Bièropholie Vin dOrge

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: English Strong Ale
, Canada

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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I feel this is a very interesting, even intriguing beer. There’s no beer like that in Québec. It is an expensive beer, the most expensive beer of Bieropholie, I think, at 4,29$ the 341 ml bottle (Peluso and Grand Duc) and is hard to find anywhere else. The aroma is like a sweet really delightful candy but you can smell the powerful sugary and hoppy flavors coming. It’s a very bitter, very hoppy beer, indeed. It’s somehow caramelised, with a great texture, although my tongue get a strange tingling, maybe due to the power hop bitterness. It has a long, infinite bitter-sweet after taste. Maybe a little under-rated on this site or maybe the intended snobish purity doesn’t mark high altogether. I like it, still.

Biere d un brun ambrer, tres claire. Terreuse, legerement boiser, malter, sucrer, ainsi qu avec un gout de prune (pruno deshydrater) facilement decelable. Bonne amertume, qui coupe assez seche. Bien aimer. J ai acheter des bouteilles de plus pour les faire vieillir, on verra! Brown-amber strong ale, very clear. Earthy, lightly woody, malty, sweet, with prune notes easily detectable. Good bitterness which fades quite fast. I liked it. I bought a couple more bottles to age.

Interesting beer.........It’s got a really nice smooth subtle sweetness, reminds me of a good mead. Really nice caramel malts, some piney hops, and a semi bitter finish. A pleasure to sip and enjoy.

Bottle: Poured a deep clear copper color ale with a medium foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma of sweet malt with some toffee notes and caramel. Taste is also dominated by some sweet malt with distinctive notes of caramel and toffee. Fairly low hops presence which does fit the beer properly as accent should be put toward malt. Medium body with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. I very much appreciated that one and it reminds me of Youngs Old Nick.

Very sweet and jammy in the nose with some floral character and underlying marzipan. Lightly hazy golden-copper coloured body is topped by a low, off white head that recedes to a partial cover with some lacing. Sweet and fruity up front with notable but not overwhelming bitterness. Floral hop flavours and chewy cereal malt linger along with the bitterness i the aftertaste. Medium full body with decent, lightly prickly carbonation. Tulip glass. Just above cellar temperature. Bottle. Rahman. Jun-08.

Bottle - 341ml. Pours a hazy hazelnut brown body with average carbonation and a thin beige frothy head. Good malty/hoppy aroma with barley, brown sugar, and plummy hints. Rich and complex vineous taste. It carries subtle grainy and oaky notes. Ends with a long, robust, warm finish. Unsurprisingly, another very well done beer from Bièropholie.

Bottle courtesy of radiomgb. Pours a reddish brown with a medium sized tan head. Aroma is sweet, malts, caramel and hops. Flavor of molasses, sugar, fruit, some earthiness as well. Has a lingering bitterness that hits in the end. Interesting brew.

Found this little gem at Dep Rahmann. I have no idea how long it was sitting there but I’m glad I found it. Pours a hazy orange amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, and honey with malt and almost biscuity. Taste is thick and a little syrupy. Sweet barley and malt blast the palate with warming aftertaste of alcohol. Very nice beer.

A dark orange amber ale with a thin dark off white head. Aroma of hops and rising bread dough, lightly vinous, and fruity notes, some figs. In mouth, a rich malt with mineral notes, British hops, sustained light bitterness, and roastyness. Alcohol warmth in final. A nice barley wine. Tasted Nov. 2008

UPDATED: MAY 1, 2008 En fut. Verre de 12 oz dégusté chez Brouhaha (Montréal, QC). Arôme: Odeur de sucre d’orge avec une pointe de miel et de raisins. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée rougâtre avec une très faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un moyen col mousseux et d’une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de bonbon, de caramel, de raisins et d’houblons. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. (Rating #1491)