BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien 2008

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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75 cl bottle from Systembolaget. Pours a hazy copper color with a thin head which dies, color is nice though. Aroma is funky and acidic with lots of unripe gooseberries, green apples, lemon, cherries, red currants, oak, hints of barnyard and even some interesting cognac-like notes. Flavour is really tart and sour with lots of lemon, unripe gooseberries, green apples, cherries, red currants, funky barnyard, cheese and oak. Really dry, no sweetness at all. Lovely medium to fullbodied mouthfeel. Carbonation is soft. Very similar to a gueze or fruit lambic - in fact it is drinkable as an 5% gueze or fruit lambic. Dangerous, utterly tasty brew actually. One of the best beers I’ve ever had. Only thing which isn’t perfect is the appearance in my opinion, but I can live with that... This is why beer is so fun. A masterpiece! Probably in my top-5 or so of all time.

bottled@Solothurner Biertage 2009 - cloudy red-brown colour with a little beige foam; vinous nose, very sourish and vinegar-like, prune and alcohol are noticeable too; very moderate carbonation, oily and quite sticky, full malt body, very sour yet very drinkable; long sourish finish with robust and long lasting notes of red fruits - what a beer!

Capped 750 shared by Marcus. Pours garnet garnered amber with no head. The aroma is very sour and oaky. A touch earthy. Near med body. Flavor is earthy, sour, fruit with a lot of oak astringency. Fantastic.

Aged 750 from State Line. Pours turbid ruby copper with a lot of carbonation and a fairly big and clinyg head for a beer this big, although the head goes away and stays away as it warms. Aroma of malt, sour mashy cherry, caramel oaky earthy notes, and spicy yeasty funk. Tastes lively and very carbonated with a tart cherry taste, with some malty caramel, oaky, fruity, and cobwebby estery notes as it warms.Very complex, with an evolution toward brown sugary sweetness and more fruity cherry berry red wine grapey notes late, plus tinges of oak, spice, and old aley dank basement. These vintage ADSBC beers are expensive, but they never let me down, and as such I consider them worth every penny.

beautyfull hazy copperish brown smells sourish-sweetish, and of wood-resins, a hint of good old port tasts both woody and fruity, and of warm alcohol, fruityness like dried plums, maltyness too aftertaste a good sourness ( not harsh) warm alcohol, bitterness

Poured a clear amber red with a slight beige head. Aroma of a flanders red, tart, with some wood, fruit, and light spice. Taste is also tart, some dark fruit, grape/wine, light alcohol, mild malt. Finish is also tart and fruity. Very nice beer.

Tap@The Dome. Hazy deep red with no head at all. The aroma is fruity, woody, leathery, vinous. Sour, lemony, fruity with a damn’ drying effect. No traces of that ABV. Light bodied, thin almost flat with a little astringent woody bitter end. Outstanding beer. Waiting for the Grand Cru barrels...

Bottled. Cloudy brownish amber, no head. Barnyardy acidic nose. Vinous and full bodied, lightly oaky with well rounded mouthfeel. Mild, but concentratd flavours. Caramelly malt with notes of Tokaji Aszu covered in salty citric barnyard. <mildly warming finish. Complex and lovely!

Draft - Max’s. Hazy turbid copper, thin white fizzy head. Red wine and booze ride big currents of musty lemony oak and cherry. A soft acidic tartness sways towards just a touch of funky cheese and cherry balsamic vinegar that’s enveloped by a near perfect warming wooden vinous tone. Medium bodied with cask-like carbonation. A fantastic sipper…

Great hazy amber coloured body with a soapy off-white head and a nice set of bubbles rising from the bottom and sides. Aroma of faint vinegar, malt, yeast, sour grapes, caramel and a touch of fruit. Medium-bodied; Assertive effervescence with a sour grape taste at first fading to a light maltiness and a slow citric twang with some good fruit and caramel flavours coming afterwards, leading away from the sour taste. Aftertaste shows more complexity with much more yeast and malt flavours than sour twists. Overall, a very interesting and complex beer - definitely one to try if you can find it. Not my favourite sour - but a great beer and bridging the gap on styles! DEFINITELY worth packing this ~3/4 pound heavy bottle in my bag and bringing it home!!! I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from Drinks of the World in Zurich, Switzerland on 14-November-2010, sampled at home in Washington on 25-May-2010, purchased for CHF24 (plus some crazy deposit).