Beaus Festivale

Brewed by Beaus All Natural Brewing Co.
Style: Altbier
Vankleek Hill, Canada

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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Cask @ Volo. Nose is ripe pitfruit, candied malt, deep copper, tiny toffee head. Flavour is roast malt, some woody, nutty notes too. Medium bodied, very nicely balanced, beautifully bitter, especially dry. Terrific!

bottle. Pours deep red colour, small off-white head. Aroma has a little funk, some grass/grains. Taste is caramel malt, bit of a sharp hop bite, some fruits. Solid beer.

In a 600mL bottle from the LCBO. Pours a clear maroon with a bit of off-white head that dissipates quickly. Smell is a bit strange, it’s got some hops mixed with some funk, but somehow not like a saison at all, might be the undercurrent of sweetness. Palate is pretty good, a bit eavy on the tongue but gets cleaned up nicely with the fine carbonation. Taste is good but a bit strange. Definitely hoppy, but then also a really strong sweetness, though the hoppy bitterness comes back in the aftertaste. Kind of like a sweeter red ale. I like it, but it’s a bit strange. I might come back to this again.

Bottle, LCBO. I have had this before, like a lot of Beau’s offerings, but I have just not got around to rating it. Nice golden dark brown with a big bubbly frothy head - looks great. Some malt and dusty hops in muted aroma. Taste - bang on style - dry hops, earthy malt, nice lingering dry hoppy taste. Lots of flavour. This is right on style, without really wow’ing in any department - just a solid beer.

Pine and sweetness on the nose. pleasant bitterness upfront on the flavour, with some sweet caramel coming in to balance it out. Slightly watery mouth feel.

600mL bottle from LCBO. A gorgeous-looking beer; clear deep ruby, with a thin white head turning into lacing. Caramel aroma, with a nice dose of fruit and spice. Dry metallic taste, with pepper, and a bitter finish. Only a hint of caramel and nuts in the taste. Fairly weak body.

From bottle. Pours a deep amber brown color with an initially promising head that dissipates promptly. Sweet malty aroma, caramel. good mouthfeel, Smith and not excessively carbonated. Well rounded flavor with good balance of malty flavor with a gentle bitterness that lingers. Another solid seasonal from Vankleek Hill.

(600mL from the LCBO) Poured cool, a reddish amber with an inch of foamy cream head. Aroma of caramel malts with a nut character and a little bit of roasted grain. Flavour not too sweet, malt again, toasted nuts, smokiness, light vegetal hop bitterness, finishes fairly dry and grainy. Fairly light-bodied, soft carbonation. Quite drinkable and solid, but not particularly complex or interesting.

I was very fond of this one. Classic nutty malt and hops in moderate abundance. Not that carbonated. Got this several times, and it’s Beau’s personal favourite of mine. Shame it’s a seasonal.

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Glass bottle from the LCBO and on Tap at Bar Volo. Rating the bottled version: Pours a beautiful amber with thin almost beige head. Aroma is nutty, malty and caramel some fruits and roasted notes. Flavour is nutty, sweet caramel. Medium-light bodied. Overall Pretty good.