3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[Vintage 1996, best before 2000, sampled 2005] A muddy brown orange beer with a small orange head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of over ripe fruit. The flavor is also dominated by over ripe fruit and the end is dry. I think it is slightly over the top. Thanks to Eric, both for sharing this seldom beer and for letting us sleep at Your house on our Quebec brewpub tour.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Bottle 50 cl) Aged sample, vintage 1997. Unclear amber colour with a creamy, beige head. Impure, indefinable aroma. The flavour is dominated by caramelish accents with some quite pleasant notes of sherry (age?) appearing in the finish. This beer starts a bit old and tired but unfolds to be quite interesting - unfortunately not enough to be truly great. Almost no bitterness left. 270106
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. 1997-vintage.
Cloudy orange red coloured with an off white head.
Aroma of malts and caramel with acidic notes and notes of sherry.
Sweet flavour of malts, caramel and sherry.
Good, but a bit over the top.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. 1997 vintage. Hazy amber colour with a off-white head. Malty flavor and hints of caramel. Malty and a little fruity flavor. Hints of caramel and dark fruits. Some weak hints of bitterness in the aftertaste.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
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.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Wonderful Quebecois ale.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(1997): Golden orange unfiltered, with quickly dissipating head. Malty yeasty complex aroma, sweet. Rich flavor, all Belgian malts. Stays sweet all the way down.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled- Vintage 1997: Amber coloured. Hazy. Beige head. Dense. Aroma and flaovur is a bit "old". Plums and sherry notes evident. Has prunes and marzipan notes. Is quite sweet in the end. I like it allthough this has had better days.
3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
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.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
this is for the 1997 vintage
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