Tooth and Nail Brewing Company Truce

Truce

 

Tooth and Nail Brewing Company in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular
Score
6.88
ABV: 8.75% IBU: - Ticks: 9
Brewed with dried figs, raisins, star anise, and Belgian monastic yeast
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

A red copper ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light xmas spices, ginger, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet caramel malt with candy sugar, light curacao, light spices, alcohol warmth, very nice. On tap at brewery.

Tried from Draft at Tooth and Nail Brewing Company on 18 Jan 2026 at 19:12


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from the brewery. Dark brown pour, with a large beige head. Aroma is obviously figs and dark fruit with some sweet bready malts. Kinda defeats the purpose of adding figs and what not, these are flavours you normally find in a Belgian strong ale. This is yeasty, and sweet, low bitterness, bready and satisfying. Nice mouth feel, carb is spot on. A nice easy drinking Belgian strong ale, a perfect Xmas sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:20


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Clean copper-amber colour with tiny Belgian carbonation. The head is big, light-beige, frothy-creamy with good retention and some foamy traces of lacing. Dark dried fruit aromas, malty with a herbal touch. The taste shows the fruit fruits stronger, with decent dryness in the finish. Hints of liquorice. Rich, but not overly, the hops helping. Gets hazy near the last pour. A very good Christmasy Belgian darker strong beer with some good dried dark fruits and hints of nuttiness.
Earlier Rating: 1/2/2018 Total Score: 3.1
2017 Holiday Ale edition with a 10.2% ABV. in a 500ml brown bottle from the brewery. Pours a hazy copper-amber colour with a warm beige cap, decent retention and some nice creamy lace. Fruity sweet malt nose with the raisins and figs notes. Hints of hops. The flavours are kind of odd. Darker malts found in a nut brown ale with the nuttiness, fruity malts and maybe the hops that are off. Grassy, green leaves, not blending well for me. The rest seems fine.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2022 at 01:05


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Glass, 195 ml, on the premise, savoured on November 24, 2020; eye: burgundy, half veiled, no effervescence, ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: spices, malt, light wine, malt, spices, light fruit; mouth: spices, malt, light wine, malt, spices, lightly fruity, alcohol, alcohol warmth, finale in alcohol with presence of malt-spices, full-bodied, average carbonation, lightly bitter, mildly sweet, slick texture; in summary: fine

FRANÇAIS
Verre, 195 ml, bue sur place, savourée le 24 novembre 2020; œil : bourgogne, semi-voilée, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : épices, malt, léger vineux, malt, épices, léger fruité; bouche : épices, malt, léger vineux, malt, épices, léger fruité, alcool, chaleur d'alcool, finale en alcool avec présence de malt-épices, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien

Tried on 08 Jan 2021 at 15:46


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

En fut à la brasserie le 9 février 2017. De couleur ambrée très foncée, presque brune, avec une mousse beige très crémeuse et persistante. Au goût, il y a des figues, de l’anis et du raisin, avec un alcool chaleureux. Les fruits sont dominants. Bière très fruitée et sucrée. Peut-être trop. Il y manque aussi une effervescence plus active. Ou est la levure et l’effervescence typique de ces Belges monastiques?

Tried on 15 May 2017 at 21:37


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can: Poured a clear amber color ale with a nice off-white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of caramelized malt with light dry fruit notes with some bready yeast notes. Taste is a mix of caramelized malt notes with some light dry fruits, bready and fruity yeast with limited amount of residual sugar notes. Body is about average with good carbonation and no overly apparent alcohol notes. Enjoyable Belgian ale with less residual sugar then I was expecting.

Tried from Can on 13 Mar 2017 at 11:02


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

From tap. Pours cloudy to hazy orange and amber, small white head. Aroma is sweet malty and caramelish. Toasted malty and breadish to caramelish finish.

Tried from Draft on 08 Mar 2017 at 06:38


5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Keg (10%) at Tooth and Nail, Ottawa. Clear copper colour, mid sized head. Caramelly licorice aroma. Sweet with full body and clean, sticky mouthfeel. Syrup, dates and caramel. Licorice and and dough. Some saccharine burn and sassafrass in a warming finish.

Tried on 17 Feb 2017 at 18:49


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

A reddish copper ale with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with loads of dark fruits, light candy sugar, plums, alcohol warmth, nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with loads dark fruits, ripe banana, alcohol warmth, very nice. On tap at brewery.

Tried from Can on 08 Jan 2016 at 16:40