Midnight Sun La Mâitresse du Moine

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

Bottle: Pours a gorgeous deep brown burgundy with just a touch of light coming through. The head is extremely dense- it looks like a nitro pour from a bottle. Gritty cocoa, spicy/dusty phenols from the yeast, a woody note and dates all come through in the aroma. Fluffy and creamy feel. Great flavor with a raisin note under lots of toasted graham cracker, cocoa shavings, earthy notes- almost peat-like, with a long toasted finish. I’m usually hard this this style, especially Belgian interpretations, but this is a beautiful beer. Well hidden alcohol and very well integrated.

Bottle shared by wetherel at the 2008 Lost Abbey Barrel Tasting. Dark mahogany color, nearly black. Sugary and fruity aroma with pear, raisin, banana and some bubblegum. Quite a bit of brown and candy sugar in the flavor, with toffee and a firm bitterness too. Finishes pretty easy, with a thick and coating body. Nice.

Number 500 wooo! A huge thanks to Alldaydrinker for retrieving this been and to emerica56 for sharing it. The pour produces an opaque deep brown colour beneath a dense light brown head with good retention and little lacing. The nose is rich and overwhelming. Rich fruity malts, akin to raspberry and strawberry preserves waft the nose with equally present cocoa and dark chocolate tones. No notes of dust or tin to be detected. The flavour is full of similarly intense fruity flavours with a HUGE and unexpected chocolate finish. There is faint, but appropriate hop presence that is aromatic, floral and slightly perfume-like in the finish. The palate is silken, slightly dry, perfectly carbonated and syrupy in the finish, coating tooth and gum. The aftertaste maintains that delicious raspberry and strawberry jam impression. AMAZING.

Got this as a birthday gift in august from Alldaydrinker thanks man. I have been saving it for my 500 and boy is it worth it. The color is a dark nut brown with a thin tan head that floats on top of the beer. The nose is the most amazing part about this beer, it has a popping strawberry and wild berry jam like smell with so many fruit esters that pop in your nose. The initial flavor is nice and fruity with a bittersweet hoppy zest on the palate. Then there is a surprising mocha and chocolate finish with just the right amount of carbonation, it is amazing. Overall it was worth the wait and a great brew thanks jeff for the gift!!!

Dark reddish brown a large creamy light brown head. Looks delicious. Nose: black olives, raspberries, chocolate, and sugar. Taste: Chocolate, molasses, bit of toasted coconut, and spicy yeast. Thick mouthfeel and long finish. Smooth and balanced. This beer lacks on taste and nose though yet still receives high marks based on the other two categories which is kin do unfortunate because it is not by any means my favorite dubbel.

Bottle thanks to ilovedarkbeer. Pours with a huge, creamy dark brown head and a dark brown body. The head stays around for a while and leeaves good lacing. Aroma of chocolate, tobbacco, leather, black olives from a can, alcohol and raspberries. Taste is chocolatey with hints of coconut, berries, dark malts and strong belgian yeast. Syrupy mouthfeel that really becomes super smooth as it warms. Light bubbles. Great Dubbel, but I think I liked New Belgium Grand Cru better.

Pours dark brown with tan head. Burnt malt aroma. Flavors of burnt malts and some sugary sweetness. Medium body with lively carbonation. I was somewhat dissappointed with this one.

22 oz bottle Thanks to someone for sending me this in a trade quite a while ago. I wish I would have tried it sooner; the time in the cellar does not seem to have done it much good. It’s still decent but based on other people’s ratings my expectations were just a little higher than the actual experience. Aroma / Appearance - A two finger clingy head bobbed above a deep black and fluid body. Walnuts, blackberries, slightly off milk, and other malty characteristics make this one acceptable. It’s not quite what I thought as if something was just mildly off kilter. Flavor / Palate - The viscous mouthfeel was odd. Black olives, rich dark chocolate, and almonds are not a combination you taste every day. Uneven as it transitions to a malty finish this has some weaknesses. Despite being good overall I don’t think I will be avidly seeking this out again.