Thiriez La Maline

Brewed by Brasserie Thiriez
Style: Porter
Esquelbecq, France

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle from Utobeer. Opaque dark brown with hints of red, the head was tight and tan coloured. Aromas of licorice, prunes, sweet malts and spice. The flavour had plenty of caramel, dark fruit and chocolate, with a smoky tobacco kick in the finish. Excellent.

Very dark, a bit of a gusher. Liquorice, rye bread and spices in the nose. Dry, almost oaky, playing with a malty base. Complex as well, there is sourness, sweetness and dryness here. A little warming. Prunes, mint, a little soot. Hard to classify, and that’s a compliment. Could ahve had a bit more body, perhaps, but its a very fine brew.

Very dark brown liquid, creamy brown blanket head. Light roast aroma. Nutty, burnt sugary notes, fruit, light minerals. Roast finish, a bit ash. Light body. Sugary sweet aftertaste.

(750ml bottle dated 8/2010 lot 9/172 thanks to bu11zeye) clear rich brown with tan fine bubbles. Nose of holiday spices, pine, light fudgey chocolate, wine like. Taste is infected, apple, tart, peanut shells.

Bottled. Roasted and dusty aroma with hint of chocolat. Brown almost black color, light brown head, fair lace. Light sweet, roasted, chocolat, coffee, little lactic, not much body.

Bouteille de 330 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur de mélasse et de petits fruits légèrement sûrettes. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de céréales légèrement grillées et de mélasse avec une pointes de fruits légèrement sûrettes. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement vineuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de lactose en arrière goût. (Rating #1893)

Pours cloudy brown with a beige head. Aroma is roasted caramel, spice, liquorish, pepper and a fruity note. Flavour is roasted caramel, chocolate, liquorish, pepper and fruit. High carbonation.

Draught at Bruxelensis Festival 2006. Ok, a long backlog. Dark brown with red and a low head. A fantastic, spicy, stout-like drink. Very tasty, not too bitter, not too sweet, one of the top two today.

(Bottled) Hazy dark brown color with huge yeast particles flowing, but almost no head. Very roasty, smoky, licoricey-rhummy aroma. Very roasty, extremely ashy flavor. The finish is like you’ve just finished licking a large ashtray clean. Light to medium-bodied, quite carbonated palate. Gets more balanced when it warms up, but still not that great. I wonder why the French have to filter and dilute their beers like this - and why they’ve never heard of balanced beers.

330 ml bottle. Finland.
Dark reddish brown almost black colour with small frothy light tan head. Strange aroma has some malt but also soy and fish furnet in it. Lots of spices, mild malt, mild bitter hops and salt in flavour. Quite interesting character but not necessarily that good.