Caulier Bon Secours Ambrée

33cl swingtop bottle, from trappisten in Denmark. as i swung open the bottle i got soaked in beer, also my keyboard, and my desk and the floor was hit,it got all over my shirt, the beer exploded out of the bottle with a big bang. I managed to immediatly pour some into the glass which foamed over, but i got the pressure out of the bottle. cloudy brown, small fluffy offwhite head. yeasty slightly floral aroma, faint spices, faint sourness. flavor is fruity, slighly sour, caramel, licorice, alc, spices.. flavor is fine, a little alcoholic perhaps.

0,33 l flip-top bottle, bought in Cracked Kettle, Amsterdam.
Amber body with some sediment in it, fine lacing tan head. Sweet and liqueric aroma of caramel, malt and yeast from a typical belgian ale, some spicies and fruits. Smooth mouthfeel, the flavor is sweety too with nice fruity tastes, tons of malt and caramel. Nice one.

Bottle. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. DArk yellow colour. Moderate malty and light hpoppy aroma. Honey and alcoholic notes. Not very fruity. Moderate bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish. Alcoholic. Oily palate.

Bottle (330ml). Via trade with Glouglouburp, shared with Garthicus. Murky amber, smallish frothy white head. Somewhat tart caramel malt aroma, grassy and yeasty, funky and pungent. Taste is pretty straight-ahead BSA - yeast, alcohol and roasty caramel sweetness. Average body, lively, sweet linger - nice, but not incredibly.

bottle, traded with Kölschtriker or DerDoppelbock, I forgot to make a note of it. Thank you anyway. Hazy golden colour with an amber glow, large off-white head. Aroma of (very) sweaty feet and some sourness. Oh dear. This one smelled as if it had turned sour, but not!The beer itself was ok. Full-bodied, very malty with nice flavours of roasted malts, caramel and toffee with a shy touch of fruit. Lingering finish, where a hoppy touch tunes in. I think I’ve never had a beer with such a discrepany between aroma and flavour. I nearly poured it into the drain because of its awful nose.

The bottle made a big POUFF when open, and pours a hazy gold amber with a very thick white foam head. Aroma is floral with some sweet malts. Flavors are a little malty with some caramel and peach and apple fruits. A bitter sweet finish. A great ballance of flavore and very pleasant to drink.

Bottled deom Carrefour in Liege. Very dark amber color with thick foamy head and nicely layered lacing ! Visual is perfect. Nose taste like caramel. Aroma is spicy and some hops covered by caramel and candi sugar. Flavour is hoppy followed by intense bitters. Very complex nice beer!

No 692
Rated: 16.02.2009
Bottle brown, 750 ml
Appearance: Pours classic, orangy - yellowish amber body colour, body is cloudy, highly saturated, indeed very lively carbonation, head is thick, compact, very frothy, cloudy in shape, very fluffy, off white, milky or butter like in colour, perfect lacing with slowly colapsing head.
Aroma: Very complex and nice aroma, at front you can feel spicyness and aromatic flowery hoppy profile, some oilyness characteristic for Abby Tripels, what is more nice scents of dark chockolate and bitter cacao what is quite surprising for a Pale Belgian Ale, at least for me. Nice notes of wheat, graphite, whipped cream, milk, butter, butterscotch, barley malt, dust and pepper, pineapple, yeast, stale coffee beans or stale wheat grains being slightly toasted.
Flavour: Very comfortably hopped, quite strong bitterness coming from hops in the middle part of the tongue, nice spicy - fruity - flowery hoppy kick in nose, very clean and well balanced flavour, wheat, fresh, mashed barley grains, pineapple, lime, banana, clove, pepper, very spicy, moderate to strongly alcoholic but giving a positive character, toasty, very long finish, notes of coffee, dark - chockolate, cacao.
Palate: Body is full, texture is oily to dry, carbonation on palate is lively, finish feel is highly bitter, clean, yeasty, astringent, strong alcoholic but positive finish.