Tri Martolod Blonde Artisanale
Beer sellers: Cave à bulles
ABV: 4.6%
Origin: Konk Kerne, Penn-ar-Bed (Breizh), France
Website: www.trimartolod.fr
One of a cluster of small breweries in Celtic Brittany, Tri Martolod — or ‘Three Sailors’, a reference to a Breton folk song — was founded in 1999 in the fashionable seaside resort of Benoded, operating as a cooperative. Prizes at the Concours Général Agricole and spreading appreciation for its beers led to expansion and in 2008 it moved to its present location in an industrial estate in Konk Kerne (Colguen), still near the sea.
Its best selling Blonde, unfiltered and unpasteurised, is sometimes labelled as a take on a pils-style beer, but I doubt it’s brewed by genuine pils methods and to me it’s more of a light golden ale with a hazy rich golden colour and a fine white head. A toasty teatime aroma has waxy, honey and pale malt notes with hints of lanolin and spice. the clean but full palate has twiggy hops, mineral notes and plenty of fruit with a hint of acidity. A sappy, tangy swallow leads to a sweetish pale malt finish with light bitterness and a light touch of roast. The overall impression is a mild and juicy beer given bite by touches of minerals and hops.
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