Bedondaine et Bedons Ronds Défroquée

Brewed by Bedondaine et Bedons Ronds
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Chambly, Canada

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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In short: A sweet, slightly spicy, slightly toasted and low on hops Belgian (kind-of-)Dubbel. Decent brew.
How: Tap at brewpub. Aged batch.
The look: Clear golden copper body topped by a small off-white head
In long: Shy nose of light spiciness and tree bark. Good crisp & sweet malts with a Corn Flakes™ dipped in caramel flavour. Slightly spicy with notes of white pepper, oregano and ginger. Slightly fruity with no specific fruit coming through. Hints of roasted nuts. Finish leaves a brown sugar after-taste. Could have used more hops, a recurring theme with many Bedondaine beers. When lining-up the flavour elements and comparing this brew to classic Belgian Abbey beers I’d say this one is 2/3 Dubbel and 1/3 Tripel. In a perfect world this beer would have a nice dry tree leaf/bark kick thanks to a generous amount of hops and all beers would develop abs instead of hiding them.

Aroma:very fruit,sweet wheat aroma... Appearance:hazy gold-amber,light head... Flavor:very fruity peaches,wheat flavor sweet...

A golden amber ale with a thin off white head. A nice bready yeast aroma, maderized, caramel, a bit of curacao. In mouth, a good candy sugar, with orange peels, light coriander, a bit of vanilla and madera. 11 month old cask. Festival Bières et Saveurs, August 29 2008.

On tap at Bedondaine. The color is amber with a thin beige head.The aroma is sweet. The taste is spicy and malty with some hops.There is also a sweet taste to it maybe caramel. The finish is a nice bitterness.

en fût sur place, beau cuivré, nez persistant de caramel, beaucoup de caramel, malheureusement elle est mince en bouche, agréable sans plus.

Verre de dégustation, provenant d’un fût, dégusté au festival Bières et Saveurs 2008 (Chambly, QC). Arôme: Odeur de caramel avec une pointe d’épices. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel avec une pointe d’alcool. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence d’alcool chaleureux en arrière goût. (Rating #1913)

Festival Bières et Saveurs. A cuivee-style beer, 9 months aged. Cloudy orange with some white head and lace.Lace dots iun cup. SoOme barleywine/ old ale taste, and yeast, contributing all to an above average mouthfeel. Active carbonation. Good drinking Belgian though not great a very good achievement.

My Bottom Line:
This sugary Belgian-style Strong Ale lays out a blurry fruit jam atop a pie crust-like toastiness for a homely dessert sipping experience.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam tops the hazy coppery amber.
-The body is soft and round, but the malts are perhaps a little too sweet and undefined for my tastes.
-Alcohol is well hidden.
-A light hop bitterness balances out the last half, but the first half is rather sweet.
-Some caramel maltiness is tasted as well, but mostly comes out as brown sugar.

On tap at Festival Bières et Saveurs.

Objectively speaking: A strongly yeasty, warming belgian strong ale. 9-months old draught glass at the brewpub.
I like: Good honeyed notes are extracted from the aromatic cereals. Highly yeasty, but not particularly complex in that regard, mostly bread dough. Gently spicy, perhaps wheaty even? Timid esters.
I dislike: Even for a 8% beer, this felt fairly alcoholic, though it was drank after a 1hr+ bike ride on an hot summer afternoon. Even at only 9 months, this is already growing some oxidation traits, the body thinning has certainly begun.

Bu sur place le 13/6/08 en fut (12 oz), veillie de 8 mois. Ambrée volée, mince collet. Arome de malte légèrement épicé, un peu d’houblon sucré. Goût d’épice un peu sec et sucré, céréal croutillant et légèrement malté. Elle me fait pensé à un Duvel plus sucré!