 muzzlehatch (4424), Burlington, Vermont, USA
Aug 22, 2007
500 ml bottle from Métro Joannette, Verdun QC (May 2007) served at cellar temperature from a Corsendonk Christmas Ale glass. A huge, smooth puffy light tan head decays slowly, leaving fine spidery lacing atop the burnished brass liquid.....lots of spicing in the nose: coriander, orange zest, ginger and a bit of vanilla coexisting nicely with thick caramel and dry, lightly funky Belgian yeast....the body, likewise, is a delicate balance between strong spicing and drying, slightly bitter yeast character and a thick sweetness that is kept in check throughout but remains slightly dominant....the mouthfeel, soft but strong; never feeling delicate, but not overbearing in its thick glossiness either...peppery finish, moderate to strong carbonation....can’t say this is exactly exciting, but it does everything basically right and makes for a solid mainstream example of the style I’d say.
blankboy (2625), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sep 30, 2008 Bottle (500ml) courtesy of Viper666, as ’Brasseurs et Frères 2ième Anniversaire 2008’. Pours a clear bubbly orange-amber with a diminishing average size off-white head. Aroma’s a little sweet with some alcohol noticeable along with dark fruit, caramel, yeast and candi sugar -- it’s not bad but it doesn’t quite gel like it should. Flavour’s sweet and kind of flat, with caramel malt, alcohol, honey, some fruit and candi sugar. It has an odd boozy bitter finish -- there’s something about it I don’t love. Average bodied, sticky mouthfeel. This beer is not awful but it’s a bit of a mess: It’s too sweet, too boozy and too unbalanced, I’m not enjoying drinking it.
MJ_GG (179), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Aug 24, 2008 Dégustation verticale d’une 1er anniversaire (16 mois) et d’une 2e anniversaire (4 mois).
1er: Bouteille brune de 500 ml. Arômes de fruits rouges et de caramel. Robe brune claire aux reflets rouges, peu de mousse. Plutôt douce et équilibrée en bouche, les fruits rouges accompagnent le caramel. Finale légèrement alcoolisée.
2e:Bouteille brune de 500 ml. Arômes sucrés de caramel et de mélasse. Robe brune claire aux reflets rouges, peu de mousse. Plus sucrée que la version vieillie, la mélasse et la cassonade sont bien présents. Légère touche d’alcool en arrière-goût.
Le vieillissement était plutôt agréable dans ce cas.
CapFlu (3340), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 23, 2008 (Draught) Sampled at Brouhaha. Pours a dissipated white head with a copper body. Nose of strong alcohol, fruit and caramel. Flavour is fairly floral and malty. Smooth but plain. Missing some complexity.
Boutip (1815), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Jun 18, 2008 Bottle: Poured a medium copper/brown color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of caramel and toffee malt is quite sweet. Taste is also a mix between some caramel and toffee malt with a very sweet ending. Definitely not a pure dubbel as per style guideline but more of mix between a dubbel and a scotch ale. Body is quite full with some good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Well done overall and something I wouldn’t mind having more regularly.
marcbé (79), Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Jun 8, 2008 2 aniversaire. 500 ml. clear amber color no head. some caramel flavor and some cereal. not that great.
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