De Proefbrouwerij Monstre Rouge

Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: American Strong Ale
Lochristi - Hijfte, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Name: Monster rouge
Brewery: Terrapin Beer Company
Date: July 02, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: muddy burnt orange, fine beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, touch of funkness, fruity tartness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, fruity sweetness, just a hint of funk or tartness
Overall: needs time
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

(750ml bottle, BB 01/14/12, courtesy of blutt59) Pours a hazy amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma of wood, caramel, mint, melon, citrus, and some barnyard. Flavor of herbs, brett, wood, pineapple, caramel, grass, and nuts.

Bottle. Pours a hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty finish.

75cl bottle. Large beige head atop murky red-dark brown body, nice lacing. Aroma is moderately sweet, raisin, some yeast/spicy, caramel light cherry, alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet, raisin, some orange/grapefruit, cherry, spicy/yeasty, light caramel, alcohol warming. Effervescent medium-full body.

trade with jtclockwork–750 bottle-pours a tan head and copper color. Aroma is some sour, medium malt-peat/caramel. Taste is some sour, medium malt-peat/caramel. Alcohol.

Bottle. [thanks after4ever]
Pours deep red amber with a big, creamy, off-white head. Aroma is floral, peach, grapefruity, resin, fat caramel and red berries. Light spicy pepper. Medium carbonation, fine dry and creamy mouthfeel. Flavour has good sweet caramel, light biscuity, a hint of milky chocolate and raspberries. Fairly vinious and quite bitter with herbal, piney, citric hops bite. Nice beer.

750 c&c - but I didn’t note who shipped it. Likely South Bay Drugs. Pours dark ruddy amber with a foamy 4 finger light tan head. Aroma of cooked caramel through the head, hintof sourfrom the bottle. I hope. Med body/frothy carb. It’s not really very sour - just a hint. Basically it’s a very malty thing with some yeast/spice aspect and enough hop to moderate the malt. Imperial Flanders Red? That’s Dissident in my book. This is a good beer, but not exactly what I’d hoped. The rye aspect makes it fairly interesting. I can imagine a Brett aspect, but it’s pretty submerged.

Bottle… Cloudy burnt orange/rusty ale with a small, fizzy, off-white head. Good retention. Malty, oaken nose – big time raw white oak. Full-bodied and lightly creamy with jazzy carbonation. Big caramel and toffee malts; big, juicy American hops. Finishes bittersweet and tongue numbing. Not remotely a Flanders red as the label proclaims, but not remotely bad either. Quite good for what it is… a double/imperial red ale.

Bottle. Poured hazy dark brown color with an average frothy brown head that lasted and produced excellent lacing. Moderate to heavy complex toasted malt, yeast and bread aroma. Medium to full body with a sticky texture and soft carbonation. Heavy balanced bittersweet flavor with a solid bittersweet finish of long duration. This is a standout complex beer.

Pours a slightly cloudy dark amber ruby with a large fully-lacing froth of light tan head. Has a fairly fresh grapefruity hoppy nose with big oaky character and a mild hint of tart cherries. Starts with good fullness and fine carbonation with some sweet toasty caramel notes and assertive resiny hop bitterness with good oaky complexity, but not much tartness. Finishes slightly warming and bittersweet with lingering toasted oakiness. An interesting concept, but might be better with a little more tartness. Still an enjoyable brew though.