Le Trèfle Noir Stout

Brewed by Le Trèfle Noir
Style: Sweet Stout
Rouyn-Noranda, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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UPDATED: AUG 4, 2012 My Bottom Line:
Frank roasted cereals and underlying caramel sweetness team up with blueberry skin esters and wooden hop resins to build this well-fed and überdrinkable Stout.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam covers the browned blackness.
-The roasted malts offer both bitterness and crunchy cereal flavors.
-As with all Trèfle Noir beers, the body is well rounded and the carbonation relaxed enough to let us appreciate all the flavors thoroughly.
-Hops are more expressive than average, expressing resins which are harmonious with the grain bill.
-A coffee cream touch seems to coat the flavor profile’s dominant aspects.

Bottle and on tap at the brewpub.

2012-10-05. Black body with a massive tan head and lace after it gushered out of the bottle. 3+ Dry yeasty roasty malt aroma. 6+ Flavour is similar, very dry roasty bitterness, lightly metallic undertones. 6+ Average palate is quite effervescent. 3+ Decent, the carbonation could be indication of infection but it is not unpleasant as it is, but just okay. Bottle shared by DuctTape

A dense tan tower of foam settles above the blackness. Charred grains dominate the aroma in which mellow coffee, burnt bread and soft dark and red fruit notes make agreeable appearances. Smooth mouth entrance, its carbonation is flowing, very soft and amplifying the round texture. Very pleasant mouthfeel, round yet not heavy and sweet, but never syrupy and balanced by a hefty roastiness that dries the palate out. At the same time, the hops feel strikingly fresh for a stout, leaving a tea-like, herbal and resinous impression in the finish, but never being anywhere near abusive., the bitterness being apparently evenly shared by the malts and hops. Excellent balanced, once again by Trèfle Noir. Impressive, the drinkability of a 4.5% stout, but the body of a small impy.

[4843-20121005] 500mL bottle. Mild smoked wood grains aroma. Dark brown black body with a long-lasting creamy tan head. Burnt wooden leaves flavour has a lingering light tar note. Medium-full body. Good. (7/3/7/3/14) 3.4
Overheard: "The green Skittle actually enhanced it." -- beer experiments
(c/o DuctTape, w/ him, jercraigs, others)

Bouteille de 500 ml achetée chez La Barik (Trois-Rivières, QC). Explosion du contenu à l’ouverture de la bouteille. Arôme: Légère odeur de café et de chocolat noir. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un énorme col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de café et de chocolat avec une pointe de caramel. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement minérale. Forte effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement astringent. (Rating #4525)

Bottle: Poured a deep black color ale with a generous light brown head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of black chocolate with some coffee notes is quite good. Taste is also dominated by some nice black chocolate notes with light floral coffee notes with a semi-sweet finish. Body is about average with some creamy texture and good carbonation. Not bad for the style.

The pour reveals a black color with small brown highlights and a medium light brown head. Pleasant aroma of roasted malt and caramel. Very good flavor of roasted malt and caramel with a dry, bitter finish. The body is medium with a creamy texture and soft carbonation. This stout is very enjoyable and incredibly drinkable.

Bouteille 500ml. Explosive à l’ouverture. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de café, de chocolat noir, de malt rôti, léger de houblon herbeux avec des traces de caramel et de fruits. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse. Goût de chocolat noir amer avec de faibles notes de chocolat au lait (faibles notes lactiques) et accompagné de traces fruitées (contamination?) et de vanille dès l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de grains de malt rôti et quelques notes de pain grillé puis à mesure que l’on progresse vers la finale, un amertume de houblon herbeux et un goût de grains de café s’installent pour clore la gorgée. Post-goût long, moyennement amer de rôti, moyen de chocolat noir, de café et de houblon herbeux.

upfront big roasty notes, some light lactic notes, and some subtle sweeetnss that turns into cocoa, and coffee. Carbonation was low, but the mouth feel was spot on. intense roastiness in the finish with a big dose bitter cocoa, and some coffee. a great stout.

Bouteille de 500ml. 31 août 2012. Excès de gaz carbonique à l’ouverture, la bière a sortie seule de la bouteille. Liquide brun foncé avec une mousse épaisse. Le nez est fruité, la bière semble contaminée, En bouche le liquide est léger, avec des saveurs fruitées et un léger goût de chocolat torréfié, est-ce possible ? Trop fruité pour un stout.