Moulins D'Ascq

Moulins D’Ascq

Alright, let me start off with I am not a fan of French beer. They usually make piss pour excuses for stale water and call it beer, and should stick with making wine, brandy, and champagne, which they ruttin excel at. Moulins D’Ascq aslo advertises itself as an “organic” beer, which most of the time means expensive and utter crap. Organic is just the catch word of soddin nancy arse brewers who want the retro wearing hipster crowd to buy their beer to feel they are helping the environment or want to feel superior to the masses drink mass produced non-organic swill. However, Moulins D’Ascq is a bit of a surprise. It breaks form those buzz phrases, and actually makes an attempt at being triple ale, to which the French say is a classic farmhouse ale. It actually gets close to being like its cousin the Belgian Triple Ale, but it falls just short.

The bottle falls flat on catching the eye, with its dark colors and sunset setting behind windmills. So a first time beer drinker or duster looking for something new may overlook it. It is also expensive for an 11 ounce bottle at four dollars plus tax. To be fair, the reason this captain picked it up was by accident, I had been trying to grab the smokehouse ale next to it. That being said, it is still a pretty beer. It should come as no surprise the French brew a visually pleasant beer. When poured, Moulins D’Ascq is nice deep gold color and produces the right amount of foam creating a thick almost fluffy head to the beer. It is recommended to drink the beer a bell chalice. It produces a swirl of bubble and golden beer that is a good show to watch as it settles in the glass. This captain also recommends you drink this one cold, like glass may get frost cold. Any triple is good just below room temperature, but the colder it gets the better. All that said, Moulins D’Ascq has a mild almost lack luster flavor, which is odd for a Triple. It has a mild fruity tang, with a note of hops. Definitely a weak beer not in my taste, but a fan of triples or really light beers may enjoy it more. 

~Ambrose E. Brightmore 

 Ratings: 2/5