RJ Brune d'Achouffe
Les Brasseurs RJ in Montréal, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.64
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Bière foncée épicée des Ardennes, brassée sous licence dans le respect scrupuleux d’une tradition millénaire.
Wassail dark Ardennes, brewed under license in the scrupulous respect of an ancient tradition.
Wassail dark Ardennes, brewed under license in the scrupulous respect of an ancient tradition.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
750mL bottle, best before July 14th, 2017, drunk 9/6/15.
I assume this is a 3 year coding thus making this one a bit over one year old. Typical BSA bottle conditioned pour yields tons of dense cinnamon-colored head with moderate retention, topping a dark brown body, with good clarity, and showing chestnut/auburn highlights on the edges.
Cinnamon, black pepper, clove and vanilla phenols all make their appearance in the nose, in general harmony with each other and the candy-like maltiness redolent of brown sugar, plums and dates. No alcohol to be found in the nose and clean, which is the most surprising thing here. No metallic notes, no DMS.....
Rather simple brown sugar-like maltiness with plentiful plums, prunes, vanilla and clove. Clove phenols help dry out the candy-sweet malts and while it still ends on the sweet side, it’s not offensively so. Some banana esters are noted with warming, as well as a heavier pepper phenol profile, but the alcohol remains in check throughout and I never find any flaws. Still a bit too sweet/simple, but fine.
I assume this is a 3 year coding thus making this one a bit over one year old. Typical BSA bottle conditioned pour yields tons of dense cinnamon-colored head with moderate retention, topping a dark brown body, with good clarity, and showing chestnut/auburn highlights on the edges.
Cinnamon, black pepper, clove and vanilla phenols all make their appearance in the nose, in general harmony with each other and the candy-like maltiness redolent of brown sugar, plums and dates. No alcohol to be found in the nose and clean, which is the most surprising thing here. No metallic notes, no DMS.....
Rather simple brown sugar-like maltiness with plentiful plums, prunes, vanilla and clove. Clove phenols help dry out the candy-sweet malts and while it still ends on the sweet side, it’s not offensively so. Some banana esters are noted with warming, as well as a heavier pepper phenol profile, but the alcohol remains in check throughout and I never find any flaws. Still a bit too sweet/simple, but fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2015
at 13:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bouteille 650ml. De couleur cuivrée foncée et voilée. Nez de levures fruitées (prunes, léger de pomme et d’agrumes) et épicées (clou de girofle, traces de poivre), de caramel doux et légèrement terreux et aux notes rôties, léger de sucre brun et avec des notes de houblon floral. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-fort ainsi qu’une texture légèrement huileuse.. Goût de levures assez épicées (moyen de clou de girofle et poivre, traces de coriandre) et légèrement fruitée aux notes acides (prunes, notes d’agrumes, traces de pommes rouges) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un goût assez sucré de caramel doux aux note rôties avec de petites notes de sucre brun puis finalement, l’on retrouve une légère amertume de houblon floral aux notes herbeuses avec des notes d’alcool. Post-goût légèrement amer d’alcool doux, léger de levures fruitées (pelure de prunes) et de houblon floral.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2013
at 19:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pretty good imitation of the style - not sure if this is a licensed make or what, but it’s alright. Good poor, dark brown with ongoing fizzies and half decent tracing. A sharp point of grapefruit astringency jumps in then goes half sour. Bottle in Montreal
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2012
at 18:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample, draught, 4 ounces, Hivern’ales, savoured on January 20 2011; eye: caramel, semi-opaque, no effervescence, no lacing; nose: malt, anise, floral hops, perfumy; mouth: malt, anis, floral hops, perfumy, light lime, finale in malt with floral hops, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sweet, slick texture; overall: quite fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, en fût, 4 onces, Hivern’ales, savourée le 20 janvier 2012; œil : caramel, semi-opaque, pas d’effervescence, pas de dentelle; nez : malt, anis, houblon floral, parfumée; bouche : malt, anis, houblon floral, parfumée, léger lime, finale en malt avec houblon parfumé, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien bon
Tried
on 01 Feb 2012
at 13:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Originally rated April 2005. Pours a medium brown colour with red highlights. The head has better retention then their Blonde d’Achouffe, and some lacing. The alcohol is present in the scent. The nose was also made of red apples, spices and sweet malts. The mouthfeel is kinda flat. The taste reminds me of apple cider, not the alcoholic one, but the brown coloured one that you buy around Christmas time. But with heavy alcohol. Lots of spices and red apples. A pretty good brew, but much prefer their Blonde one.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2010
at 23:22