Driftwood Brewery Belle Royale (-2012)

Belle Royale (-2012)

 

Driftwood Brewery in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  Fruit Beer Regular Out of Production
Score
6.23
ABV: 9.0% IBU: - Ticks: 5
We married our spicy Belgian yeast with a pile of malt and 900 pounds of sour cherries! Pairs well with dessert or as an aperitif. This beer could be laid down, but don’t deny yourself the pleasure of enjoying the intense fruit and spice flavors fresh!

Note: different recipe to the later releases (2013-).
 

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

From the 3/2012 3R6P tasting. +++Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark orange-amber color with no head and no lacing. The aroma was bread, yeast and faint cherries. The flavor was sweet tart cherry, cherry pits and cherry pie filling. The finish was long cherry pie filling and yeast. Moderately full bodied. The alcohol was well hidden. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2012 at 15:46


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Thanks Jonas (and CapFlu?). Slightly pinkish, light amber. The aroma has candy cherry with some alcoholic notes. Sweet alcohol on the palate with some cherry notes. Fairly straightforward brew, not much going on. Most of these strong fruit beers don’t work out well.

Tried from Can on 18 Nov 2010 at 01:50


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle, thanks Todd. Cherry, marzipan and light raspberry aroma. Golden red, low head. Sweet berry start, marzipan, sparkly mouthfeel, berry finish. Must have been amazing when it was fresh.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2010 at 16:21


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4

Pink,fast fading white head.Stale metallic cherry nose.Sour vinegary cherry flavour,unpleasant alcohol heat. Stale spicy yeast overtones. A poor effort

Tried on 17 May 2010 at 20:22


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

650mL bottle, pours a vibrant reddish orange with a small head. Aroma of sour cherries and yeast. Flavour of sour cherries, yeast, citrus, tartness and some acidity. Quite nice.

Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2010 at 23:38