BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien 2006

Formerly brewed at BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes)
Style: Sour Ale
Saignelégier, Switzerland

13th August 2008. Brown cloudy beer. Sourish and dry and just a bare touch of oakiness. Not a complex beer but quite drinkable.

poured into a tulip... pours a murky brown color with no head and no carbonation... lovely sour aroma... some lingering oak as well. medium body, very tart throughout... with notes of fruit, esp. sour apple, and more oak... vinous... very tart finish. lovely barrel aged vintage sour.... but not worth the $20... not up to par with Russian River at that price level.

Very beautiful amber body with a big beige head; Very beautiful nose, acid fresh with fine aromas of pine resin, flowers and all spice excellent; Big big bubbled carbonation, a little unfitting warm acid, bitter balanced complex and interesting; Long great finish oak again but way more balanced then in both the 07 and 08, fruity aromas. Excellent beer that seems to age very well.

Bottle 75cl. @ home.
[ Trade by GAManiac ]. Clear medium to dark red amber color with a average to large, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heaavy malty, caramel, berry, cherry, wood notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090710]

Bottle at the Where the Wild Beers are event. Pours a hazy brown with a thin white head. Nice carbonation, Light caramel, Nice sourness, light malt and tang. Finishes with a long lingering sour tang.

Bottle shared by Shyam. Pours a murky shade of brown with a trim white head. Smells predominantly of cherries and oak. Tastes of each with added notes of caramel and distant vanilla. Much more basic than I was expecting -- but a decent beer, regardless.

Poured a brown color with a nasty foot smell to it. Had a medium white head to it. Has a horrable sour taste to it. Best part of this beer was watching it go down the drain

Pours with a fizzy tan head. Caramel color. And that’s where the fun stops. Had a funky foot-ass smell. Not much taste either- a little yeast; a touch sour. Highly anticipated. Enormously disappointing.