Bière du Corsaire

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Melle, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle. Pours cloudy gold, white head. Aroma is honey, pickles, and spices. Flavor is honey, wheat, pickles, spices, slight bleu cheese tanginess. On the funky side, which is what appeals to me.

330 mL bottle from Lubiere. App.: med. golden colour, small open head and many small flecks of yeast. Aroma: sweet malt, plenty of honey, a bit herbal. Some fruitiness (apple, pear) and a bit yeasty. Palate: fairly aggressive carbonation, gassy and effervescent. Flav.: sl. sweet, honey, alcohol is well hidden. A bit of coriander and spiciness. A hint of lingering bitterness. Gotta love the red-eyed pirate on the label!

Strong citrus, spice and cookie dough like yeast along with plenty of fruity esters and phenolics in the aroma. Almost opaque blonde-golden body is topped by a decent, pillowy, white head that recedes to a constantly replenished cover. Banana esters are strong in the sweet flavour with fairly strong phenolics and bitterness to offset the huge malt sweetness. Spices linger in the aftertaste. Alcohol is fairly apparent especially in the aftertaste. Almost like a Strong Belgian Hefe. Somewhat prickly carbonation is a bit harder than expected and somewhat gassy though the mouthfeel is otherwise quite smooth. Tulip glass. Cellar temperature. Bottle (BB Dec-08, Bièropholie, Aug-06).

(Bottle) Pours a high-top white frothy head and a clear highly carbonated amber body. Nose of yeast, itrus and tin. Flavours of very peppery yeast and a mild caramel malt. Good.

Slightly hazy yellow hue, with a frothy white head, a lot flakes of lees, swirling around, yeasty, fruity nose, with a lemon fruitiness and ripe apples, hint of spiciness in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a zesty yeasty character, with a fruity citrusy alcoholic accent, sweet pale malt, a faint peppery, and coriander spiciness, leading towards a fruity alcoholic finish.

Bouteille de 330 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur d’épices (poivre) et de levure. Apparence: La couleur est blonde orangée avec une présence de dépôt en suspension et une forte densité de bulle. Présence d’un large col mousseux et d’une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût d’agrumes et d’épices. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence d’épices et d’alcool chaleureux en arrière goût. (Rating #682)

Bottle. White high and long lasting head. Hazy yellow body. Lemon / grape fruit aroma. Dry malt flavor dominated by the high alcohol percentage

Robe blonde paille légèrement voilée surmontée d’une mousse blanche qui s’estompe. Arômes d’épices, de lime, de corriandre, de muscade et d’alcool. Saveurs de fruits, d’alcool et de lime.