 Lubiere (3146), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jul 21, 2008 A dark amber to brown ale with a thick luscious light moka head. A nice caramel, dark fruit, and light fudge aroma, very pleasing. In mouth, tingly caramel malt with licorice, nuts, warming alcohol, and light coriander and other spices. Lingering spices in mouth. Medium bodied for the style. For some reasons, diminishes the funkiness of the Pere Joseph cheese sampled with the beer.
Ober (217), Best, Netherlands
Jun 17, 2008 A hazy brown colored beer, with a nice beige head. A malty aroma, with tones of nutes and dark caramel. The taste is little bitter, more caramel sweet, with touches of fruits, like raisins. Also some spicey, a little coriander. A very nice beer.
Glouglouburp (1876), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jun 9, 2008 In short: An unconventional ferrous aggressive crunchy-sweet but dry Belgian Ale of some kind. Surprisingly drinkable.
How: Bottle, 330ml, about 6 months old
The look: Partly cloudy dark amber body with a small tan head
In long: Malt profile reminding me of a dry crunchy sugar pie (pretty much the opposite of smooth round caramel). Something about this beer (spices? Other?) feels very ferrous/metallic. There are plenty of dry woody hops in there. The hopping is not particularly flavourful or bitter but it does dry out the beer a lot. Finish mixes dry tree bark, minerals and metal/rust. Very aggressive carbonation. Tasty beer, certainly not boring. The whole time I was drinking the bottle I was picking up the weird/wrong things of the beer, yet when I finished my glass I wanted another one. Weird, in principle I think it wasn’t a good beer yet I want more of it, I don’t know what to say… elephant pyjama, yeah, I really don’t know what to say.
Rune (1500), Tromsø, Norway
Jun 6, 2008 330ml bottle sampled with Skinnyviking and Finn Arvid at Pegasus, Copenhagen. Off-white foam coming out of the bottle. A bit unclear, tan coloured body. Spicy aroma with sweet dark malts. More dark malts, heading towards caramel, in flavour. Slightly roasted added by brown sugar. Yeasty finish. Soft carbonated (28.05.2008).
darkguardian (139), Florida, USA
Jun 4, 2008 22oz bottle from a friend in Cali. Pours dark brown with large quickly dissipating off white head. Nose has a bit of spice and caramel and yeast. Taste starts off good with some nice dark fruitiness coupled with a bit of spice. The finish is a bit chalky and the palate is a bit thinner than expected. Also should be noted this is a dubbel not really a BSA. Solid Dubbel but nothing earth shattering.
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