Philomène Cointessence
Brasserie du Clocher in Namur, Namur, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
6.61
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Philomène Cointessence: Intense dark beer with malty notes and quince juice.
A real dark beer with malted and caramel notes, contrasted by a slightly tart touch coming from the addition of Quince juice to the recipe.
Its intense brown color comes from a 100% barley malt mixture, including some special double roasting malts which give the caramelized, nutty and grape flavors without giving it the bitterness of a stout.
Philomène Cointessence is a real tasting beer with discreet bitterness (24 IBU) with a creamy, ivory-colored foam. Some fruity notes reminiscent of perry gently shake the taste buds with a refreshing touch; delicate alchemy due to the quintessence of quince juice used in its recipe.
With this 8.3% Alc., It is ideal for warming the body and the heart while waiting for spring.
A serving temperature of 8-10 ° C (take it out of the fridge a little before opening) is ideal for highlighting all its flavors and its supple and delicious taste.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Roasty-brown color and a nice Tan head. Nose is sweet, caramel, Molasse, dried fruits. Fruity Taste, Something berry-like, malty, Molasse, Rum, raisins, boozy. Rich and intense.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2024
at 09:30
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle. A clear reddish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of red fruits, raisins, dark malt. Taste of dark red malt, some red fruits, berries, raisins.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2022
at 19:35
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Strong brown ale (a 'massieve ale' as the old OBP would have put it) flavoured with quince, from this 'church brewery' in Namur. Yellowish pale beige, moussy, thick but opening head, lacing in shreds over a misty mahogany brown beer with copper-bronze glow. Aroma of caramel, maple syrup or indeed quince jam, sirop de Liège (again the quince effect speaking, I guess), ruby port, raspberry coulis, old hazelnuts, brown bread crust, prunes, something earthy in the background. Sweet onset, quince jam acting as ripe pear, plum, medlar and blackberry 'confituur' here instead of the wry 'green' apple-like effect I usually get from it - I guess the fruit was cooked in this case or indeed added as some kind of jam; candi sugar sweetness too, sticking a bit to the teeth. Lively carb, full body, bit resinous from the sugars; something 'blood'-like and metallic zings on the edges of a caramelly and mildly hazelnutty malt core; the residual 'dark' sugariness continues but gets more and more balanced by a toasty bitterish effect and a leafy hoppiness. Some warming, port-like alcohol appears in the tail. Sweet and almost syrupy dubbel (or quad - whatever), with the sweetness seemingly coming from sugared quince jam rather than raw quince; shows a certain degree of complexity, and even if it is a bit too sweet for my tooth, it is by no means unpleasant (and might even improve with a bit of cellaring on it). This Clocher brewery has not deeply disappointed me thus far.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jul 2021
at 07:55
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours dark, rather clear, caramelly brown. Small white head. Smell is full, fridge-aged chocolate. Bit caramel. mildly earthy. Taste is sharp, bit tart, fridge-aged chocolate. Low quality chocolate , milder caramel, not great
Tried
on 17 Dec 2019
at 18:27