La Belle Ardente

Brewed by Brasserie Cosse
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Grace-Hollogne, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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From bottle 75cl. Tasted with friends @ VBPF on 24.04.2010. Bit hazy orange-amber color, with good white head. Nose: Citrusfruits, hop. Medium body. Taste bit sweet, fruit touch (yeast), soft bitter, alc. touch. Aftertaste pleasure bitterness.

Bottle. Massive gusher, lost almost half of the contents. Amber color, cloudy. Malty, soft spicy aroma with plums. Malty sweet, spicy flavor with floral notes and anis. Slightly alcoholic.

75cl, new exclusive brewery Anno 2009, from Willems Grobbendonk, complex brew, sweet/spicy and floral, heavy, not balanced, hazy, good head, nothing special

{thoughts} Sweet, light-fruity flavors on a drinkable off-dry frame; direct fruit and floral aromas; bustling mouthfeel keeps me coming back.

{elements} Attractive copper hue, clear; short, white foam. Straightforward and simple aroma--apples, pears, wildflowers. Light-moderate sweetness, moderate acidity, light-moderate bitterness; satisfying ’pink’ candy floss flavor. Creamy mouthfeel, heavy carbonation, medium-light body. 75 cl bottle @ GP Tuulensuu, best before 02/05/2010.

Bottled@Gastropub Tuulensuu, Tampere. Amber colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, spices, alcohol and some mild nectary notes. Also quite much green apples. Flavour is green apples, spices, some mild caramel malts, fudge and candyish. Semidry palate.

0.75 l bottle at Tuulensuu, Tampere. The aromas of toffee and peach. Sweet flavor with toffee, grapefruit, tropical fruits and beetroot in vinegar. Not so drinkable.

Bottle 750ml.
Clear medium amber orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, strawberry, fruity, light yeasty. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20100110]

Tasting at Papsø’s
Hazy amber color. The aroma is lighlty fruity. Sweetish malt flavor, with light fruitness and some alcohol. Simple but enjoyable.

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear golden - white head. Sweetness, caramel, berries, fruity, alcoholic, light hoppy, candy, high malty.

Bottled. A golden beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as a bit of alcohol. Thanks fonefan for sharing.