There is such thing as good French beer…

While traversing the wilds of County Meath at the weekend I stopped in to an off licence in the never ending search for new beers to try. My enquiries were met with a very blank stare and I left with a pair of bottles from Saint Landelin.
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I had the first a ‘Blanche’ or white beer with the ultimate comfort food Mac and Cheese. This recipe was adapted by my wife from Jamie Oliver’s version. Very nice, pity about the beer. I should know better at this stage than to judge a book or bottle by it’s cover and sadly didn’t even read the label. These beers contain additives! Now I looked them up and they are citric acid and anti oxidants so not the worst things ever but it’s the principle, damnit! I am one of those people who can remember having milk unhomegnised and unpasteurised. Those were better, simpler times. Either way this beer is bland and doesn’t have much to recommend it.
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The second beer from the Saint Landelin stable was the Ambree. It was slightly more palatable than it’s fairer sister. There’s a good beer shop in Paris, not too far from the Georges Pompidou Centre, it’s run by a pleasant chap who is also called Simon. I may pay him another visit some day, if he’s survived the ‘economic crisis’. There is good French beer but this isn’t it, this is a rare instance of Simon Says…you really shouldn’t drink this!

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