BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien 2010

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Draught @ Th. 4th. Alvinne Craft Beer Festival (ACBF) 2011, De Kasteelhoeve, Doorniksesteenweg 314, Outrijve (Avelgem), Belgium.

Unclear medium amber red color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, grape, red wine, wood. Flavor is light heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a long duration, tart - sour berry - grape. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110304]

From tap at ACBF2011. Pours hazy dark amber with no lasting head. Lingering fruity and wineous. Mild fruity, winous and lingering wooden. Slight wineous. Smooth roasted malty. Smooth fruity and wineous finish.

Bottled (from alko arkadia, thanks tbone, surprisingly enough bottle 00276). Hazy ambery pale brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is tart wood, some slight sourness as well as some slight berries. Flavour is rather similar with a nice acidicy sourness to it. Mild sweet alcohol as well. Quite pleasantly balanced.

Draught at ACBF 2011. Hazy orange red coloured with a small off-white head. Light acidic aroma of red wine, oak and acetone. Light acidic flavour of red wine and acetone. Tart finish.

Bottle from Au Grain d’Orge, Crissier; Assemblage No 1
Dark amber color, hazy; small head.
Aroma of caramel, wood, some sourness, fruits, light vanilla (this mellow trait is unusual in BFM beers), light hazelnutes and a shade of acetone; wine too.
The body is lean and the mouthfeel medium-dry; the flavor is mostly wine, juicy and fresh wines, but with some additional sourness and astringency; light cherry presence; the usual, strong woody character permeates the final; also, there seems to be a light residual sweetness.
Of all BFM beers, probably the one that gets most similar to a wine.
Dynamic, fresh, harmonious. Excellent, again.

Draught at Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Clear Amber - offwhite head. Balsamic. Fruity. Berries. Nice acid. Vinegar. Rubber. Roasted notes. Coconut. Woody. Woody fatness. Tartness. Nice sourness.

Sampled at ACBF 2011. Almost the surprise of the festival for me. Hazy deep orange colour thin collar of near white bubbles. Touch of Airfix glue sour aroma. Sour in mouth. Its good. I mean really good. Some cherry fruit. Not overly sour good balance. But quite aggressive. I like this a lot. Recommended this to many

Draught, Avenue Pub. Light amber and flat-looking. Fruity, barrelly aroma with balsamic notes. Tart and a bit slick on the tongue. Deep fruitiness characteristic of the brewery. Interesting but it is not really knocking me out, unlike previous editions of this brew that I found to be amazing.

Draft. Minimal off-white head, clear garnet body. Aroma is moderately sweet, oak, some vinous, light butter/Chardonnay, caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, raisin, some sour, caramel. Medium-full body, low carbonation, some stickiness.

4th March 2011
On tap at ACBF. Hazy gold beer. No head. Vinegary fruity sourness - a touch overwhelming for my palate. All the wine barrel subtleties are lost in the sourness for me. Alright flavour but the sample was plenty! A whole bottle would give me indegestion!