BFM - Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes Reviews

MrTipple	4 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2017-2018) - Pere Gola For Ever 22Jun2023 Sweet oak, light funk, citrus fruits, lemon and lime juice, vinous. Hazy brown, small, frothy, off-white head. Medium sour. Sour citrus fruits, acidic lime and lemon, wet oak, vinous, funk, soft carb, full bod. Outstanding, rich, complex, balanced. Bottle at L6 Tasting, London. Friday, May 3, 2024
Erzengel	4.3 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (2021) Thanks Marcel for sharing. Sour fruity. Wood, red wine, sour apples, very deep. Sour woody fruity deep finish. Great. Sunday, April 28, 2024
rayaron	3.2 BFM La Meule Hoppy Tel Aviv 2024. Draft. Bitter and mild sour. Notes of funk, pickles, alcohol. Tuesday, April 23, 2024
rayaron	3.7 BFM √225 Saison Hoppy Tel Aviv 2024. Draft. Sour and bitter. Notes of vinegar, funk, spices, alcohol. Tuesday, April 23, 2024
rayaron	4 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2021) - Moustache White Port Hoppy Tel Aviv 2024. Draft. Sour and bitter, oxidised, notes of vinegar, alcohol, berries, red wine. Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Oakes	3.6 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (2022) Murky dull brown, as is the way of the good dog. Thin bubbly head. Acetic, woody aroma. Acetic, very woody, super tart, nice cherry depth. Saturday, April 6, 2024
Lowenbrau	3.8 BFM Abbaye de Saint-Bon Chien Grand Cru #22 375ml bottle. Relly sour one Wednesday, March 20, 2024
mcberko	2.7 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (2020) On tap at Moeder Lambic Fontainas, pours a deep dark mahogany, tiny beige head. Aroma is full of balsamic, Worcestershire sauce, and a touch of barrel. Flavour is pure acetic acid, with balsamic and Worcestershire sauce… there’s not much redeeming quality to this. Super acetic, with little depth. Not impressed. Thursday, March 7, 2024
Iznogud	4 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (2011) Bottle, 375 ml at Miro's Grande. Murky brown with orange haze, off white head. vinous, malty, some dried fruit, some dark fruit, slightly acetic, wood. Drinks nicely. Monday, March 4, 2024
shrubber85	4.3 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (2020) Cherry, toffee malt, hay, and orange peel aroma. Brown with small head. Mildly sweet cherry, toffee malt, moderately sour citric acid, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice body. Sunday, March 3, 2024
Nisse666	3.8 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2022) - Moustache Madeira Bottle Buvance 2024-02-24 Olofstorp AR: sout, tart, kriek, port wine, vineager AP: wee murky mahoghny, no lid F: sout, tart, kriek, port wine, vineager Saturday, March 2, 2024
DSG	3.4 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2021) - Moustache White Port Draught sample at Hoppy Beer Fest in Tel Aviv. Murky brown. Vinegar, malt, red fruits, caramel, funk, wood, sour, acidic, a bit of alcohol. Tuesday, February 27, 2024
zvsn	4 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2021) - Moustache White Port Draft at Hoppy TLV 2024. Murky amber color, no head. Aroma is funky with notes red wine and wood. Sour, acetic, wine, plums, wood, port, alcohol. Medium-bodied. Tuesday, February 27, 2024
zvsn	3.8 BFM √225 Saison Draft at Hoppy TLV 2024. Hazy yellow color. Funky , spicy aromas. Sweetish, tart, spicy, woody, lemon, stone fruit, funky, herbal, bitterish finish. Light-bodied, fizzy, dry. Tuesday, February 27, 2024
robline	3.7 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2022) - Moustache Madeira Monday, February 26, 2024
zvsn	4 BFM Chapuiza Growler from Hoppy TLV 2024. Murky brown color. Aroma is funky, acetic, woody, malty. Sour with some malty sweetness, flavors of plums, wood, caramel, vinegar, acetone, berries, grapes. Medium-bodied, oily, low-medium carbonation. Complex. Sunday, February 18, 2024
DrNosha	4.2 BFM √225 Saison O,33l Bügelfläschle @ BBB Basel. Sanft trüb gelb. Flüchtiger Schaum. Weisswein Duft. trockener Sherry, Hefe. Mild brettig. Leichte Citrussäure. Schicke Nase! Wenig Kohlensäure. Runde Weisserinsäure im Antrunk. Zitrone, Hefe, Hopfen. Erinnert an trockenen Sherry aus dem Holzfass. Rundes finish. Klasse Saison! Saturday, February 10, 2024
mike_77	3.6 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (2018) Hazy rusty brown colour with no head. Aroma is woody and slightly vinegary. Interesting mix of intensely full bodied malt base with sharp vinous acidity. Not too harsh though. Saturday, February 10, 2024
Oakes	3.6 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2014) - Like a VirJin Amber, hazy, no head. The aroma has a nice woody character, subtle balsamic, mild barrelly vinegar. On the palate, it's tart, but restrained in that tartness. Sweet malts, good complexity of barrel character... I imagine that was the vin jaune. Sunday, January 28, 2024
