BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien 2009

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Brewed in 2009, bottled in 2010.
Appearance: Clear ruby to mahogany body, no head.
Aroma: Tart cherries, slightly sour, some vinegar.
Taste: Tart, fruity with cherries, mildly tart to sour with oak dryness.
Palate: Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation.
Overall: I enjoy this, very well balanced and complex.

Dark red amber color. Sour and fruit aroma, cherry and orange. Dry and light sweet with malt caramel flavour, also sour but a little.

750 ml bottle shared with Mike et al, cool, tulip, bottle 276.! Hazy deep amber copper with a white rim and big chunks in the bottom. Strong, peppery, intensely funky, vanilla, nice maltiness, tart fruits, alcohol, solvent, intense, interesting. Medium body, quite low effervescence. Rich fruity malts, peppery notes, plenty of wood, red wine, some booze, a bit of funk, a bit of solvent, big and complex; dry with some tartness and a fair bit of bitterness and a long, peppery, funky, fruity, boozy, a touch of solvent.

Hazy red amber color. Cherries, green apples and oak in the nose. Very tart, oaky with tons of cherries and strong green apples. Big lingering sour, slightly harsh finish. Perfect until the end.

Overall an amazing beer I am very glad I could try. One of the most complex things I have ever tasted. Sweet like a great oak aged beer yet still very sour and tart.

Bottle... Tower of Power Sour Hour 2011... Hazy amber ale with no head. The bouquet is both acidic and acetic, providing interwoven notes of sour cherries, oak and caramel with a small splash of red wine vinegar. Medium to full-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel and busy carbonation. The tart, malty flavor mirrors the nose, providing additional notes of crusted port and dry sherry. Finishes malty and tart with lingering caramel and dry red wine.

Bottled at Big Beers and Barley Wines. Fairly straight forward sour. Very tart, almost astringent. Nice wine notes that lead to the dry finish.

750 ml bottle, 2009 vintage. Served in a Unibroue tulip, the beer pours a reddish/brown color with a very thin light tan head that fizzed away immediately. There’s a small amount of lacing. The aroma is nice and tart, it smells like vinegar, red wine, oak, tart cherries and some plums. Taste is pretty much the same as the aroma, but with the addition of some lemon. Mouthfeel/body is medium, with low/moderate carbonation. I think this is a good overall brew, but I wouldn’t buy it again anytime soon because it’s pricey ($22.99 a bottle). With that being said, it’s worth trying if you’ve never had it before.

Appearance was clear honey caramel with rocky diminishing tiny white head, no lacing. Aromas are sweet toasty malt, then citrus, pinot grape, herbs, spice, wood of oak with tarty tannin red wine, mild alcohol present. Taste was port-like, pinot wine, plum, cherry, red tarty wine, oak, spicey herbal hops. Palate was smooth prickly CO2 with meduim body, long woody sour dryish warming finish. Sourness abound...

Magnum bottle @ MMP. Darn already pretty loaded and Victor pops this baby, on it then, no excuses. Pours cloudy darker amber with a minimal off white head. Aroma is subtile fruity sour acidy malty; clean and excellent. Flavor is sour dryish yet fruity sweetness pungent a bit acetone bitter and astringent. Finishes sour sweet fruity bitter and malty.