Caulier Bon Secours Blonde de Noël

Brewed by Caulier
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Péruwelz, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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From the other kp in GA. The pop on this bottle is ferocious. It pours with a vigorous head but it fades fast into just a decent head, just bubbly (not foamy). The color is a thick golden with some clarity. Aroma is weird, it’s a mix of beautiful floral yeasitness with a honey and spoiled milk/vomit... yeah like I said, weird. On the bright side it is a sweet, faintly chocolate, nice type of spoiled milk/vomit. Taste is lower on that weird aspect, just an ester and sweet brew. It seems there is a honey gone awry aspect here. Makes it a bit too sweet and a bit too, well, honey, espesically with all the esters. Its fine, yet over-the-top. A lightly thicker feel but enough carbonation to offset it. A long sweet, honey-ish, and cocoa aftertaste. Its rough around the edges, but for a light colored beer I feel this could age a little bit. There is a bit of alcohol heft to it. Later pours give it a much larger head and a thicker, dirtier color.
33cl, flip top bottle, dated BB D/2009, Bell’s tulip glass.

leather, spruce, bubblegum, cough drop, soy sauce, amber, cloudy, white foam, rocky head, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, medium sourness, salty, medium body, oily feel, astringent, average carbonation,

(swing top bottle, 33cl) Cloudy, pale golden colour with a blond and tall foamy head. Yeasty and fruity aroma with notes of apricots and citrus, backed by pale malt and a mildly spicy touch. Moderately sweet flavour with a tinge of sourness, full bodied with a lively carbonation. Straight pale malt-character with fruity notes of mainly citrus; sweet and citric sour-fruity finish with a warming alcoholic strength. Likeable but also not very complex. 26.XII.11

UPDATED: FEB 3, 2012 (0,33L Swing Top bottle) It resembled a Berliner Weisse , Jesus Christ this beer had a pale complextion that morphed from yellow to sick green’ish, wish id drank it from my ’Kindi Berliner ’ goblet to get with spirit . Its anything but a Berliner to drink though . I drink this spicy ,peppery - errtatically sweet beer and think of how many alcoholics Belgian must have . Why drink this if you can drink Duvel anyhow? . No finesse here , but its ok .

Bügelverschlußflasche: Golden, hazy to cloudy, huge - very - fluffy white head, slowly collapsing, lots of floaties visible, yeasty-orangey nose, sweet malt included; solid sweet flavour, accompanied by a slight acidity and bitterness, too; slightly tart, but mainly sweet and bitter fruity-malty finish. Very O.K. ...

Hazy blond coloured beer with large diminishing white head and lots of carbonation. Malty aroma. Full sparkling palate. Finish is slight roasted with rather bitter ending. Character beer, Nice one!

Milky citrus aroma. Strong head. Strong malty aroma with a significant alcohol burn.

33cl bottle mechanic cap. Pale golden beer with a big head, very high carbonation after opening the bottle, after that good lacing and perfect duration. Aroma is fruity, banana, citrus and moderate alcoholic. Flavour is citrus, spicy, alcoholic, coriander and wheat are present. The final is alcoholic too, dominating also fruity notes. Carbonation on palate is medium. Body is medium to high.

2011 - 12 - 05 330 ml fliptop bottle. hazy yellow colour. hugh white frothy head. citric aroma. sweet-sour taste.

Enormous gushing head, hazy orange body. Fresh yeast, green apple, alcohol, wheat and cloves. Dry taste, light sweet. Heavily carbonated. Nothing like I expect or want a Christmas beer to be. More fresh, crisp and Duvel like. (33cl bottle)

33cl bottle. Light yellow/green and hazy. The head is white and amazingly lively. Don’t pour this thing without some precautions. Nose : citrus notes, strong cherry esters with this quite original liquor presence. Yeast and caramel. Sip : Oily with a sparlking carbonation. Sweet alcohol filled with fruity ester aromas. Very spicy : pepper, paprika ? some little clove. The alcohol is there but well balanced into the overall taste. One glass yes, but a good one.