Abers Mutine Traditionelle Brune

Tasting notes from 7/12/07. Bottle purchased at La Cave à Bulles in Paris. Poured a hazy medium orange-brown color. The aroma was subdued overall with only hints of burnt caramel and toasted bread. Delicately sweet on the tongue with ample carbonation. There was an earthy/leafy note with a hint of clove and a toasty malt backbone. Not bad.

07/12/07, thanks Colin (General Gao). Cloudy light brown with a small creamy light beige head. Aroma was toasty with some light roast and a little brown sugar. Flavor was toasty and a little bitter, light sweetness as well. Light body with moderate carbonation. Decent.

From a shared bottle, thanks to General Gao. The body was cloudy copper with a yellowish head. The aroma was rich toffee with some pears and cellar character. There was also some cinnamon. The taste was strong cinnamon with some funky socks. There was also a flowery note with old socks. If you like funk in your Belgian style ale, this would be good for you.

Gushing to creamy, coffee-cream coloured beer, fed by lively carbonation in a murky red-brown-olive beer. Great malt whisky nose, not unlike islands malts. Brown malts, tad wood and smokey, piney. Leafy, earthy, slightly smoked taste, perfectly balanced (at 6%, I’m more than impressed!). Woody, malty flavours, tad of chocolate, but more mild-sweet than bitterish. Not cloying! Medium to well-bodied, certain slickness, "earthy" feel. Wow, this is good! Another proof that the strength of France’s AND Brittany’s beerrevival lies for a big part in their dark malt beers. Try to find this one.