Brown bottle, 500 ml, part of Old Stock IV with Dum, Ian, Lubière and Steve, enjoyed November 10 2006; eye: amber, golden, light effervescence, no head; nose: Madeira, caramel, stale; mouth: acrid, peppery, carbonated, fizzy, acrid finale with light bitterness, full body, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, no balance; overall: not so good FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, dégustation Vieux Stock IV avec Dum, Ian, Lubière et Steve, savouré le 10 novembre 2006 oeil : ambrée, dorée, légère effervescence, pas de mousse; nez : madère, caramel, éventée; bouche : âcre, poivrée, carbonatée, pétillante, finale âcre avec légère amertume, corsée, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, pas équilibrée; en résumé : pas terrible

Bottle (best before ’01). Deep reddish orange in color with a little tan head. Sweet cardboardy aroma. Malty caramel notes. Malty and dark fruity flavor. Plums and raisins. Stale caramel notes. Sweet tasting. Medium bodied. Unbalanced beer. Ok.

Bottle (best before ’01). Ligoff white head. h brown with red color and a durable off white head. Aroma is a bit oxidized with a sweet maltiness that remiinds me of oatmeal. Taste is more malt with some over ripe tangerine and plums and stale caramel. Time probably did this beer some good as it’s just an okay beer now. I don’t get any Belgian yeast flavor in this as it sort of tastes like a malt liquor (not that I have much experience with them).

Deep red copper ale with a thin white head. A nice vinous maderized aroma, with light orange peels, quite nice. In mouth, a rather harsh malt which didnt survive the time (about 1997), varnish, wood, lost a lot of sweetness and body. Sad but inevitable. Shared with the Outaouais Crew, at Old Stock Tasting No. IV, Nov.11 2006.

Cloudy amber color. Strong malt aroma, mature. Malty taste, strong, sweet, sweet caramel, toffee, not enough bitter, the final has a strong toffee character. Unbalanced.