Midnight Sun La Mâitresse du Moine

Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Anchorage, Alaska USA

Dark brown color, with a large tan head that dissapates quickly. Aromas of brown sugar, spice, and malt. Taste very similar to the aroma, but also includes dark fruit . Starts out sweet, and dries towards the finish.A top notch belgian strong. Thanks to Kinz for this one.

Poured a dark reddish-brown with a large deep tan head. Subtle aromas and tastes of yeast, brown sugar, and dark fruits (plums and raisins). Bready. Sweet. Slightly spicy. Alcohol well hidden. This was a good beer and reminds me why Belgian Strong Ales are one of my favorite styles to drink!

Deep, rich garnet colour with an ample beige head two fingers in size. Complex aroma of dates, over ripe fruit, caramel and malt, raison, alcohol and vineous notes as well. Taste is equally intruiging wih flavors of chocolate, toffee, malt, ripe fruit, raison, bread, a multitude of spice and a light smokiness. Modest carbonation with fantastic head retention. Full rich mouthfell and a slightly dry finish.

The one minor shortcoming of this beer was its mouthfeel. Great label -- contemporary artsy without being crappy. Hazy, dark walnut colored beer. Rich, fruity, yeasty smelling brew. Dark, syrupy flavors, some vegetable/green nut, cocoa, wild cherry. Tangy. Mildly astringent in the finish. Thanks to PorterPounder for hauling this from Anchhorage back to Florida.

Picked up at the brewery in Anchorage and it survived the long trip back to Florida. Dark, dark, murky copper appearance with a generous off white head. Aroma is not as strong as expected - has some toffee accents and a slight chocolate bent - still nice. Mouthfeel could be a bit thicker. Flavor has some baked brown bread notes, sweet candy sugar and some malty dates and raisins. Overall, a great beer, and good to see a small brewer like this getting the recognition.

Special draft at a local pub. Not as impressive as its ratings suggested. Old keg? Bad lines? Looked right, but the nose was of musty malt. Missing the floral notes. Taste was dampened by the same maltiness. Small bits of plum and fruit peeked through. Drinbkable but disappointing.

8/28/04. Poured out of 22 oz. bottle, sampled at Dr. Bill and Steiny’s 8th Annual 12-Hour Beer Festival in Orange, CA 8/28/04. Pours a very dark, slightly hazy brown. Big, fluffy tan head with fluffy and good, if lumpy, lacing. Nose is dark malts and a touch of spice, brown bread with brown sugar and a touch of yeast. Nice and subtle, if subtly badass and dark. Big dark dirty flavor-- bread, cake, hints of molasses big hops and a sharp peppery alcohol sting with a complement of shadowy smoke. Some dark dried fruits in there almost like a Belgian trappist quad. Very delicious rounding finish with sort of a dirty barley wine malt edge and bread all over the place. Wonderfully round and rich.. Dark and luscious. Just a touch too much alcohol, otherwise it would be damn awesome. I would love to get some of this aged.

Bottle, Lite nose, ddried fruits. Brownish color. Spicy sweet flavors, though mellow. Thin body. Spicy dry finish. Disappointed overall, kind of assuming bad bottle by other ratings. Will have to revisit.