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

341ml bottle, dated Nov. 2007. Pours perfectly clear cherry mahogany. A beige head of medium to thick density built to a inch-plus, before settling into some remaining errant whisps on the surface. A few threads and ropes of lacework stuck around for the duration. Aromatics are laced with bright and clean malt. Loads of malt and scorched kettle. An alcohol presense makes itself known as well as a hint of smoke. The mouthfeel is crisp, creamy, and sticky. Residuals stay tacked to the tongue. The pallet is malt-forward, to say the least. Loads of ripe barley, caramel, and a whiskey- like alcohol note. Bitterness is subdued, as is all other hopping. This brew is all about clean malt character and substantial strength. Finishes with lingering malt, warming alcohol, and a hint of smoldered barley. I was told that this brewery makes thier own barley, but the label has plenty of cryptic french, so I cannot confirm. I was ready to be let down by this obscure small bottle that cost $6.99 in Quebec, but wowza! Probably the best Scotch ale I’ve ever had. Word.

Bottle, thanks for sharing iowaherkeye. The body was dark brown with a khaki head. The aroma was definite Whoppers. I got that from badbeer. There was also some pears and vanilla. The taste had Whoppers with some smoked malt. There was also some caramel. An overall light body with low carbonation. Well made.

12 oz. bottle shared by tjthresh. Pour is brown, with slight ruby highlights. Clear, with some carbonation and a 1/2 inch dirty white head. Aroma is scotchy, nutty, with some faint woodiness. Taste is thinner than I had expected, though the Scotch taste and woodiness come through nicely. The finish has a slightly unpleasant soapy/cardboard thing going on. Nice beer, thanks for sharing Tom.

12 ounce bottle from the Festivus guy. Pours brown with thick brown head and good lace. All malt here. A touch of peat maybe. Woody. Not the same thing as say Alesmith Wee Heavy. They seem to be of two different styles. Comes off like diluted Scotch Whiskey. Light body. Medium carbonation. Dry finish. Decent.

Bouteille brune de 331 ml. Nez d’alcool et de malt caramélisé. Robe cuivrée. Goût marqué par le malt caramélisé et l’alcool. Une certaine amertume de houblon est présente en arrière-goût. Il s’agit d’une très bonne bière, mais le prix demandé n’est peut-être pas totalement justifié.

bouteille brune de 341ml au prix exorbitant de 6,99$ nouvelle étiquette 9,0% alc/vol bière qui a une belle robe rouge brique foncée, nez fruité un peu sucré, bouche alcooleuse, piquante, agressante. la longueur y est. manque d’équilibre.trop forte

Bottle @ TimE’s House: Dark mahogany color with a nice light head and plenty of lacing. The nose is sweet and caramelly with a nice licorice and plum note, some brown sugar, molasses and jaggery. The flavor is balanced, nice complex intense malts and a full body, nice tail and a full creamy mouthfeel.

Bottled. A deep red beer going towards light brown with an orange head. The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of caramel and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and wood, leading to a dry finish. Thanks to David (Rastacouere).