Funkwerks Mon Tresor

Brewed by Funkwerks
Style: Bière de Garde
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Pours clear chestnut with a medium beige head, very fine clinging lacing. Aromas of toffee, toast, nuts, banana, cherry, and hay, with a little funk and earthy undertones. Medium light body, crisp, lightly dry. Mildly sweet, a hint of tartness, then mild bitter. Well balanced and drinkable. One of the less funky brews from Funkwerks.

taster at FW on 11/18/11. deep ruby pour with a 1 finger white head. grape skin nose with a light nutty malt presence. med body with a soft semi-dry nutty and light roast feel. sweet nut finish. semi-dry.

Pour is dark red with white head on tap, aroma has notes of tart lemon, honey, some herbal notes, very odd aroma overall. Taste is a bit nicer, with notes of grain, biscuit, sweet earthy notes, some hints of herbs, grass, finishing fairly dry.

draft. clear amber. fruity & sweet nose and approach; chewy and syrupy throughout the drink; husky with moderately rough malt (as all of Funkwerk’s beers other than the wit tend to have). unpleasant saccharine cherry syrup and caramel malt flavors, underattenuated body and a bit goopy. candied lingering sweetness late. far too artificially sweet for 6%. and nuttiness? not that I can tell. when warmer: frothy carbonation across the middle but still has a strong lingering saccharine sweetness and sourish cranberry juice medicinal flavor. can’t say it’s very enjoyable.

UPDATED: NOV 12, 2011 Tap @ Funkwerks. Hazy, fairly bright, reddish orange appearance with a tan head. Grassy noble hoppy, slight fruitiness, slight nuttiness, mild caramel malty, somewhat odd aroma. Light caramel, nutty, fairly malty flavor with a grassy, straw hoppy flavor. Reminds me more of a mild German Dunkel than a BdG.