much to make it a good beer. It's still not a terrible beer, just a little odd.
Enghien Noel - 6
Christmas rating - 7
http://www.silly-beer.com/p_noel_en.htm
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