(650ml bottle, purchased 12/27/05) Small off-white head atop an opaque floatie-filled black body. Aroma is medium sweet, plum, raisin, some chocolate, light butterscotch, faint ginger. Taste is medium sweet, raisin, some port, light plum. Watery medium body, minimal carbonation, somewhat thin.

<b>Date:</b> 01/26/2007<br /> <b>Mode:</b> Bottle<br /> <b>Source:</b> Tasting<br /> <br /> muddy brown, scant heat, sweet caramel malt aroma with light fruity esters, sweet burnt caramel flavor, light bitterness from the burnt character, <br /> <br /> <b>Aroma:</b> 5/10; <b>Appearance:</b> 6/10; <b>Flavor:</b> 5/10; <b>Palate:</b> 6/10; <b>Overall:</b> 10/20<br /> <b>Rating:</b> 2.6/5.0<br /><b>Drinkability:</b> 5/10<br /> <b>Score:</b> *4<br />

Dark chestnut brown, not much head. Let’s not that this bottle had a vast amount of air under the cap. Diacetyl makes a weird blend with ashes roasted malts, yeasty fruits and blackberries. Strong roasted malt component, subtle spices (cinnamon, anise). Feels very brown ale-ish in the mouth through all those dark malts and burnt nuts flavours combined with the sweet tarts sweetness. Rather lifeless still mouthfeel. Not very good, will go check out the pub soon to try their beers fresh from the source, because I haven’t had much luck with their bottles.

Bottle shared by SpringsLicker on 1/26/07: Pours a murky, mostly still mahogany with a thin ring of off-white head. Aroma of spices, some dark caramel malt and a touch of dark fruits. Body starts fairly full and viscous with a light sweetness, drying toward an earthy spiced and slightly fruity finish. An interesting and enjoyable brew.

November 2004 bottle, tasted in March 2005:<br /> <br />The Lure:<br />Sweet blueberries, cherries, and black grapes form quite an enticing salad, sprinkled with cloves and nutmeg. The vinaigrette is light and vinous and manages to link all of the fruit.<br /> <br /> The Festivities:<br />Thin-bodied with ample sweet fruitiness. Black grapes are prevalent in the fruit syrup, as a little spicy bitterness diversifies it all.<br /> <br /> Transcendence:<br />Probably for the female contingent of the maison de plaisir.