3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750 ml bottle picked up by my friend James. Interesting brew to be sure, like a cross between a Scotch Ale and a Belgian Strong Dark. Pours out a deep brown with a bubbly tan head that fades quickly into some thick lacing. Aroma is all over the road, featuring chocolate, belgian yeast, earthy hops, dark fruit. Flavor is just as spastic, with belgian yeast, brown sugar, peat, earthy hops, chocolate and dark fruit. This is a very strange beer, but I quite enjoyed it. Always nice to see brewers experimenting with hybrid styles.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours amber brown with an off white head. Aroma is banana and sugary caramel malt. Flavor is dark fruits, caramel and hints of banana. Good stuff.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a clear dark ruby red color with a foamy off-white head. Aroma of caramel, roasted malt and wood. Flavor of licorice and mint, yet dry and bittersweet and with a hint of alcohol. not much carbonation and a long dry finish. Somehow a bit off balance, or just not my thing.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
75cl bottle shared with Duff_Man while we cleaned bottles. It poured a hazy brown with a slight head. The aroma was malty with caramel present. The taste was a typical Brown Ale with a fizzy carbonation. Much better than the Quebec RJ version but still not high on my list of beers.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Meh pretty boring ale. Had at JKO and was pretty dissapointed. It does not have a perticularly strong aroma but it does have some nice malts and a non-existant finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Intens brown beer with beige mousse. Aroma is strong, spicey, sweet and slight roasted. Taste is intens, sweet, has some roasted bitters and some herby hops.
3.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
brown appearance. lots of caramel and toffee. tons of carbonation. a bit disappointing actually, but, considering the alcohol content and the style, a beer that was very easy to drink.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
75cl bottle.
quite lively beer that came out by itself as i got the cap off. no big spill though, and pouring made it relax. clear dark amber, smooth but a bit fluffy at first light brown head.
malty, nutty, dark fruity, mild spicy aroma.figs, blue berries, cardemom, mild alc aroma.
flavor is fruity, moderately boozy, mild to moderatly spicy, flavor is malty, ever so slighlty mild blue berry sourish, mild nutty, well blended. spices could be cardemom.
comes off as a very well brewed well rounded brune beer, of the not-so-sour kind.
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