Bièropholie S

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: American Strong Ale
, Canada

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Bottle via Glouglouburp. Dark color. Smell of chocolate, alcohol, brown sugar, caramel, hops, malt, dark fruit and spice. Taste of chocolate, alcohol, brown sugar, caramel, hops, malt, dark fruit and spice. Nice and strong just the way I like it! My mouth had a nice glow.

Wow,the alcohol is literally blowing off this brew,monstrous choclate based creamy alcohol,dominating,unfortunately alos just a touch of rubberiness,the taste is also ric chololate and alcohol saturated sweetness,but again with that slight rubberiness,which indicates that eventually the yeast was overworked in trying to convert all this sugar and started to implode,even with that slight defect,an enjoyable brew,Thanks Kingpin

12-oz, capped and foiled. Thanks, Glouglouburgp! Black. Thin tan head that falls quickly to a slim rim, leaving intermittent lace. Big bold chocolate and dark pitted tree fruit on the nose, very assertive. Rich, creamy, flat body that goes watery here and there. A little too smooth to be really complex in mouthfeel. Fruit, chocolate, caramel, and toffee on the mid-palate. Quite sweet for sure. Mild, somewhat lingering white sugar-y, chocolate-y finish.

Poured an almost clear deep ruby color with a thin beige head. The aroma is of oxidized sweet fruity malt. It smelled almost like liquor when I popped the cap. Black grapes and dark cherry. Pretty fruity. Fruity flavor with dark grape juice and plums. Some light oxidation but less than the aroma. A touch of pepper and alcohol bitterness on the finish. Very warming. Medium to full bodied with a silky quality.

Pours extremely dark crimson to chestnut in color. A small, foamy, off-white head recedes quickly, while soapy spots retreat slowly towards the body. Rich scents of caramel, figs, raisons and vanilla are seemingly steeped in bourbon, with just the faintest remnants of some peppery, floral hops. The nose is really quite nice, with the bourbon and vanilla working quite well with the fruity components. Flavors fall just a hair short, probably due to age more than anything else, as this one is showing hints of oxidation. Bourbon, vanilla and candied sugar remain strong, but the fruits seem to fade away slightly once you get past the aroma. This feels like a hybrid barleywine/American strong to me. The palate falls somewhere in between the two, yet is lacking carbonation (apparently, this was the intention, but I don’t care for it). Overall, very solid and indeed a bit underrated. Very interesting brew. Enjoyable, if not a bit to alcoholic for what it delivers.

Bottle shared by larsga. Reminds me of a barley wine. Caramel, lots of malt, lots of hops, warming alcohol.

Medium offwhite head. Amber body with carbonation. Sweet firm malty caramelly grainy chocolatey aroma. Intense sweet chocolatey grainy caramelly taste with sharpish hoppy notes. A bit cloying, perhaps, lacking in bitterness, but still good. (0.341l bottle traded from glouglouburp.)

Tasted at 2008 Woodshop hosted by cquiroga. Bottle from Francois_MTL. Thanks! Nice. sweetish. Barleywinish. Amber color. Very good.