À l’Abri de la Tempête Corne de Brume

Brewed by À l’Abri de la Tempête
Style: Scotch Ale
L’Étang du Nord, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Canada

Bottle, courtesy blankboy. Pours a dark amber red, with a watery ring of white head and very little lacing. Caramel up front in the nose, followed by some hops and molasses. First thing that hits the tongue is chalk, with caramel, and some sweet molasses. Tangy medicinal finish. Sharp flavors create stinging bitterness, and alcohol is hidden relatively well. Labeled as a scotch ale, feels more like an Arrogant Bastard homebrew clone.

(Dégusté avec french tickler) Bière rouge-vin (Style ruby) avec un tres beau collet collant. Odeur fumée, banane, senteur crémeuse, bois, caramel, barbe à papa. Un gout salé et poivré en meme temps, tres crémeuse, et un arriere gout fromager. Excellente biere!!

Shared with Pyrozoid. Dark ruby red poor with a noce foamy light brown head. Aromas of hickory, bananas, woody, nutty and creamy caramel. Very creamy, alcohol induced, full bodied, extremely well rounded brew. Bitterness is extremely long lasting and its sweetness hits you right off the bat. Flavors are roaming around the alcohol... always very present.... but non-agressive... This beer is simply amazing... i’ve been waiting for it for a while... i love it!

341 ml bottle from HogtownHarry; Bottle says 9%ABV; Nose was lagery grain and brown sugar when cold changing to toffee, brown sugary sweetness, and light smoky and hoppy notes; clear red-brown with a medium, glass-lacing, off-white head; flavor has light hop bitterness in the background, some yeastiness, and molasses and dark fruit notes; very different combo of flavors.

This was the first bottled batch, shared by iowaherkeye. Copper color, tan head, good lacing, retention was OK. Aroma was predominantly of malted milk balls, maybe a little bread coming through. Taste was malted milk balls, sweet caramel, brown sugar, and some sherry. Medium carbonation and body. Decent, but I wouldn’t go nuts trying to obtain.

Original batch 500ml bottle provided by Glouglouburp. I’ve never had this fresh, but it seems to have lost a bit in these years in the bottle, which sucks, because I was seeking this out forever. Aroma is a bit milky, lactic, cardboardy weathered malts. Flavor is a bit more redeeming, with a gentle sweetness and calm malt characters that hints of something that used to be fantastic. Oxidation has taken over, though; a bit of sherry, but more cardboard, and a thin body. I do have a fresh bottle as well, although I hear it’s not as good; I’ll certainly be rating that one sooner rather than later, and hopefully will be able to enjoy this beer as it was meant to be had.

500ml, thanks to after4ever! Pours translucent, and very dark brown with ruby highlights and a massive, lacy tan head. Big sweet aroma of brown sugar, smoke, molasses and nuts. Medium body and light carbonation. That same smoky, nutty molasses nose translates directly to the taste, with all sorts of little flavor swirls to compliment the main theme. I need to figure out how to brew this stuff.

500. Batch 1. Can’t thank you enough, Glouglouburp! Holy cow, what an amazing beer. Pours crystal clear super dark brown with brilliant rubied highlights. Enormous sudsy tan head. Huge malty, bready nose--smells like biscuit, brown bread, and sweet caramel. Medium body, perfectly balanced: drinkable but complex, slows you down just enough to enjoy the pleasures of the flavor. Biscuit, brown tea, brown bread, caramel, nuts, and toast on the mid-palate. Peat showing through as well, mildly. Long tea finish. Mild herbal hop there at the end. Good stuff.