Brouhaha Special B

Brewed by Broue Pub Brouhaha
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Trappist glass

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Bottle: Poured a dark brown color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some very good lacing. Aroma of light dry fruit with fruity ester and some nice caramelized malt notes is very enticing. Taste is a wonderful mix between some fruity ester with light dry fruits notes with a solid Belgian malt backbone with some caramelized notes. Body is full with great carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Very well brewed with nice level of complexity while retaining a very good drinkability factor.

Deguster a Bieres et saveurs. Gouts de prunes, raisins, caramel bruler. L alcool ne se detecte presque pas. Tasted at Bieres et saveurs. Prunes, grapes and burnt caramel taste. Can barely detect any alcohol.

Sample at Chambly fest. 2010 vintage most likely.
Appearance : Dark brown with foamy and creamy head
Aroma : Great brown sugar with caramel. Nice spices and nice belgian yeast. Some alcohol.
Taste : Great caramel with brown sugar. Light hops. Finish great brown sugar with nice hops and yeast. Great hops too. Nice bitterness with the brown sugar.
Overall : Humm very nice one. Great rich candy sugar with light caramel notes. Nice yeast presence too. Great balance with the hops. Very complex and tasty. I really don’t get some of the low ratings... maybe some inconsistency with the bottles... Seemed like a fine example of the style.

Good beer, pretty sweet, lots of candy flavours. Kinda fruity. Smooth............................................

UPDATED: JAN 23, 2012 En fût à l’Oktorberfest des Québécois. 10%. Bouteille 750 ml, Noel 2012. Couleur rougeâtre-brune, mousse beige. Arôme de levures et malt, un peu de prunes, un peu de chocolat. En bouche, douce, malt, prunes mûres, un peu sucrée, équilibre parfait. Finale avec une légère amertume acide. Très bonne.

Sampled at Winter Warmer Montreal 2011. Dark brown-red with a thin beige head with average retention. Aroma is sugar, caramel, dark fruits, alcohol and toasted malt. Flavor is dark fruits, toasted malt, caramel, toffee, brown sugar and alcohol. Medium to full body.

750 mL bottle. Dark brown - opaque - with a medium beige head. Smellys yeasty and kinda nutty. Mild. The flavour is a little fuller and more complex. The yeast is still there, cola, a touch of chocolate as it warms. Not a hint of the booze, but there probably should be. Good body. Different, but nothing wrong with it.

750 ml bottle. A lasting beige sheet settles over the very dark coffee brown pour. Dark fruits, chocolate powder and burnt toast meet in this convincing nose where raisins, prunes, dates and molasses intermingle together. Traces of bubble gum and rum remind of the very yeasty and liquorous nature. Rather candy-like fruitiness in the very sweet palate that never really bothers hinting at hops, but grows drier in the second half, evolving towards nuttiness and darker toastiness from the Special B. Surprisingly small-bubbled carbonation makes the texture silky and rounder than is usual for dark and strong Belgian inspired ales. Well well, I should not be very surprised since it’s a Belgian style, but while this is a very fresh sample (bottled Oct 2010) I find it certainly deeper than the couple of glasses I had on draught on other occasions. Thanks for the gift Marc.

UPDATED: NOV 12, 2011 Deep brown pour with some light garnet highlights. The head has a bit of light tawny colour. The aroma is softly plummy and fruity with a nice light clovey spice and a little bit of light apple. There is a bit of soft cocoa. There is a little bit of molasses flavour as well as a touch of anise. There is a nice lingering peppery finish. Fairly toasted roast component.

A dark clear brown ale with a thin off white head. A nice caramel and prune aroma, alcohol. In mouth, licorice and candy sugar, light prunes. Good and rich abt. Tasted at Mondiale 2008, June 1 2008.