Orléans Joseph Bellarmin (Cuvée Spéciale Automne)

Brewed by Microbrasserie d’Orléans / Pub Le Mitan
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Sainte-Famille, Île d’Orléans, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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500ml bottle. Deep clear copper with a decent lasting frothy beige head. Sweet and floral, a hint of spoilt milk. Taste - not bad - a bit earthy, very grainy with baker’s chocolate and dry spice - a solid 7+!! Average body, mild carbonation, not a lot of up-front malt, or acidity - and not really hoppy at all, but I’m not sure this is supposed to be a DIPA - longish gritty herbal finish. I enjoyed it, not sure what it was though.

#1158 bottle; nose is mediumdry grass, celery, later sweet lemon, feel is mediumbroad, carb is mediumweak, taste is mediumsour lemon, little leaves, later sweet wet hops note

Pours a nice medium light organge colour but was so super fizzy that I think that there must be some sort of contamination. However, the aroma isn’t at all funky and it still has a somewhat pleasant citrus aroma. Taste is astringent and tangy and is giving me pretty severe gas burps, too many bubbles on the tongue. Drain-pour.

Pour orange brown with a off white head. Aroma caramel, pine, citrus, malt sweetness. Taste caramel, fruity, pine, citrus, quite sweet, honey, diacetyl. MF medium body fizzy carb. Very forgettable IIPA.

Bottle. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy grassy citrus aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.

Bottle - 500ml. Hazy amber body with average carbonation and a huge off-white frothy head. Good hoppy aroma with brown sugar and flowery hints. Alcohol is well hidden. Sharp hoppy taste with some oaky notes. Alcohol is not too agressive. Ends with a decent, sharp bitter finish. Enjoyable.

Bouteile 500 ml. 8.5%. Couleur ambrée, mousse beige. Arôme de houblon frais et malt. En bouche, miam....céréales, houblon, malt caramel, douceur. Finale un peu sucrée et amère. Merci Gilles du Broue Ha Ha pour ce beau cadeau de fête.

500 ml bottle from La Barik. Pours a cloudy darkish amber with small off-white head. Aroma is mostly of caramel with some piney, peppery hops that seem rather under stated for a DIPA. Flavour has strong caramel taste with piney, spicy, slightly citric hoppiness more pronounced than in the aroma. Alright.

Bière intéressante, riche et onctueuse, avec une amertume délicate, mais sans goût trop prononcé. Elle est fruité, de couleur cuivrée, montée d’un très beau col collant au parois du verre.

Couleur ambré, un peu plus pale qu’une double IPA américaine. Sédimentation excessive. L’arôme de houblon est présente mais on sent surtout l’amertume et l’agrume. En bouche, c’est plutôt agréable sans plus. L’amertume est douce et pas très persistante.