Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien
(has 21 batches)
BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes) in Saignelégier, Jura, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.67
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Strong Barrel aged Sour Ale. The Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien is a strong sour ale of mixed fermentation, aged during a year in old wine oak barrels. The oak aging and the action of wild yeasts confer this beer’s astonishing wide range of aromas. Its outstanding komplexity, balance, roundness and long finish, are the fruit of the meticulous blend of selected barrels. On the palate the blend reminds one of fruity red wines with a pronounced balsamic sourness. The best way to enjoy a Bon-Chien is to serve it in an elegant wine glass at 16°C or 60.6°F paired with a duck breast or some panned foie gras for example.
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5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
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.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Mar 2024
at 23:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2024
at 19:22
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
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.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2024
at 04:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
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.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2024
at 13:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sample at a Kobi tasting at Berlin Florentin. Hazy amber. Vinegar, cookies, malt, wood, wine, funk, sour, sharp, rounded, alcohol note. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2024
at 20:19
8.2/10
Lovely tartness, with a lot of cider-like character and some definite age. Bit of spice. LCI
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2023
at 19:19
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2023
at 21:26
8/10
Hapu ja smooth, nats hapukapsane. Hea..
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2023
at 20:22
7/10
Hapu, happeline, marjane, nats äädikas, alksi katab hästi.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2023
at 15:57