mcberko	3.8 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2014) - Like a VirJin 375mL bottle, pours a clear dark amber with a tiny beige head. Aroma reveals balsamic, some sweet dessert wine, and a touch of oak. Flavour is tart, acetic and complex, with plenty of sweet dessert wine, balsamic, tartness, and oak. It's definitely acetic but fittingly so. Finishes tart, acetic and sweet vinous. Very good. Sunday, January 28, 2024
Sebilinz	3.9 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Special Blend Bordo Casks (2018) Brown body no head. Intense Aroma of dried fruits wood barnyard grapes malts some vanilla in the background. Taste is sour fruits malts some wood in the background. Aftertaste is sour fruity. Nice one. Friday, January 26, 2024
DSG	3.8 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (2018) Bottle sample at a Kobi tasting at Berlin Florentin. Hazy amber. Vinegar, cookies, malt, wood, wine, funk, sour, sharp, rounded, alcohol note. Very good. Monday, January 22, 2024
DSG	3.8 BFM Zidania Bottle sample at a Kobi tasting at Berlin Florentin. Slightly hazy golden. Funk, vinegar, fruitiness, oak, cobwebs, sour. Really good. Monday, January 22, 2024
hopdog	1.3 BFM La Meule Agede flip top bottle. Poured a straw color with a medium sized head. Wasn't really anything in this one ... I'm guessing the age didn't do it well ... maybe some herbalness, but just thin and watery drain pour. Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Hrabren	3.6 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Special Blend Bordo Casks (2018) RBESG 2023, Zagreb Grand Tasting. Thanks! Murky muddy ochre to brown colour. Cheesy and fruity aroma, dried fruit. The flavour is caramel, dried fruit, lacquer, sour apricot. Acetic acidity. Puckering, light body, soft to moderate carbonation, sour finish. Sunday, December 31, 2023
Lore	3.8 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2022) - San Giovese Barrel clear dark amber colour, moderate sized creamy beige-ish head; aroma and taste of acetone, tannin, some sour cherry juice and woody notes; quite good one! Saturday, December 30, 2023
kapusil	3.8 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2022) - San Giovese Barrel 0.75l bottle thanks to Lore. Slightly hazy orange body with a white head. Aroma and taste of vinegar, orange zest, peach and some pepper. Nice beer. Saturday, December 30, 2023
jaghana	3.5 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (2018) Bottle 37.5cl a clear amber beer without head. Nose on oak, acetic, somehow chocolate flavors, ripped cherries. Taste is sour of course, aroma on vinegar, notes of caramel, yes with pinot noir notes, less complex than expected. Finish is very acetic with duration. Sunday, December 24, 2023
MicroGrog	3.6 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (2022) Expectedly short, expensive pour @Silver Stamp, Vegas. Russet brown, hazy, kinda frothy. Sweet n sour, savory, Worcestershire, lemon, watermelon, lightly oxidized nose. Lemon, old ale, old wood, old apples, sherry, red wine, cherry skin pith, soft earthy bitterness is enough. Frothy, thick, sour slurry, always perfect acid that isn't too vinegar based. Not amaze-balls like a few years past, but good. Monday, December 18, 2023
CH-303	3.6 BFM Vendredi 13 Appearance: Very dark brown, near black. Small, medium tan head. Aroma: Mostly raspberries, some malt and earthiness. Taste: Raspberry, slight tartness. Some dark malt and earth. Warming. Bought: Bierrevier, 100 ml tap, CHF 3.25 Info: 8/12-2023 Sunday, December 10, 2023
zvsn	3.2 BFM La Meule Bottle sample. Hazy yellow orange. Spicy, citric aroma. Sweetish, spicy, phenolic, coriander seeds, citrus, bitterish finish. Light-bodied. Saturday, December 2, 2023
wyzzywyz22	4.4 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2021) - Moustache Ruby Port Sunday, November 26, 2023
David_Monney	3.9 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2020) - Rasteau Barrel Saturday, November 25, 2023
FatPhil	2.7 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Special Blend Bordo Casks (2018) 750ml bottle (RBESG 2023 Grand Tasting, Zagreb) (6:2:6+:2:11=2.7+) Murkyish red, no head. Aroma is barrelly, a flemish butteriness. Huge bordeaux barrel winey taste. Sharp palate, some acetic burn. Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Iznogud	3.4 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Special Blend Bordo Casks (2018) Bottle, 750 ml at RBESG 2023. Shared by me. Murky amber brown with almost no head. Very acetic, wood, fruit, vinous, some caramel, citric, quite sour. Tuesday, November 14, 2023
SinH4	4.3 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (2021) Bottle. Hazy ruby-brown color with white head. Aroma is wood, tobacco, maltose, nice balance and character. Taste is big tobacco, woody, earthy. Silky mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Really solid Oud Bruin. Saturday, November 11, 2023
MasDen	3.5 BFM √225 Saison Barnyard scent, straw, lemon. Straw-colored, clear beer with a small, fine-grained, dense foam. The taste is fruity, medium sour and slightly bitter. Medium body, dry, medium carbonation. Sunday, October 15, 2023
