Brasseurs Illimités La Grosse Moustache

Brewed by Brasseurs Illimités
Style: Porter
St Eustache, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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341 ml bottle. Pours a clear but very dark brown with a small, short-lived mocha colored head. Aroma is of coffee and a touch of earth & chocolate. Taste is dominated by bitter coffee bean, nuts, and unsweetened chocolate. Medium body, thick texture, and a lengthy bitter finish. Interesting beer but a little bit harsh compared to other coffee porters (6.9% abv). Great that they used some of the proceeds to fight prostate cancer, kudos to Brasseurs Illimites.

Bottle that I took to Andy’s New Year’s Par-tay! Pours a hazed brown with a thin white head. Big roast on the nose, cocoa and toast. Medium bodied, cocoa, roast, chocolate. Roast into the finish. Really nice. Much better than expected.

Bouteille 341ml. Bière brune très foncée avec une mousse brune pâle. À prime abord le nez sent une maison qui a passé au feu, pas la fumé mais le bois brulé. Une maison de torréfaction. La bouche a une bonne texture. Les saveurs de rôti sont agréable, plus qu’au nez. Beaucoup de café en finale.

Bottle (341 ml). Dark brown, small beige head and no lacing. Aroma of coffee and hazelnut. Taste of coffee and hazelnut. Slight acidic presence. Thin body. If I want to drink cold coffee, I can buy cold coffee...

Brown bottle, 341 ml, savoured on December 14 2012; eye: black, opaque, tiny string of dark brown head, no lacing; nose: intense, roasted barley, light burnt barley, dark coffee, light dusty; mouth: intense, strong dark coffee, roasted barley, slight burnt barley, light dark chocolate, light acridness, a-bit-thin finale in black coffee with presence of roasted barley and slight presence of maple sap, medium-full body, average carbonation, slightly sweet, a bit thin; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, savourée le 14 décembre 2012; œil : noire, opaque, petit cordon de mousse brun foncé, pas de dentelle; nez : intense, orge torréfiée, léger orge brûlée, café noir fort, chocolat noir, léger poussière; bouche : intense, café fort noir, orge torréfiée, très léger orge brûlée, léger chocolat noir, légère âcreté, finale un peu mince en café noir avec présence d’orge torréfiée et très légère présence d’eau d’érable, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation moyenne, très légèrement sucrée, un peu mince; en résumé : bien

Bouteille de 341ml, robe brune assez foncée, arôme de café, goût de café noir et de noisette torréfiée.

Very powerful chocolate aroma with notes of roasted coffee, molasses and cherry liquor. A strong and complex nose. Appearance: Black with a very small and sparkling head; going down fast. Interesting lacing. Taste: Attack is soft and chocolaty with roast notes and a coffee finish. A good mix of chocolate and coffee. Palate is soft and slightly sparkling, body is light to medium and finish is very long lasting with notes of half sweet and half bitter coffee. Molasses notes are also adding to softness. Un porter réussi; mi-sucré, mi-amer. Bien balancé.

Elle est brune foncée et elle effraie la mousse qui s’enfuit sans laisser de trace. Au nez, c’est propre à ce qu’on annonce. Ça sent le café et c’est plutôt poussiéreux. Un espèce de café Turc. Ça goûte sensiblement la même chose, avec des pointes alcoolisées. Une amertume agréable cependant est présente en finale. J’adore l’étiquette. En plus, c’est pour une bonne cause.(465-201112)

341 ml bottle. Pours a reddish dark brown to black, with a nice beige head. Smell is lots of coffee grains, roast, chocolate. Taste is roast, dark coffee, roasted malt. Some smoke. Finish is dark coffee, a touch of earth. Well balanced. Medium body, some viscosity. Weak to medium carbonation. Fine porter, not as sweet as I was expecting, but it did deliver in the "coffee" department. I was expecting sh*t after their failed "political comment" beers (for your own sake, do not try La Matraque), but I was pleasantly surprised by this offering.

pours dark brown without a small beige head, little retention. strong coffee notes. roasted malt, almost burnt, but lacks in overall malt structure. light acidity and bitter coffee awkwardness. booze helps a bit here to level up flavours. still... lactose-like feeling. average carbonation, light body - oily, coffee and grass finish. nice effort but... meh.