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Brewed by À l’Abri de la Tempête
Style: Scotch Ale
L’Étang du Nord, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Canada
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RATINGS: 224   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.8   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 270   ABV: 9%
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4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
jgb9348 (3488) - Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA - DEC 10, 2011
Nice deep amber coloured body with a nice fresh ruby and copper tint and a thinnish tan head. Aroma of nuts, smoke, a touch of earthy hops, dirt, alcohol and quite a bit of toffee - nice pungent aroma. Full-bodied; Strong earthy and nutty flavour at first with a great complex backbone and almost a spicey bite with some light oak, a little hay and grassy flavours and finishing with alcohol. Aftertaste shows a good complexity with a lot of good earthy flavours at first with alcohol showing soon afterwards and some nice oaky characteristics. Overall, a nice pungent and complex scottish that shows very well - perhaps one of the best I’ve had from the style ever. I sampled this 341 mL bottle purchased from Best Cellars in Arlington, Virginia (Since closed) on 04-July-2011 for US$7.99 sampled in New Paltz, New York on 10-December-2011. Bottled Since Feb 1, 2010? (on bottom of bottle).

4.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
VT (285) - Quebec City, Quebec, CANADA - NOV 26, 2011
A 1 year old, 341 ml bottle. Pours a very deep, dark red, which from some angles looks brown, almost black but from others, looks ruby red. Very foggy, with a persistent orange-beige head. Tastes a bit like smoke, toffee and oak. Very little after taste, almost no perceptible bitterness. Texture is extremely interesting: one of the thickest, creamiest ales I’ve had. Alcohol is almost imperceptible. I’m giving it big props for its mouthfeel, however it would be almost perfect if it could only taste a tad bit...more.

3.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
VincentL (156) - montréal, Quebec, CANADA - NOV 19, 2011
Ça sent la mère et le sucre! Délicieuse odeur, une invitation à la dégustation. Très peu de mousse, une robe opaque et rougeoyante. Goût de Malt caramélisé avec un petit côté salin typique des bière de cette brasserie. Le résultat n’est pas vilain mais il est n’est pas aussi réussi que dans la ‘Corp Mort’. Un peu huileuse. Arrière goût : on y sent peu d’amertume, la chaleur de l’alcool et le sel. Le reflux est bien mais il y a un arrière goût tenace vaguement déplaisant de sel de mer qui ne part pas. Cette bière est extrêmement bien cotée mais je suis déçu. Le coté salin de la bière nuit à cette scotch ale alors que je l’adore dans La corps mort. Une déception compte tenu des attentes mais quand même une bière à découvrir.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
AlainG (234) - Montréal, Quebec, CANADA - NOV 14, 2011
De couleur rouge-rubis avec un mince col beige. Des odeurs d’herbe, de fleurs, de plantes, de caramel au beurre et de cannelle qui s’en dégagent sont tellement agréables. En bouche, elle semble nous avertir qu’elle prendra de la place. Des saveurs de miel de sarrasin, d’écorce d’arbre, de cerises mûres et pain kamut grillé se signalent. Vraiment un beau produit. (300911)

4.5
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
Marheb (669) - Montréal, Quebec, CANADA - OCT 26, 2011
UPDATED: DEC 4, 2011 Belle grosse bombe malté et sucré avec une généreuse présence de fruits confits.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
jaghana (2073) - Strasbourg (France), FRANCE - OCT 23, 2011
Bottle @mondial de la bière. A clear amber brown beer, nose is light and slightly fruity on raspberry. Aroma is on fruit yeast, smoked notes, caramel, medium sweet, light body, very disappointed. Completely overrated.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
marcusmullet (2) - Quebec, CANADA - OCT 20, 2011 does not count
Bouteille 341 ml., 1 an d’âge. Dans un ballon. Belle mousse couleur marais assez persistante. Arômes de banane, clou de girofle et cannelle s’intensifiant après chaque gorgée. Sucrée en bouche, houblon imperceptible. Arrière goût de chocolat très doux, légèrement de pain grillé. Excellente bière, mais son prix exorbitant n’est aucunement justifié! 7$ pour une petite, il faut pas charier non plus.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
womencantsail (3927) - Home of Rebecca Black, California, USA - SEP 8, 2011
A: The beer pours a hazy mahogany color with a finger of khaki head. S: Lots of sweet, toffee and brown sugar aromas to start off. Very strong dark fruits notes, especially raisins, cherries, and plums. Toward the back end, there is a bit of vanilla and some oak as well. T: Like the aroma, quite sweet. The vanilla character is strong, but there’s still plenty of toffee, brown sugar, and caramel. A little bit of toasted bread with just a mild booze note. Sweet raisins and plums are also present. M: Medium in body with low to medium carbonation. O: Perhaps a touch too sweet, but overall quite nice. And I’m not usually a big Scotch Ale fan.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
yngwie (9175) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - JUL 22, 2011
Bottle. An unclear, ruby-ish brown beer with a finger-thick beige head. Its aroma is filled with dried fruits and maltyness, some spices and dark LME, meaty too. Well, it’s nice, but a bit one-dimensional. It’s full-bodied and slightly spiced and bitter, rather dry and with a soft and low level of carbonation. Rather pleasant and tasteful, although I miss some more complexity. 110720

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Meilby (2657) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - JUL 22, 2011
Bottle 500ml @ yngwie
Pours clear dark amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt and caramel. Taste is heavy sweet and light bitter. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.


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