Au Maître Brasseur 2010

Formerly brewed at AMB - Maître Brasseur
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Laval, Canada

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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500 ml bottle from Marceh Omni, served at cellar temperature in a Scotch Irish taster glass.

App.: Clear mahogany with a fair light tan froth. Aroma: Slightly vegetal and barfy, some decent dark dried fruits and sweet malts behind that, some minty herbals, weird wood and roasted nuts, borderline infected? Palate: Medium body and moderate-light effervescence. Flav.: Sweet, fruity malts with that odd roasted nut character, some decent dark malts, dark dried fruits and minty herbals, toffee, light yeast notes; sweet with limited bitterness and a bit of alcohol with a malty finish.

Let’s hope that 2011 is better...drain pour.

500ml bottle. Backlog time - rated 2010-03-19. Slightly hazy amber pour with a diminishing foamy tan head. Initially the aroma was a bit "off" - sour, lemony, but it settled to a nice mix of grassy, yeasty and sweet light roast caramel. Tasted a tad hot/boozy at first, but that settled down to a nice pungent "sweaty" tang (herbal, alcoholic, funky yeast) - surprisingly bitter, but not off-putting - reminded me a bit of a watered-down DdC Rigor Mortis ABT. Disappointingly weak of body, almost stingingly carbonated with a medium-long boozy, lightly pungent/bitter finish. Not memorable.

UPDATED: JUL 10, 2011 The brew pours dark mahogany with a lot of tiny sediment floating around. There is a big foamy tan head on top as well. The aroma is sweet and malty. The flavor is the same - a big malt bomb with the sweetness of a barleywine, but there is no bite from the ABV. This does not reflect the flavor of the yeast from this style normally at all. * With a year and a half age, there is no malty sweetness, more like flavors of light lemon sweet tart notes.

Le liquide est brun. Aucune construction mousseuse. Le nez est fin de fruits en confiture, de caramel et d’épices. Le goût est doux, caramélisé et chocolaté avec des saveurs alcoolisées de fruits et d’épices. Des notes de raisin cuit et de vinaigre viennent se frotter aux papilles. En bouche, le liquide a une tenue plutôt mince avec une effervescence plate et une texture qui me semble à la fois crémeuse et grasse. La finale, qui ne permet aucune note amère, se fait sur des notes maltées et alcooliques.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, purchased at Peluso on August 2 2010, savoured on November 23 2010; eye: mahogany, lightly hazy, light effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: malt, nutty, light dust, caramel, slight fruity, light spices; mouth: malt, nutty, light dusty, slight fruity, alcohol, caramel, spices, finale in malt with presence of alcohol, medium body, rather carbonated, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, achetée chez Peluso le 7 août 2010, savourée le 23 novembre 2010; œil : acajou, légèrement voilée, légère effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige, légère dentelle ; nez : malt, noix, léger poussière, caramel, très léger fruité, léger épices; bouche : malt, noix, léger poussière, très léger fruité, alcool, caramel, épices, finale en malt avec présence d’alcool, corps moyen, plutôt carbonatée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : correct

Bottle: Poured a cloudy brown color ale with a quite large foamy head with good retention and minimal lacing. Aroma consists of candi sugar with some dry fruit notes and a nice mildly sweet caramel malt backbone. Taste is not the most complex but light candi sugar notes are well mix with some notes of dry fruits and lightly fruity ester. Body is fuller then expected with loads of caramel malt and some good carbonation with no apparent alcohol. Slightly below average for style but a whole lot better then some of the crap I have tasted from this brewer.

Pours a clear brown color with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet, nutty, there’s also caramel and chocolate. The flavor is ok, there’s nuts, caramel, chocolate, sweetness is the dominance here, the after-taste has some cigarette ashes. There’s not much of a belgian character here though. The body is medium with a slightly oily and vinous texture, the carbonation is soft. Not bad.

Bottle - 500ml. Dark brown body with a fair beige frothu head. Nice malty/hoppy aroma with woody and brown sugar hints. Taste is dominated by sweet and hoppy flavors. Ends with a warming bittersweet finish. Good effort.

Bouteille 500ml. De couleur brune-rouge foncée et voilée. Nez fruité aux faibles notes sûres (léger de dates, notes de raisins vineux, traces de cerises), malté de caramel sucré et légèrement rôti, léger de sucre brun et houblon herbeux avec des notes de chocolat et des traces d’alcool. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture aux petites notes crémeuses. Goût fruité (moyen de dates de et prunes, léger de raisins aux notes vineuses, traces de cerises) accompagné de faibles traces d’épices et de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel sucré et léger-moyen rôti avec un léger goût de chocolat noir et des notes de sucre brun puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume de houblon herbeux accompagné de notes d’alcool et de noix rôties. Post-goût moyen-long et un peu sec, moyennement amer de houblon herbeux, léger de fruits (moût de raisins) et de rôti avec des notes d’alcool et des traces de chocolat.

Bottle. Dark hazy amber. Almost no head. Light alcohol, syrup aroma and a sour hint. Body is like a thin syrup. Flavour is brown sugar and alcohol with a baking soda quality.

After reading the other comments I believe my bottle is infected. Pours a reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma is vineagar and mild fruits. Taste is sour balsamic vineagar with some fruity character. No malt character at all. Might pick up another bottle and try again.