Malheur Bière Brut (Reserve)

Flute at Monk’s Michael Jackson toast. Clear light golden, with large, puffy enduring head, and visibly vigorous carbonation. Apples and spice aroma carries through into taste with moderate sweetness and dry, alcoholic finish. The carbonation is very apparent throughout the experience. $10/175ml

Shared with Kinz for an impromptu tasting. Clear golden body with a small off-white head. Sweet caramel and heavy spice aroma. Sweet scaramel flavor with some champagne and light spice. carbonation gives it odd flavor.

Light gold, champagne carbonation. Aroma yeasty, with white pepper. Flavor affected by a definite carbonation bite. Little to it flavorwise beyond the yeast notes and pepper. OK, not great. Like a Duvel with over the top yeast and big negative impact from strange carbonation. This scored higher than I actually enjoyed it.

Name: Malheur Brut Reserve
Date: 03/04/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, RateBeer SE Gathering, 2005

hazy yellow, lots of carbonation, huge foamy head, tart lemony aroma, light bubbly body, light slightly tart flavor
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Name: Malheur Brut Reserve
Date: 11/24/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting

cloudy yellow, frothy white head, streaks of drippy lace, tart lemon aroma, sweet bready malt flavor, touch of lemony tartness, light spicyness, well balanced bitterness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Bottle sampled with stegosaurus. Pours golden yellow with a two finger white head. Aroma of yeast, sweet malts and light fruit. Taste is sweet and fruity with light citrus, malts, and a hint of some spicy yeast with a dry and bitter finish.

cloudy gold with a huge creamy white head. spicy, yeast, sugar, pale grain, citrus aroma. flavor is yeast, citrus, pepper. i little bit hot with alcohol. definitely good, but definitely overpriced. a nice peachy sweetness emerges as it warms.

Bottle from Secret Santa. Pours turbid canary with huge, fluffy 3-finger white pillowy head that reforms with every repour, growing into odd and marvelous shapes, similar to La Chouffe Doublelon. Smells funky yeasty, with sour mashy malt notes, apricot, chardonnay, and champagney white grape notes. Tastes funky yeasty and hopcitric, with apricot, peach, and mid-palate dry floral notes, and more late yeast. This one was exceptional, and evolved throughout.

Another worldclass beer. Extremely complex and full of malt character and wonderful floral hop aromas. Another beer to enjoy with special people and special occasions.