2.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at Rattle’n’Hum. Dark brown color with tan spongy big head, bitter coffee taste, average carbonation, slight doughy aroma, abrupt finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A deep dark brown ale with a thin brown head. In aroma, a lightly spiced and herbal caramel, with light ginger notes. In mouth, a rather strange mix of chocolate, light coffee and sugar, a bit thin, not what was expected. On tap at Rattle’n’Hum, Sept 21, 2012.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap @ The Stag’s Head, NYC. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are dried fruits, yeast, candy sugar, caramel and hops.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap at the stags head. Pours black I had no idea what this was based on the name I was not thinking porter with Belgian yeast. U get fruity Belgian yeast, roasted malt, chocolate, and earthy bitterness. Pretty tasty
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft. Dark, hoppy, yeasty, almost like a black IPA in my opinion.. pretty easy on the palate and very drinkable and thirst quenching surprisingly. Very good
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft. Pours near black with a beige head. Spicy saison-like yeasty aroma with chocolate malts. The flavor has spicy yeast, dark chocolate malts, herbal notes, and light floral hops. Nice.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft with Andrew at Blind Tiger. Pours a deep black body with thin carbonated off-white lacing. Aroma is belgian candy, spice, earthy hops and some wood. Mouthfeel is carbonated with notes of belgian spice, smoked malts, earthy hops, roast and wood.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at blind tiger. Red wine aroma.. Sweet and yeasty. Taste is dry, sugary and yeasty. Some earthy tones.. Malt in the finish.. More sweetness.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
filled the growler up at Port Jeff Bev, drunk at RBSG - Not bad, but I’m guessing this one was a bit too long in the growler. Milk chocolate and dark malts with a touch of hops. Plenty of phenollic, belgian yeasty character and some smoke and pepper spices.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
In short: A bland oily black beer of some kind
How: Fresh growler shared with a few friends in a hotel room pre-RBSG 2011 tasting.
The look: Near black body topped by a small beige ring of head
In long: Strong nose of black liquorice, chocolate malts and sweet bakery stuff. Body is a bit thin, oily with low carbonation and flavors of tar, vanilla, black liquorice, dark fruits, yeast, some chocolate. Listing the flavour elements it seems like any other decent black Belgian ale however the whole thing felt a bit amateurish. Not much to enjoy here, not much to dislike either. Forgettable. This Canard Noir is nothing to be proud of and I find it pathetic how people seem to think that using a few french words will make something pathetic sounds classy. Oh well, c’est la vie.
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