Père Canard

Kerstbierfestival, Essen bottle: Amber coloured ale pretty heavy brew with some good added spices, Translation of the beer name "Father Duck" if i’am correct.

Fles 33cl thuis. Chocolade, licht vineus, wat roasted malttonen, caramel, rood fruit, redelijk zacht, wat kruidig, kaneel, redelijk droog. (8-8-2020).

27/04/2018 @home - 33cl bottle from a shop in Bruges. Dark amber colour, medium head. Nose is malts, bit fruits, spices. Taste is malts, banana, cake, spices, not bad but typical.

Appearance- murky, dirty-water brown, sediment drops out despite a careful pour, a quickly-disappearing beige head. Aroma- banana dominates, with sugary dark fruits, yeasty brown bread, toffee and caramel biscuit. Taste- sweet dark fruits- raisin, plum. Brown bread, fruitcake, almond, cherry, candied banana, sultanas, Belgian yeast. Quite a full fluffy mouthfeel with a fair bit of carbonation. Abv well hidden. Good stuff.

Bottle at the Pozarevac tasting without Matt (Matt, come back!). Pours a reddish coppery cloudy color, ivory foamy head. Nose: mild caramel, spicy background. Mouth: sweet start, light bitter finish. Pungent aftertaste. Ok ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle, 75 cl. Murky amber/brown colour, creamy white foam. Fruity aroma with notes of peach and banana, caramel and honey. Sweet with light bitter finish. Well balanced. Good beer.

Originally made for the justly famed Kerstbierfestival of 2007 in only 25 crates with a preliminary label, now in regular production with a ’full-fledged’ label and dubbed "Kerst-, Paas- en Sinksenbier", basically meaning - with the typically Belgian ironic approach to beer names - that it can be enjoyed all year round. Violent gusher, with foam creeping out of the bottle even after capturing a full glass of the liquid. Creamy and moussy, thickly lacing, yellowish white head, hazy reddish burgundy colour - the typical appearance of a ’massieve ale’, or, as it is called here, a quadrupel. Nose is perhaps a bit ’wild’ but rich and inviting: the liquorice, effectively used here, is clearly present, along with ’speculoos’, ruby port, brown sugar, baked banana, hazelnut paste, candied cherries, raisins, figs, "sirop de Liège", earthy forest floor, some freshly fermented farmland and varnish-like phenols, whisky, milk chocolate, bayleaf, cloves, white pepper. Sweet onset, banana, overripe pineapple, peach, bubblegum, brown sugar, but countered with a deep, subtle sourishness preventing it from becoming too cloying; liquorice already palpable at this point and remaining present throughout the palate but - to me - not disturbing, though I can imagine it will bother people who do not like it. Very soft, fluffy, full mouthfeel with soft carbonation, based on a thick layer of bready, caramelly malt sweetishness with a chocolatey edge to it. Finish remains very thickly malty, along with a peppery, leafy hop bitter note providing balance against the lingering brown sugar sweetness, and a deep, heart warming glow of rhum-like alcohol, pleasurable in this particular style. Too bad for the gushing, a little bit too phenolic, could use some moderation and refinement, but the flavour is quite alright, and if my notes from 2007 were accurate, it seems to have gained more body in the past eight years as well. Enjoyed it, this beer is a real comfort on a gloomy, dreary Sunday afternoon announcing the beginnings of autumn.

Smell of soap. Brown colour, small beige head. Aroma of lcohol, soap. Finish with oak and rum. Sweet.

Pours warm copper Small white head Very spiced , sweaty smell Rather low carbo . Spiced , bit bitter . Doable

Bottle 0.33l at Rotterdam, Helsinki. Colour is dark brown with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Dark fruits, Belgian yeast, raisins, some sweetness and malts. Quite soft and very malty.

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