La Caracole Ambrée

Brewed by La Caracole
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Falmignoul, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Orangish color, quite opaque and with sediments. Head that hardly lasts. Biscuit, malt and caramel aromas, even bread. Tastes to caramel, honey, and some hints to caramelized fruit. Nevertheless, it’s a little bit unstructured, and the finish, that remembers to anisette, can result somehow quite sweet. Not bad, but not among the best ones.

Golden with a full dense head. Spicy caramel nose, with a light metallic hint. Taste fades quite fast. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

33cl bottle @ Pivní rozmanitost, Prague, 30. 3. 2013. Hazy golden orange colour with huge white head. Aroma of spice, apple and peach. Complex taste of ginger, spice and caramel. Really good beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Good beer, aroma is apples and caramel. Taste is a little funky apples sweets. Nice suprising beer

Botella. Presencia limpia carbonatada y corona densa blanca. Aroma malta y levaduras con un toque ácido y al final algo de fruta pasada. En boca hay levaduras y malta, ligeramente metálica con un agradable final seco

Birra ambrata, mediamente schiumosa, dolciastra al naso e che presenta note di caramello e frutta essicata ben amalgamate con una discreta dose di luppoli. Corpo medio, effervescenza vivace e buona persistenza, guadagnerebbe punti con un briciolo di profumo e complessità in più.

Botella de 33 cl. Color amarillo oscuro, turbio...muy bonito. Con una corona de espuma densa,abundante y duradera. El olor me recuerda a frutas, citricos....En boca es una perfecta mezcla de dulzor y amargor sin que ninguno prevalezca sobre el otro.

Bottle marked FXB3? I wonder how that lot code works, anyway, beer to Chimay trappist glass.

Aroma: Faint. Bubblegum, scotch, vanilla, caramel, quite a sweet smelling beer. Some banana and spices but not much.

Appearance: Cloudy amber with a white head. Head fucked off in 2 minutes.

Taste: This is where the beer shines. Nice strong caramel malt flavours, great hop flavour, lots of spices and other interesting things going on.

Palate: Spicy, medium CO2, mouthfeel slightly mouthcoating. Not super complex but decent enough. Alcohol isn’t detectable.

Overall: Better than what I was expecting given my experiences with this brewery’s Nostradamus. Pretty good beer.

33cl bottle - Old school Wallonian strong ale: full of flavours, but high on syrupy caramels, noticeable ABV, spice, ripe fruits (pear, apple, raisin). Too oily & unctuous for straight regular enjoyment.

33 cl bottle @ hotel room, Brussels. Rated on 21.07.2010
Aroma is somewhat spicy and sweet with caramel and orange peel. Flavour has spices, alcohol, caramel, raisins and sugary notes. Too boozy.