La Torpille

La Citadelle, Geneva bottle (8 francs): Pours dark brown with a white head. Aroma is dark fruit and much of it. Taste is fruity, sweet, and yeasty. Pretty nice with a pleasant aftertaste.

Brown color, small white head. Bready, malty, spicy yeasts, tart. Very typical BFM I?d say. Birnbrot, yes. Malty, spicy taste, mild bitterness, the tartness is always present, but not overpowering. Lots of bready malts, nice fruity tartness. Nice carbonation, refreshing for its darkness. Good, I like it!

On tap at Marciero. 7.5% A fruity & spicy brown ale from Switzerland. Served in a fluted glass(800 yen) a dark ruby brown pour with just a wisp of a beige film. Med-thin bodied with a smooth satisfying mouthfeel. The aroma is a bit tart, malty fudge & light cinnamon. It’s got a rich malty smooth body with some figs, milk chocolate, some cinnamon and a slight tart edge. Very very nice, easy drinking beer! As it warms up it keeps getting better & better giving me some breadiness plus a deeper fudge like chocolate. I am digging this quite a bit.

Tap at Marciero. Dark brown with some orange, lace. Spicy chocolate nose, caramel. Rich chocolate malt flavor, caramel, stone fruit, cinnamon and other spices. Good chewy malt, though rather light in body. Good.

Bernsteinfarbene, trübe Farbe, süßlich milder Geruch. Ein Bier mit Zimt, Nelken und Pflaumenpüree - ich bin schwer gespannt! Der Antrunk ist leicht pflaumig-mild, leicht säuerlich, dabei angenehm frisch malzig. Diese angenehm pfluamige Malzigkeit setzt sich zum Hauptteil fort, wo auch eine leichte milde Hefigkeit hinzutritt. Der Nachgeschmack ist angenehm süß-säerlich, Nelken mache ich ganz leicht aus, Zimt leider gar nicht. Auf der Zunge bleibt die schon im Anfang existierende malzige Pflaumennote mit angenehm hefigem Touch. Sehr interessantes Bier!! 12/13/12/12

First rating: Medium beige head. Hazy dark red body with lots of floaties. Earthy fruity herbal aroma with Christmas spice and chocolate notes. Sweetish lavender, cardamom and other Christmas spice taste with fruity roasty notes. Mid-bodied. Lumpy mouthfeel, unfortunately. Some butter, too. Dryish spicy fruity aftertaste with dusty syrupy rye crisp bread notes. Nice, drinkable, but a bit marred by the floaties. (0.33l bottle, from wine monopoly, Oslo City.) 6,3,5,3,12=2.9

Second rating: Small white head. Yellow body with enough floaties to not be entirely clear. Spicy yeasty phenolic aroma with herbal notes. Sweet spicy fruity orangey taste with herbal notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dryish orange rind and spice aftertaste with herbal notes. Weirdly similar to vossaøl with kveik. Nice. I like it. (0.33l bottle, I forget where from.) 5,3,6,3,13=3.0

Amber with off white head - Malt aroma with some spicy notes in the back - Malt body with some spicy yeast notes - Malt goes into the finish - This was ok

Sving-topp flaske 330ml fra Vinmonopolet, Bestillingsutvalget. Åpner uten smell men med litt røyk. Veldig mørkebrun - slik at partikkelsedimentene så vidt sees. Middels høyt luftig skum med kniplingslacing. Aroma av godt moden banan. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken er tung. Søt malt med antydning til karamell. Alkoholen dominerer og gjør den tungdrikkelig. Avslutter syrlig & tørt og etterlater en ikke god ettersmak. Litt sedimenter igjen på flaska.

Draught @ Haand Ølfestival 2014
Pours slightly hazy reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, plums, cinnamon and dried fruits. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long plum, dried fruity and cinnamon finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

330ml swing-top bottle bought at Vinmonopolet Langnes, Tromsø. Fair, fawn-coloured head with satisfying retention to an unclear, dark-brown coloured body. Fragile lacing. Aromas of wood and roasted caramel malts. Rather comprehensive taste character of dark plums, herbs, dark honey, and caramel offset by a roasted bittersweet finish. Fine bodied. Likable (at home 08.06.2014).