À l’Abri de la Tempête Corps Mort

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

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A more than honest light beige head settles atop the clearish orange amber body. Immediately smokey, almost pungent nose deploys its earthy and fruity ramifications into the nostrils. The strong brown sugar sweetness is quite balanced from the mineral, soily, leafy flavour profile. All throughout, candied apricot/peach/apple juiciness remains behind the smoke, never daring to overtake any other flavours. Feeling surprisingly green, a trait I rarely find in toasted malt oriented beverages. Barley sugar notes are rampant in the long finish. Minimal bitterness, leaving even more malt nuances to conclude the finish as a slight hint of chocolatey roast kicks in, dominating the alcohol which remains soft all along. For a beer of this magnitude, it is surprisingly mature: none of its parts steal the show, yet it still feels very young.

Bottle 341 ml. Orange-copper with a little white head. Aroma: spices, roasted malt, smoky (?), caramel, alcohol. Taste: very well balanced, with a good combination of bitternees, sweetness and saltyness. Dry finish. Overall, a very enjoyable beer. Bouteille 341 ml. Couleur orange-cuivrée avec un léger collet blanc (qui disparaît vite). Aromes: épices, malts rotis, fumée (?), caramel, alcool. Goût très bien balancé, avec une bonne combinaison d’amertume, de sucré et même d’un peu de salé. Finale sèche. Une excellente bière!

bottle at The Danish Invasion tasting ...light hazy amber ... soft sweet malt roast ...sweet fruit nose .. juicy apricot fruits ... very sweet .. orangy .. some of that creamy malts ...

Bottle at craig’s. Light amber colour. Light aroma, alcohol, some dried fruits, yeast spiciness. Similar taste, some caramel, little spiciness, slightly yeasty. Slight sweetness and a clean finish

from Mondial de la Bière 2011, Strasbourg cloudy copper-orange beer with no foam left; aroma of corn, caramel and prune; full-bodied and pretty sweet, thick and sticky; low bitterness and some residual sugars; aftertaste of ripe fruits and brown sugars with notes of warming alcohol

Bottle 341ml.

ABV: 11.0%. Clear medium orange colour with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, apricot, rubber - smoke notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, dark citrus - orange, rubber notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120324]

Bottle. Pours reddish orange with off white head. Nose of caramel, smoked malt, rye, tea, bandaid and barley. Tasted is same without the bandaid. Lots of smoked malts. Body on the lighter side of medium.

Bottle 341ml. Pours hazy orange, with almost no head (whitish). Aroma is of malt, salt, caramel. Taste is of malt, sweetness, salt, slight caramel. Bitter finish, Well balanced, full bodied. Very drinkable for a barley wine. I would recommend.

Courtesy of MartinT, bottled 2010, 11% ABV
Hazy orange-amber color, small creamy head. Mild aroma, light smoke character, malt, also light sourness. It has a slim body, malt flavor, quite high alcohol perception, high salty and marine presence, and some astringent character in the end.
Interesting.

Bottle @ Miss January / AA Meeting Afterparty Tasting, March 2012. Pours cloudy orange with a small off white head. Fruity nose and flavor. Slightly alcoholic. A bit of spices. A bit of warmth. Full bodied. Very drinkable.

Winter warmer 2012. Bière couleur de miel, limpide et coiffée d’un beau col couleur crème traçant une large dentelle au verre. Des arômes de caramel, de fleurs et d’alcool. Amertume soutenue et bien agencée aux arômes. Bière veloutée, mais de corps très solide. Douce effervescence, elle se termine sur une interminable fin amère et aromatique.