Garrigues L’Hivern’Ale

Brewed by Brasserie des Garrigues
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Sommières, France

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle. Updated label dated Jan 15./16 2010. Dark amber. Very minimal head. Thin washed out cookie or Christmas cake scent. Caramel cookie flavour with nutmeg and pepper finish. Kind of lost in styles. A bit of sweet alcohol.

Bottle at home in London with Paul and Lyoli. Lightly cloudy ruby with a moderate, foamy head. Light age to the malts, lots of sweet bread, caramel, toasty sugars. Big sweet flavor, some booze, light candy, honey, sweet bread. Full bodied with average carbonation. Moderate warm finish, deep sugar, heavy bread, candy, some ripe fruits. It’s alright. A bit heavy-handed on some fronts. Decent character. (The 11.2% version.)

A malty barley wine. Strong aroma of malt, caramel, some DMS. Medium brown colour, decent head considering the ABV. Taste is a bit salty, and a bit sweet from fusel alcohols and caramel malt. Body is full. Alcohol dominates the finish.

12th April 2009
An 8.5% bottle from La Cave A Bulles. Hazy red brown beer, small off white head. Silky palate. Semi dry. Rich malt - very porty with a hint of sherry as well. A little bit of aged malt and then a little aniseedy alcohol at the very finish. Throughout the beer is the smooth and sweet porty malt. Different and very tasty.

Bottled 330ml. -Cloudy brown coloured, medium sized off-white head, fruity caramel nose with hint of alcohol. Very sweet malty, dried fruits and caramel with strong alcohol presence. Touch of spices in rather alcoholic finish.

Bottle. Hazy brownish amber pour. Sweet caramel malt, bread, and some dark fruits. A decent barleywinish Belgium style ale.

Cloudy brown color. Butterscotch, strawberries, icing sugar and milk chocolate in the nose. Very malty mouth. Lots of orange notes and icing sugar. Really strange brew I can’t pinpoint, though not without positive merits. Hard to describe.

At Copenhagen Beerfestival, on May 8, 2010. Bottled.
Shady brown color, off-white head. Phenolic scent. Metallic, phenolic taste. Moussy mouthfeel,medium bitterness.

Bottle 330ml.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, light to moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, peppery - spicy, fruity - berry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100111]

Clear amber with a tiny off white head. Hoppy aroma with malty and caramel notes. Sweet and hoppy flavour with toasted malt, caramel and piney hints. Finished bitter.