Bièropholie S

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: American Strong Ale
, Canada

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Bottle shared with Poperinge. Very thin but lasting head. Strong licorice root and cinnamon stick scent. Thick mouth feel. Strong malt, licorice and nutmeg flavour. Not a lot of layers or complexity but a solid enjoyable beer with a thick long dry spice finish.

330 ml bottle courtesy of tiggmtl, served in a Chimay goblet at cellar temperature. A smallish receding tan head tops the deep translucent reddish-amber-brown body.....the nose, ultra-rich and caky, with chocolate syrup and mousse, burnt caramel, butter cream, toffee, light roast coffee and it seems to me, a Trappist yeast or something quite like it, wow it’s a wallop of complexity....rich, moderately sweet thick body with some dry sourness edging in towards the finish, too much alcoholic bitterness and harshness overall, alas...peppery finish, soft and well-carbonated though perhaps a bit over the top, thick and almost cloying body....overall it’s more than a bit hot but I think will be really somethign special with a couple of years.

Verre de dégustation, provenant d’un fût, dégusté au Festival Bières et Saveurs 2006 (Chambly, QC). Arôme: Odeur de petits fruits confits, de chocolat et de caramel. Apparence: La couleur est brune. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de petits fruits et de mélasse. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est plein avec une texture huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de fumé en arrière goût. (Rating #624)

341 ml bottle. Medium carbonation. Thick head that disapered quickly. Chocolate and caramel aroma / taste. I don’t really like chocolate, so that’s why it got a bad note from myself, sorry.

Bottle acquired in trade with MartinT (thanks!). Poured a medium mahogany color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of toffee, dark fruits, nuts, and light alcohol. Tastes of caramel, dark fruits, and had a brown sugary sweetness. Light alcohol in the finish (but not near the 12.5%).

Thanks to hopdog. Pours a translucent reddish amber with a small bubbly off white head. Aroma of dark fruits, vanilla, caramel and alcohol. Flavors of the same but actually a bit lighter on the alcohol.

Poured a translucent caramel color, with a thin, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of dried fruits, caramel malts, vanilla, some smoke, and light alcohol as well. Taste of sweet caramel, near cloying, with dark fruits, some toffee, and light alcohol as well in the finish.

A very full-bodied beer, sweet with taste of wild berries, cherries and grappes. Alcohol is present, a digestive beer.