Baladin Noel du Baladin

Brewed by Le Baladin
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Piozzo, Italy

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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ycket mörk och mycket skum som lägger sig till en lagom topp. Doften tycker jag är lite trevlig Stoutig med lite choklad och brända kaffebönor. Smaken är lite söt, men god. Jag hittar lakrits, lite julkryddor och även lite tall. Den värkar ganska het och är lite halvoljig. En mycket trevlig trappistlikande öl som jag varmt kan rekommendera.

750ml bottle (?). BB2010-02, drunk 2010-11.
6 Sweet treacly aroma at first, then some burntness, then some prunes and dark fruits, and finally some alcohol. Maybe I served this a little cold, I’ll let it evolve a bit before continuing.
4 Rich reddy brown, quite fizzy carbonation, head doesn’t stay at all, but is continually being generated. It did open with a pleasant pop, so I think it must have conditioned well in the bottle.
7- Retronasals a little alcoholic and muddy, some pencil sharpenings from hops. Taste quite cakey, burntish chocolate cake. Alas some alcohol creeps through too, you can’t forget it’s a strong beer.
4- Palate quite crisp with carbonation, which helps cut through the sweetness. Drinking it nearly a year after its BB was 100% deliberate. We’d had a few too sticky beers from Baladin, and thought a Noel would be too sweet, so wanted the conditioning to be given a chance to kick in. Which it seems to. Sweetness is not the enemy, so I think we did the right thing. Finish has some dry bitterness, bouncing between liquoricey bark and over-bitter chocolate.
13 Certainly quite nice, but missing the wow factor. Maybe I made it too dry with the extra ageing, maybe I boosted the alcohol too, I don’t know, both would be errors. But the lack of stickiness and crispness of the palate makes this a sipper that doesn’t frighten you off - it’s trying to be light. I wouldn’t mind having a sip of a young one, to see what effect we had.

Small headon top of a dark almost black brown colour weak carbonation aroma spice brandy brown sugar chocolate flavour brandy brown sugar cinnamon raisin morishing taste sweet maltiness mild bitter caramel finish malt sweetness alcohol bitter leaves a good aftertaste

75cl bottle, 2008. Dark brown colour with a small tan head. Malty aroma with notes of dark fruits, chocolate and caramel. Flavour is sweet and very malty with some chocolate, dark fruits and spices.

Bottle @ Mondial 2010. Aroma of coffee and dark chocolate, chestnut, fair sized tan head. Flavour is almonds, caramel and fine malt. Medium bodied, very well balanced, sweet and yet also bitter. Great!

Mondial de la bière Montréal 2010
Aroma slight sourness on top, malty with hint of grape, touch of alcohol. 6+
Appearance clear, garnet brown with medium plus top. 3+
Flavor and Palate : medium bodied. Chocolate up front with mild roast and creamy texture. Mid full of chewy malts. Finishing with alcohol and chocolate.

Bottle. Frothy off-white good mostly lasting head. Dark red-amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Spicey notes. Ligght sweet and moderate bitter flavor. Prune and cinnamon notes. Long great moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Nice BSA.

Bottle. Dark brown pour with a tall, sturdy tan head. Tons of sediment in this even though I’m pouring into a 0.4L tulip and it’s half filled. Aroma is herbal and chocolatey. Maybe dried flowers and fruit as well. Taste is chocolate, spices, herbs, dried flowers, ripe fruit, chocolate covered banana, and cocoa. Body is medium with strong carbonation. Dry towards the end. Finishes with more chocolate covered banana, spices, light herbal notes, flowers and cocoa.

dark bread, port,brown, cloudy, tan foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, salty, medium body, creamy, soft carbonation.

75 cl bottle. Dark brown/red with big foamy tan head. Flavour is roasted malt, caramel, fruit, yeast, sweet and alcohol.