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Brewed by Dubuisson
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Pipaix, Belgium

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common

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common

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RATINGS: 1020   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.66   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 360   ABV: 12%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
This is a sweet beer with a pleasant flavour of hops. Indeed, for Bush de Noel, the brewer uses a traditional process which consists in placing hops flowers in the vats where the beer rests for four to six weeks by which time it will have reached full maturity, giving it a very distinctive taste. In the U.S the label generally reads Scaldis Noel.


kevinator's rating

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
kevinator (325) - The Colony, Texas, USA - NOV 18, 2012
Nice sipping beer. Sweet aroma like molasses. Nice dark chocolate color with minimal head. Smooth palate with oily texture. Alcohol is present upfront with subtle sweetness, some licorice as well. Hops were there but very subdued. Good for the end of a winter’s day.


most recent ratings

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Imaena (846) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - MAY 18, 2013
Bottle courtesy of Paul. This is really nice belgian strong that will warm any season.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
gEUS (587) - Linden, BELGIUM - MAY 3, 2013
750 ml bottle at home. Taken from notes. Pours amber red/brown with a quickly dissapearing off-white head. Lots of alcohol in the nose, next to arom’s of caramel and bread/malts. Full body with high sweetness level, immediately overtaken by the alcohol, burning the throat. A bit off balance.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
OllieBBommel (676) - NETHERLANDS - APR 28, 2013
Bottle@home, 250 ml. Head: beige. Colour: clear, amber. Aroma: hops, spices (coriander). Taste: medium bitter-sweet. Palate: oily bitter-sweet alcohol finish, medium CO2. Overall: nice, a bit too sweet.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
aenima (56) - Askim, SWEDEN - APR 23, 2013
Nic rubbish color. Aroma of caramel and maybe a little belgian yeast. Taste of caramel, raisins and belgian yeast. A little burning alcohol in the finish. A belgium barley wine.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Silvan7 (135) - Samarate, ITALY - APR 17, 2013
botlle @ home. Non male anche se luppolato per essere una natalizia il profumo. lascia trasparire aromni di spezie tipo cannella , oltre allo zenzero ed al candito. Schiuma biaqncastra e birra color rame quasi trasparente. La carbonatazione è medio alta. Il corpo è medio abbastanza oleoso. Gusto è di alcol , con luppolatura aromatica (agrumata) ben presente e un tenue caramello sul finale.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Beergeek23322 (426) - Chesapeake, Virginia, USA - APR 16, 2013
December 2011. Poured redbrown with an offwhite head. Spicy aromas with dried fruits, coriander and malty notes.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
jfb (2583) - GERMANY - APR 11, 2013
(bottle) pours a clear ruby-amber colour with a frothy off-white head. aroma of vanilla, some light butter, bread dough, bubble gum, yeast, raisins, a hint of caramel and some herbal hops. flavour is mostly caramel and raisins, slightly doughy and sweet, with quite obvious notes of alcohol, some bread crusts, cherries and a light-bitter herbal-hoppy finish. heavy-bodied with average carbonation.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
dnicolaescu (109) - Chișinău, MOLDOVA - APR 8, 2013
Head: off-white, medium, frothy, diminishing. Colout, dar red-brown and clear. Aroma, grassy, sweet caramel, some alcohol. As it warms up, the aroma develops into something more delicate and fruity, yet still alcoholic. Taste: sweet, dominated by spicy peppery alcohol, some bitterness.

3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
trapped (336) - TURKEY - APR 6, 2013
Drought. Dark red color, small off-white foamy head, strong alcohol aroma mixed with sweet cherry taste, long finish. Not really making you think of cough syrup, but...

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Shaney (1735) - Köln / Cologne, GERMANY - MAR 17, 2013
Dunkelbrauner Schädelspalter mit feinporigem Schaum. Blockmalzige Würze ist vernehmbar. Vollmundig und spritig im Antrunk, nur schluckweise trinkbar. Sehr würziger, malziger Geschmack, der aber auch eindimensional und langweilig ist. Der spritige Abgang mit wärmender Alknote behagt mir gar nicht. Weihnachten ist abgesagt.


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