Pinball	3.2 BFM La Saison √Rouges - Racines Rouges hazy yellow orange brown with nearly no head. the small head is white. sour and fruity aroma with some sweet earthy spicy notes too. flavor is quite sour for a saison, not very spicy for a saison, it's a bit weird with the sweet sort of malty earthy spicy thing going on, and then the quite sour sourness. I can't help but wonder if it was intended to be this sour, or if it is sort of an accident. Sunday, October 8, 2023
Moretum	3.2 BFM La Salamandre Trübe gelbe Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Getreidiger, fruchtiger Geruch. Geschmacklich getreidig, fruchtig mit Koriander und Orangen, malzig. Mittlere Süße mit mittlerer Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure. Sunday, October 8, 2023
FlacoAlto	4 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2015) Like A Candle In the Wind Brewed in 2015, Bottled in 2017; sampled September 2023. A steady poor from the bottle produces a quarter finger thick, large bubbled, pale Amber tinged head that dissipates fairly quickly. Need beer is a concentrated amber brown color, that shows a somewhat hazy, bright red and rich amber hue when held up to the light. The aroma smells tart, with a little bit of spicy acetic character, lots of fresh cut woody notes, rich vinous red wine aromatics, very bright red wine fruit notes, spicy oak, and as the beer warms up, lots of toasted, whole grain, malt aromatics. The flavor has a solid tartness to it up front that morphs into a touch of spicy vinegar like acidity in the finish. The body of the beer has a soft viscosity to it, just enough to coat the pallet, but finishes pretty light, and the carbonation provides a nicely prickly, but not fizzy, texture and a bit of carbonic light that accentuates the acidity here. The flavor is also quite vinous, rich red wine flavors, lots of toasted oak, spicy oak notes, a touch of vanillin, jammy red wine berry flavors, and tart tannic currant notes. There is a touch of supporting multi-character here that accentuates the toasted oak notes, it adds a bit of savory leaning toasted grain character to the vinous notes. I really like that the acetic vinegar character here is kept nicely tamed, it adds a welcome addition to the flavor, without being overwhelming. This remains a very well executed and tasty beer, I always like having one when I get a chance, even if this has been sitting in my beer fridge for many years. Sunday, October 1, 2023
yann28	4 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (2017) Liquide marron rouge ambré avec mousse disparaissant rapidement. Nez vinaigré, fruits noirs et pruneaux. En bouche, on retrouve le nez avec une touche boisée et surtout un côté sucré remarquable, excellent !! Saturday, September 30, 2023
berto77ro	4 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (2018) Saturday, September 30, 2023
FROTHINGSLOSH	3.9 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2016) - St-Bock Dark brown with a small beige head. Tart and woody with cider vinegar, dark fruit, red wine and cognac. Very long finish. Moderately full bodied. Alcohol well controlled Monday, September 25, 2023
rayaron	3.6 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru (2015) - Let it beer Bottle sample at a tasting. Hazy bronze-orange with white head. The aroma has notes of funk, vinegar, nail polish, oxidised, honey, acetone. The flavor is sour and mild bitter, oxidised, wood, alcohol, funk, vinegar, acetone, honey. Full-bodied. Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Lore	4.4 BFM Reverend Bon-Chien (2021)Fruity Sour Ale Aux damassons rouges hazy brown colour, only minimal beige lacing; aroma of tannines, acetone, citric and acetic acidy, woody and some unripe fruity notes; taste is the exact same with intensive unripe plum-like sourness; perfect as almost always in case of BFM Sunday, September 17, 2023
Kabaz	4 BFM √225 Saison Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Ascelja	3.9 BFM √225 Saison #6417 Cloudy, gold to orange, medium white head. Noble bretty aroma, funky, floral, Saison yeast, hay. Taste is neutral, lightly bitter, sour, funky, bretty, dry finish, muscatel, apricot, apple, woody finish. Medium body, average carbonation. Maybe it get a bit wild after two years, but it suits well. I like it! Friday, September 1, 2023
BrewRates61	4 BFM Cuvée Alex le Rouge Thursday, August 31, 2023
s3quin	3.9 BFM Cuvée Alex le Rouge Thursday, August 17, 2023
jgb9348	3.7 BFM XIV (La Quatorze) s: rich wheatie malts light coffee rustic earthiness a: muddied rich brown thinnish, one centimetre tall off-white head t: rich pungent wheatie p: coffee sweet caster sugar light pitted fruits o: rich & balanced sweet without cloying complex with coffee 75 cL bottle New Beer Distributors: New York, New York 24-February-2018 for US$15,95 sampled: 13-June-2023 batch #5 Sunday, August 13, 2023