Another beer from our recent drop from La Debauche in France, and the good news is that most of these recently-arrived beers tend to the more adventurous end of the beer spectrum. And this particular beer certainly is!
So who’s had an imperial cherry sour before? Strap in as you are about to do just that.
It pours a lovely deep pinkish-red colour, with loads of red fruit aromas. The Morello cherries are the hero of the beer, but throw off a mix of fruit flavours like plum and blackcurrant, as well as the cherry and hint of almond.
The beer is much more tart than sour, there really isn’t such a high level of acidity and what is there is balanced by the heavier body. The level of alcohol gives the whole thing some ‘umph’, without getting out of balance. And we do not know where that whole 10% ABV is hidden.
Famous for their amazing label art, designed by tattooists and comic illustrators – don’t be scared by the image on this bottle. I guarantee it will not blow your head off!
A blonde Sour/American Wild Ale - a great balance of bitter, sweet and sour
This amber sour is one of the base beers Alvinne use to create many of their barrel-aged creations
A dark sour beer of 10.0%. Part of the renowned Alvinne Morpheus Sour Collection
Voted World's Best Wood Aged Beer 2012 and 2013 and World Beer Awards
The 2015 variant of their flagship Magma, with the addition of Brettanomyces yeast at all three fermentation phases
A Belgian style ale, something of a cross between and blond and amber ale
This black IPA from La Debauche is full of dark chocolate, coffee, liquorice with a little fruit and sustained bitterness
A really interesting, slightly sour Imperial Stout that has been barrel aged for 12 months and spiked with wild Brettanomyces yeast
A milkshake lager with popcorn and pineapple - a crazy combination that just seems to work
A delicious imperial milk stout with the addition of coffee beans, cocoa beans and lactose
La Debauche presents their interpretation of the classic Belgian Dubbel style
As the label suggest, this is an IPA brewed using all French ingredients
Described as an International IPA, this beer is full of mango and citrus
A lightly soured blonde beer with the additional of passionfruit and lemon
An IPA which mixes the influences of both the Anglo-Saxon and US versions of this style
A refreshing witbier 'hopped' with a healthy dose of jasmine
A Hoppy Wheat Ale with a light malt body and fruity, slightly spicy hop character
An imperial stout aged with American oak from bourbon barrels
This big barley wine is spiked with Brettanomyces and aged in oak barrels for 18 months
A delicious milk stout with the addition of lactose
