Bouillon La Spéciale des Fêtes

Brewed by Brasserie de Bouillon
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Bouillon, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle conditioned, at Essen Kerstbierfestival 2004. Deep amber bronze, thin off white head and moderate condition. Slightly soapy hoppiness in the nose, gentle sweet malt in the mouth with a faint farmyard funkiness. Sweet malty finish.

Bouteille 33cl. Brune claire, mousse crémeuse/beige. Arôme fruité noir, caramel, fine touche de pin et de houblon pour un nez qui reste assez faible. En bouche, une bière sèche, malts cristal et pale laissant une fine amertume ainsi que une note grillée. Bière qui reste légère malgré ses 8.5%, levure est bien présente ainsi que un houblon rajoutant une fine touche d’amertume et de pin au fini.

Brown body, medium head that holds nice. The smell is unpleasant. Wooden-earthy, rotten fruit. The taste is also unpleasant. Spices, some fruits, earthy. Think the bottle had his best time... Should be still good it says, but I’ve my doubts.

Lightbrown in color, a little beige colored head. Head goes away pretty fast. Smells of roast and mold. Not really pleasant. Bitterdry tasting, slightly acidic to bitter aftertaste. Not discusting, but nothing to buy again either.

Kerstbierfestival, Essen bottle: Hazy dark brown brew from this little town with its famous crusader. An slightly spicy taste and some caramel too.

bottle from the brewery store - Pours murky brown with a one finger head. It smells of malt and possibly some figs. It has a sweet, earthy taste with a touch of spice and fruit. There’s fine carbonation and a medium body. Something about that odd earthy flavor isn’t working for me and I pick it up in more than one beer from this brewery. It’s a drinkable brew, but could be better.

33cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, not complex brew, balanced, cloudy, small head, nice X-Mas brew

Bottled at Kerstbierfestival 2007. A hazy dark brown beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of spices and malt, as well as light notes of burnt plastic. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and lighter notes of alcohol.

Bottle, 33 cl. (Thx to zythos) Last saterday with Leen, Marc, Paul, .. Almost clear darkamber color; with a lot off white/beige head. Aroma bit spice, malts, roasted touch. Medium body. Taste full malts, yeast, bitter with an alcoholic finish. Not bad.

(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Clear orangey brown with a bubbly, off-white head that dissipates quickly. Aroma of overripe fruit and a light acidity. Medium body with a very bubbly mouthfeel - terribly overcarbonated. Notes of nuts and overripe fruit. Has a light underlying tartness while the bitterness is very subdued. 250308

Bottle. Clear reddish dark amber colour with a fizzy head. Aroma of bread, spices and hints of chocolate. Flavour of malt, spices, yeast and hints of roasted malt.