BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru 2010 (Rhum Barrels)

Brewed by BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes)
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Saignelégier, Switzerland

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle shared at bu11zeye’s 10,000th rating tasting. The beer pours a light yellow-orange color with a white head. The aroma is incredibly complex. I get a ton of lemons and tart cherries, as well as some yeast, oak, tobacco and brett. The flavor is also complex but for different reasons. I get a lot of rum and oak notes, as well as some vanilla and toffee malt. There is also a nice tart cherry quality as well as some alcohol burn. Medium mouthfeel and low carbonation. Very nice.

Pours a flat raw sienna color with a handful of bubbles cling to the side but no detectable head. Aromas are sweet plum, juicy, hints earth, mulled spices and sour vinegar. Starts off with tart cider flavors accompanied by notes of sour cherry, licorice, a touch of oak and a lil rum spice and residual heat on the finish. But the heat is really subtle considering this is weighing in at 11% abv, wow really... I might just have to put one of these away for a couple years, but for $19.99 it wasn’t cheap !

bottle, from bu11zeye 10k, muddy orange pour with the usual Bon Chien aromas and flavors, excellent with some rum, woody wine, rust, sour finish

12.68 oz. bottle- Pours flat. Seriously, flat, it has a nice orange hazy color, but ugly flat! Aroma is tart, funky, strong apples, oak. The taste is similar to the aroma, only more over ripe apples, fermented apples, tangy, sour, not in a good way, but maybe that is me judging based on the appearance still, objectively it’s not great, but is still drinkable. Body is medium and carbonation is massively low. Did I get a bad bottle? Not sure, but I have to rate what is in front of me.

(375ml bottle) Pours a still murky reddish-brown body. Aroma of vinous, oak, raisins, plum, rum, toffee, cherries, and leather. Flavor of vinous, oak, cherries, rum, plum, raisins, subtle pepper, and bread.

Hazy gold orange with no head. Aroma is rum, wood, cinnamon, funk. Taste is of rum, peaches, booze, cinnamon, and tart.

(375ml bottle thanks to bu11zeye) clearish amber with no bubbles. Nose of cranberry, wet wood, rum, grapes, light acetone, vinous, and caramel. Taste of caramel, wine, a bit of off flavors present but passable as a sour, some alcohol kick too. Pretty good linger as well.

Bottled
Deep amber color, no head. Alcohol, rhum, glue, rye bread in the nose. Medium-bodied. Strong rhum flavor - almost like drinking dark Havana Club, alcohol, tartness. Tart fruityness in the aftertaste. Warming aftertaste. Perhaps a bit too much rhum for a beer ... I prefer my rhum straight :)

Bottled (hanks omhper!). Amber colour, no head. Aroma is fruits, rum, some alcohol and sweet glue. Flavour is quite tart wood with some sweet fruits and alcohol. Quite pleasantly balanced flavour but all too sweet aroma. The rum is in the flavour as well, but more well-hidden.

Bottled, thanks Bov! Hazy brownish amber, coarse head. Tart vinegar in the nose, together with slight caramel. Malt sweet with plenty of rhum and cocos. Concentrated and juicy. Rich on malt, rhum and vinegar. Warming peppery finish. Intense and really good.