Bièropholie S

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: American Strong Ale
, Canada

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Cola brown color. Thin off-white head. Hmm... interesting flavor. Fruits and nuts, odd grassy hops with Belgian-seeming yeast remnants and caramel. Really delicious complex flavor... something about it... maybe the dark fruits gives it a belgian feel. Also has a bit of alcohol edge... not enough to ruin the flavor as it is good, but enough to make it noticable.

Originally rated July 2006. This strong brew pours a cola brown colour with ruby highlights. There seems to be no carbonation. Tanned head is very small and goes away fast. The nose is beautiful with nuts and roasted malt aromas. Sticky mouthfeel, and flat because of the lack of carbonation. The taste is mild enough with some slight burn, dark fruit, caramel and nuts in the finish. A very nice brew, and good as a digestif (as written on the label).

Bottled. Poured clear garnet-tinted copper with just a dusting of beige head.. looked like it was meant to after checking out the description. The aroma was deep, warm, and seductive.. port wine, raisins, and molasses sweetness joined by faint metallic notes and amplified by alcohol presence (there was enough sweetness to more or less hold the booze in check). The flavor found syrupy molasses, dark fruit, and port at the core.. prickly, alcohol-infused dark spices and smoked oak around.. finished with more molasses and warm port. Heavier-bodied with a syrupy feel on the palate from low carbonation.. sweet overall and filling, with tasty sugars and a warm belly at the end. This was mighty enjoyable.

Bottled, thanks Timo A! Deep ruby color. Thick berryish and caramelly aroma with red currants, toffee and warming alcohol. Thick dessert wine like flavor with toffee, raisins, plum and caramel. Good dessert!

341ml bottle from Glouglouburp - thanks Dany! My fear was that this was going to be one of those face-wrecking, imbalanced brews that seem to populate this style, where you get a little bit of port character after the blowtorch. Was pleasantly surprised at how this little nightcap - potent as it is - was big and flavorful even though well balanced, smooth, and enjoyable simply as a dark ale. Thin beige head on the deep, oily brown pour (with hints of ruby). Big fruity malts in the nose, with sweet toffee and of course port. Very smooth mouthfeel enhances the mellow port qualities of the brew. And as it warms, there are slight peppery and woody qualities that emerge to complement the fruit. Very enjoyable sipper.

6,79$ for 341 ml in a mysterious convenient store... After 4 years of aging in this forgotten store, I’m not sur it has been aged in the best conditions but I am slightly disapointed with that one. It has a lot of similarities in the taste than the 2nd batch of Bieropholie Mackroken Flower, only thicker and even more complex. Very sweet, maybe too much; in french, "ça tombe sur le coeur". Beyond the aggressive sweetness lies layers of spices, sourness, fruits but it is very difficult to be precise. It also has some similarities with tawnys. Quality of product and a well-intended talented brewer don’t always result in great beers. Not underrated to me. Still, if you have the chance to find it, it deserves to be tasted for its quality and authenticity.

Bottle from Glouglouburp. Thanks Dany! Aroma of fruits (reminds me a bit of Westy 8). Tastes of fruits, spice and finishes a tad bit dry on the tongue. Excellent.

Dégusté avec french tickler et agaguk le 20 août 2007. Ruby brown almost clear poor with a tiny head. Aromas of alcohol, cherries, prunes, leather, apple-pear, madeira, port... very strong amazing aromas coming from this beer.Added notes of maple syrup. Very progressive aromas and flavors. Missing slightly effervescence... medium bodied for a 12.5% ale. Very sweet fruity flavors. Very good overall, reminds of a warm cognac beside a fire on a cold winter night.

Bottle courtesy of glouglouburp. Pours brown with a thin white head. Smells boozy and fruity with some spicy hints. Tastes sweet with molasses dominating. Sweet dark fruity finish.

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