Bush de Noël (Scaldis Noel)

Brewed by Dubuisson
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Pipaix, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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11.2 oz. bottle, labeled “Scaldis Noel.” Consumed on 12-29-11. Complex, deep aroma features toffee, raisin, caramel, and plum with a bit of tart apple sharpness. Delightful and very Christmas-y smell, though I’d prefer it to be stronger still. Pours a deep, mostly clear (though with some haze) amber with light to moderate effervescence and a small amount of beige head. Taste has a sweet start and a tart, spicy finish. Boozy; alcohol definitely noticeable. Flavors include toffee and Roman nougat candy with dark chocolate. Perhaps a bit excessively sweet, ultimately. Heavy body. Lively and fizzy in the palate. It’s a little much in the palate, yet surprisingly easy to drink. Overall, Scaldis Noel is charming and seasonally appropriate, but ultimately it is merely good and not great.

From a bottle with the Scaldis Noel label. Yeast, a little orange, and some hay/grass in the aroma. Flavor has some bread and cherry with some alcohol, but not as much as you’d expect for a 12% beer. Alcohol provides a dry finish.

Decent Christmas brew. Burnt orange/deep amber color with a fluffy, khaki head. Smells of dough, cotton candy, and some herbal funk. Tastes of earthy notes, bread, oatmeal cookies, candy sugar, and some herbal note: mint maybe. Sweet, candy aftertaste. Not bad, but this was a bit too sweet, and a bit of a mess on the palate.

Pours amber with nice head. Tastes of plum, cherry, yeast, boozy warming and slightly dry and bitter on finish. Quite pleasant

Pours an amber orange color with a thin white head. Not very carbonated, almost looks like a cognac. Nose is caramel, sweet and yeast. Mouthfeel is thick. Taste is sweet, spicy, yeasty and alcohol. Nice Belgian Christmas ale.

Bottle from the Bitter End Offie, Bromley. Burnt orange pour with a beige head. Dates, raisins and figs in the aroma. Quite vinous. Stewed apple,pear and sultana flavours. Very rich and warming. Nice.

25-12-11 Bouteille 330ml: De couleur ambrée, limpide et plate, sans mousse. Arômes d’alcool, avec de petites notes de fruits et de caramel. Asser sucrée, avec une toute petite amertume. Bien maltée avec de petites saveurs de fruits. Par contre, l’alcool prend pratiquement toute la place rendant cette bière moins attirante. Corps puissant, avec une texture plutôt mince et une bonne carbonisation. finale réconfortante d’alcool.

Clear dark amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit, yeasty and spicy. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish with lots of alcohol. 261211

Bottled, 250ml aged 10 yrs as Bush de Noel. Copper to chestnut with white head. The long wait was worthwhile, this was rich and warming, there is a port like character and the sweetness developed out. Pleasantly spiced and hints of hop. A very pleasant beer for Christmas day.

clear amber, off white lace leaving fine head. very strong alc that warms but doesnt feel so high. quite tasty and pleasant christmas beer. will get you in the mood