3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
My Bottom Line:
This earthy, bitter Brown Ale displays an impressive flavor profile in which caramelized nuts and toasted bread are balanced out by generous hop resins.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A sheet of foam lingers atop the misty brown with russet highlights, drawing plenty of lacing on the pint glass. Couldn’t be more attractive for the style!
-This was served way too cold.
-The big bubbles efficiently lighten the plump residual sugars.
-Earthiness might be too intense for some.
-This is not your typical soft, sweetish Brown Ale. Kudos to them for stepping it up a notch; this style really needs it.
On tap at Vices et Versa.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A clear dark brown ale with a thin lacing light mocha head. In aroma, a smooth lightly peated and smoked malt, lightly nutty, with wood extract notes. In mouth, a nice peaty nutty malt with light grassy hops, light bitter notes, well done.On tap at Vices et Versa, Feb. 24, 2012.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
En fût. Pinte dégustée au Balthazar (Laval, QC). Arôme: Forte odeur de café. Je ne m’y attendais pas du tout. Apparence: La couleur est brune avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de café avec une pointe de céréales grillées. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement onctueuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de café en arrière goût. (Rating #4134)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
[on tap at Vices et Versa]
Very toasty aroma accented by coffee (tons of carafa?). Foggy dark bronze under an almost white cover. Flavour is of toast with a little apple, and then some more toast. If toast were a beer, it would taste like this. Late coffee. Nice balance provided by bitterness. Very toasty. Medium body, medium carbonation, clean, toasty finish.
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