Biere de Noel
Church Brew Works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse Regular|
Score
6.45
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Frothingslosh (19444) reviewed Biere de Noel from Church Brew Works 16 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
The 2009 version is 9.5% alcohol. Sampled on draft at the brewery this beer poured a very dark brown color with a large tan head. The aroma was dryish, nutty and tangy with a touch of raisin and cherry. The flavor was dry, nutty and malty with notes of raisin, fennel and bourbon with a slight medicinal undertone. Long finish. Moderately full bodied. The alcohol shows through a bit too much. Ok.
mrbunn (3068) reviewed Biere de Noel from Church Brew Works 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap in the Church. Body is a cloudy and tawny brown with a thin tan head. Big aromas of dark fruit and brown sugar foreshadow the flavor that is to come... fig and raisin, brown sugar and spice all come together to make this pretty nice stuff. ABV is 8 % this year, and it was present and pleasant. This is pretty dark compared to the other bieres de garde that I have tried. It is very full flavored and a little bit sticky sweet. I probably should have taken a growler home.
cheap (9607) reviewed Biere de Noel from Church Brew Works 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3
Church Brew Biers de Noel: S5L3F1T4O6: Brownish, but this dark atmosphere at the CBW makes it difficult to see. Has a somewhat fruity note in the smell, perhaps with some metallic olfactory in there. Woooooh, first taste is a rather alky impression but it seems to numb up the old taste buds and the alky-ness goes away until the next slug. Is a little hot IMHO and att 8%, I guess it is difficult to hide the hotness. Very little, if any carbonation. Stronger on the taste buds than I expected. A little too much for this lager lover. Medicinal at the times and relatively mouth coating. Finish is quite lingering alky. Strongest tasting Beire de garde I ever had.