St. Ambroise Vintage Ale

	Percentile
	98
	overall

Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Barley Wine
Montreal, Canada

bottled
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Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
298	3.86/5.0	3.84/5.0	9.8%	90.4	Snifter

Commercial Description:
Also known as St.Ambroise Millésimée.

In honour of our tenth anniversary, McAuslan Vintage Ale has been brewed to continue the centuries-old tradition of strong ales and barley wines. Vintage Ale is rich and malty, with a surprisingly well balanced and clean hop finish provided by classic Goldings hops. The ale is unfiltered and derives its orange hue from wheat malt blended with pale and Munich malts. The malts also provide a hints of caramelized fruit reminiscent of a Christmas pudding.
McAuslan Brewing will celebrate each new year by brewing Vintage Ale on our anniversary. As a vintage product, we estimate this ale will remain in good condition for a number of years.
The 2006 edition is down from 9.4% to 9.2%. In 2007 this went to 8%. In 2009 this went to 9.8%.

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Nephilium (548), Ohio, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	13/20

Oct 7, 2009

(Vintage 2009) An aroma that has hints of peach, sugar, and a touch of alcohol. Pours a clear reddish-amber, with a huge tightly packed off-white head. Sweet flavor, with a touch of nuts. Decent mouthfeel, although there’s a bit of a metallic characteristic at the very end of the finish. Not bad, but a bit overpriced.

harrisoni (6771), Ashford, Kent, England

2.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.2	4/10	3/5	4/10	3/5	8/20

Oct 4, 2009

Bottle at RBESG 09 Sheffield. Hazy copper colour. Oxidised to xxxx. Some orange fruit. Oxy-fail-musty.

dwyerpg (2529), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

4.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.4	9/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Sep 27, 2009

2009. Wife is getting better; she correctly identified this as a barleywine from just the aroma. This is good. Sweet rich a nice strong ale with a big molasses aroma. A hint of caramel in this and a nice dry finish. Excellent.

Weedking4 (33), Stratford, Ontario, Canada

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Sep 26, 2009

12oz bottle, 2009 edition. Pours a dark amber clear colour, wth the slightest of haze to it. Alc.% is well hidden, fairly easy to drink. More of a malty taste then the hops. Pretty solid beer overall, considering the 9.8%. Very solid.

jcwattsrugger (5236), Florida and, New Jersey, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Sep 20, 2009

@Tampa Wkly Gathering courtesy TampaBrew/Thanks Gary-12oz bottle-pours an off white head and amber color. Aroma is sweet medium malt withsome bite. Taste is sweet medium malt with some bite.

TampaBrew (805), Tampa, Florida, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Sep 17, 2009

Pours amber with thin quickly dissapating head. Nose is caramel, some tart ripe fruits, sweet caramel, booze, mild floral hops. Flavor is sweet sweet caramel, flowery hops, warming alcohol, fruity notes, sweet sugar and toasty malts. Smooth full body.

HOPSHUNTER (376), Tampa, Florida, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Sep 17, 2009

Bottle, big thanks to TampaBrew for sharing. Poured a medium amber color with a thin eggshell head. Medium to full body with soft carbonation. Malty, vinous nose with caramel, fruity hops, burnt sugar, an alcohol notes. Flavor is mildly sweet with notes of raisin, caramel, hops, and alcohol. Pretty balanced Barley Wine, finishes mildly bitter.

cgarvieuk (4171), Edinburgh, Scotland

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Aug 25, 2009

Bottle @ RBESG 09 Shefield ...amber ... lemon fruit nose ... saoft and dull malta ... little pine.

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