Bush Prestige (Scaldis Prestige)

Brewed by Dubuisson
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Pipaix, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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UPDATED: JUL 14, 2011
Bush Millenium Cuvée 2000
2010-05-06, 11 years old, 8-4-8-4-16=40
Cloudy orange amber color. Aroma of malt, vanilla, a bit fruity. Good body; sweet malt flavor, good mix of vanilla and wood, with light fruit. The alcohol is more evident than it used to be, but it’s still very good. A bit oxidised and corky.

Bush Prestige
2010-02-26, 9-5-8-4-17=43
the older bottles didn’t have the vintage on the label; this bottle is about 5 years old (a good exercise in sight of the upcoming Bush Millennium tasting)
It pours a cloudy amber color; the initial head doesn’t have much persistence. The aroma is incredibly fresh for this age, with vanilla oak in the front, malt and then light fruits. Good mouthfeel, sweet malt flavor, Bourbon vanilla and alcohol; it’s like drinking a mix of malt and rhum. The beer is a bit cornered here, but this brewage is still valuable for the grace in holding up with the years.

Bush Prestige
2004-11-21, 9-5-9-4-17=44
Cloudy copper color. Strong aroma, malty and fruity (ripe apples), then caramel, wood and cognac (clearly the cask!).
Very good taste, malty, avoids with elegance all the possible mistakes: not too sweet, not too oily, not alcoholic, it makes you believe it’s only 7% ABV! Again with evident cognac notes. Maybe, it’s still not mature enough.
I love it, and it’s very original, but must absolutely check how improves with the ageing.
Another point: it’s a pity that the bottle doesn’t have the vintage year.

Bush Millenium Cuvée 2000
2003-07-04, 4 years old=10-5-10-5-20=50
Cloudy orange to amber color. Original aroma, strong, curaçao, bitter oranges, harmonious wood.
Complex, lovely, incredible.
And an excellent body, with similar characteristics, cheating very well with the alcohol content: malt, hops, fruitness, Grand Marnier, alcohol, herbs...
Can this one be the best one I tasted out of 3000?

Fantastisk smakupplevelse, smak av bland annat ekfat, russin med rökig touch.

Beautiful and chic 75cl bottle. Hazy and brown. Low to medium dirty white head. Nose : It smells really fresh with dominating gauze like aroma. Strong citrus zest. Smoked wood. Fermented cabbage. Roasted bread. Spices. Sip : lively and aggressive carbonation. It attacks the throat but it isn’t mouthful. Low to medium body with oily feeling. Strong wood and smoky dryness with sweet malt and sour lambic like feeling. strong lambs with dominating deep alcohol. Almost if I drunk the champagne with woody limbik notes. Interesting and original. Deserves the fuss.

Birra da meditazione. Esattamente... il termine meditazione, nella sua più semplice accezione, descrive come meglio non può questa birra. Aroma liquoroso, legnoso con punte di vaniglia. Al palato è molto complessa tannica, acidula e liquorosa. Anche qui torrna la vaniglia con una nota di Rum e via via mentre si riscalda assume un carattere da Scotch Whisky. Assolutamente imperdibile. Da bere a piccoli sorsi per impegnare ottimamente una serata accompagnandola con un buon libro, su una terrazza l’estate o il semplice relax dinanzi a un bel camino scoppiettante, d’inverno.

caramel, nuts, toast, cereal, floral, spruce, herbs, earthy, basement aromas, leather, banana, alcohol, soy sauce, skunky, woody, licorice, butterscotch, amber, sparkling, cloudy, white foam, frothy, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, heavily sour, umami, salty, full body, creamy, oily feel, flat, fizzy, long finish,

A; poured a cloudy amber color with good carbonation leaving a nice white cap S: Complex and delicous. Caramel, toffee, pears, apricots, green apples, raisins, vanilla, oak and plenty of booze T: Starts out with fruit flavors of pear and apricot, that are quickly joined by the toffee and vanilla elements with alcohol forward; after the swallow, the finish is long and flavorful M: Medium bodied with considerable foaming that goes on within the mouth. I thought the 13% was well disguised O: Amazing brew

Murky orange, burnt orange. Sweet boozy, fruity intense aroma. Orange peel candied. Floral & perfume. Higher carbonated. Grapes, tropical fruits. Strong and good

Pours a rusty light brown. The nose has green apple, honey dew skin and cantelope. Medium body. Tastes of green apple, sour grapes with a light caramel flavor. It finishes with a very crisp and sweet apple flavor. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Cloudy orange/amber with a small pale head that dissipates quickly and noticeable carbonation. Aroma is peach, cider vinegar, rhubarb, caramel. Good body, slightly syrupy mouthfeel, sweet on the palate with a slight tang in the aftertaste. Taste is caramel, dates, plum, apricot, orange marmalade. Delightful

La complessità al naso ed al palato é incredibile. ambrata, schiuma non eccessiva, malto, legnosa, Vinosa. eccezionale!

Une pure merveille. De la rondeur et beaucoup de goût. Même le nez est très agréable.