St. Ambroise Vintage Ale

07 bottle courtesy of mr. Greg tpd975. Pours copper with white head. Aroma is malty with nice fruity nose reminding me of apricot.. Taste is again malty with light caramel and nice fruity mouthfeel apricot like giving the beer a warming thick palate.

(bottle - 2007 vintage) Hazy orange-amber with small off white head. Aroma of alcohol and light fruits. Flavor is alcohol, light fruits. a little malt sweetness.

This special 2007 vintage is courtesy of tpd975. It pours clear copper with gold edges and thin off white head. The aroma is rich sugary malts, some fruity esters and a bit of alcohol fumes. The taste is much the same but starting with a hoppy bite followed by light skin fruity esters and malt sweetness. Smooth and tasty with just a bit of heat. Will improve with age.

2001 vintage bottle, 9.6%abv. Hazy amber with no head. Aroma is mostly yeasty and a bit fruity with some cherries, and some light alcohol. The flavor is smooth, alcoholic, and sweet, with bright fruit and some yeast. Medium-full bodied with almost no carbonation leaving a pretty flat, dead feel. Some decent flavors going on, but this should have been drunk a few years ago.

2007: Un peu trouble a cause de la levure. Le cote malter est evident (caramel, sucre brun, fruits confits). Une touche d alcool. Bonne amertume et arome de houblon, pas trop dominate, laisse paraitre plus le malt. Mon barley wine preferer a date, bat le solstice d hivers de Dieu du Ciel selon moi. Delicieuse biere... J ai une caisse de 12 qui vieilli... ainsi qu une 2006... 2007: A bit cloudy because of the yeast. Malty side is quite evident (caramel, brown sugar, candied fruits). Alcohol notes. Good hop bittering and aromas which lets the malty backbone get throught easily. My favorite BW yet, even beats Dieu du Ciels Solstice dhiver. I have a case of 12 of these aging and a 1 2006.

330. Thanks, Glouglouburp! This is the 2006, cracked with a couple years on it. Crystal clear medium amber. Light tan rim. Humongously concentrated oranges on the nose--pithy, fruity, biscuity. Like marmalade on toast, condensed to the 500th power. The effect is like a quadruple british IPA with age on it. Yum. Thick, sticky, syrupy body. Biscuit, orange, and tangerine on the mid-palate. Dry, biscuity finish. Awesome, awesome stuff. This years vintage rolled out at 9.2% ABV by the label.

Bottle 2006. LCRBM08. Hazy, reddish-amber coloured, small persistent off-white head. Deep nutty and vinous nose with a tinge of alcohol. Solid sweet-bitter flavour, full bodied. Lingering, solid sweet-fruity finish with a detectable bitterness in the aftertaste. Top stuff...

2007. World class beer. Go and buy one right now...Very good caramel taste. To drink with a good slice of apple pie. Chrissement bon!!