Brasal Bock

Formerly brewed at Brasal-Brasserie Allemande
Style: Dunkler Bock
Lasalle, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

Interesting. Very Belgian for a bock, with even some sourness. Well worth seeking out.

Wonderfully developed malt flavours and great balance in this Canadian doppelbock.

341ml bottle poured a dark amber color with a 2 finger off-white head that settled slowly leaving some really nice lacing on the glass. Aroma was malty sweet with some roasted bitterness and a mild hop finish. Flavors are nicely balanced. Body is medium and carbonation is really nice. Tried this beer around 2001 before the brewery shut down. At the time it was one of my favorites.

An intersting beer. pours with anice dark amber color with a firm head. has a bread -like aroma. Very malty taste - reminiscent of some belgian brown ales- but surprising in a bottom fermenting beer. not easy to find but this is worth a try if you can get one.

Excellent malty aroma and thick murky appearance. Flavor has an odd twang to it though and kind of dampens my enthusiasm for this. Kind of a odd carbonated feel in the aftertaste.

I was excited to re-discover this beer recently in the fridge of a local store. It had been so long that I had not seen it, although I had not given it a thought until I saw it there... "Whatever happened to Brasal," I thought? Whatever indeed. They went out of business quite a while ago, I gather, and the bottle that I purchased was sadly not in very good shape. Undaunted, I returned and purchased the remaining bottles in search of one that would not have turned with age. Most showed extreme signs of oxidation but for a six-pack (?) that somehow had survived refrigerated all these years. Still, some bottles fared better than others. If this brewer somehow is revived and returns to brewing this beer, I highly recommend it. If they were able to duplicate it at it’s height, it would do well today. Sadly this was a brewer ahead of their time before the micro revolution really made people interested in trying different beers. I went through eleven bottles that I found forgotten in this store as I have fond memories of this beer and was excited to add it to my ratings. I would not recommend buying it unless it is re-issued. Most showed extreme signs of aging. I base my rating upon the best of the eleven bottles I picked up in offer of a happy remembrance of a once fine brewer that did things just a bit differently from the mainstream... Malty sweet aroma with notes of bread-like yeast. Cloudy brown/amber body with lasting, dense, though thin, off-white head. Big and malty flavour with nice balancing bitterness and a slight tartness pulling at the edges of the tongue. Body is medium light and mouthfeel somewhat still. Bottle.

Nice malty bock aroma. Smooth and sweet with prominent malt. Deep caramel color with small tan head. Disappointingly thin palate -- which was tart and clingy, turning piney/brassy. This started well, but finished poorly.

Bottle... AWOL ’07... Clear, very dark, burnt orange lager with a small, creamy, off-white head. Prune, molasses and medium sherry nose. Tastes like a doppel bock brewed with brett. Acidic, acetic... you name it... sour! Of course, theres still a lot of dark malt, dark fruit and vinous notes underneath all the pungency. Full-bodied, chewy and astringent with modest carbonation. Tart finish. Good thing I’m into sour!