Brasserie du Bas-Canada Opale

Opale

 

Brasserie du Bas-Canada in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
7.81
ABV: 11.9% IBU: - Ticks: 4
Assemblage de Barleywine affiné pour une moyenne de 24 mois en fût de bourbon Knob Creek

Voici Opale, un assemblage de Barleywine affiné pour une moyenne de 24 mois en barrique de bourbon Knob Creek. Il s'agit d'une assemblage de Barleywine affiné 28 et 20 mois en fût de bourbon. Vous y trouverez des notes intenses de bourbon, de fruits confits avec des notes riches de toffee, de caramel. La texture est riche avec une pointe très légèrement tannique. Les saveurs sont dominées par des notes intense de bourbon et de fruits confits.
 

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8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

A deep dark brown barley wine with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with vinous notes, dark fruits, licorice, alcohol warmth, very nice and rich. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity caramel malt with dark fruits, licorice, alcohol warmth, woody notes, very nice and smooth. Bottle at Festival de la Bière de Laval 2025.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2025 at 16:57


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8.3
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750ml (thx, Alex G.!) shared with Alex and Ryan @ 🏡
Aroma: nice dark fruits, caramel, moderately sweet, American oak.
Taste: along the same lines, with some hoppy bitterness in the finish.
Overall: quite good, but still nothing mind blowing.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2025 at 06:34


9.3
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color barleywine with a dark brown foamy head with some retention and some lacing notes. Aroma of deep caramelized notes with some strong woody bourbon notes and vanilla. Taste is also a mix of deeply caramelized malt notes with some vanilla notes with some strong bourbon and a sweet finale. Body is pretty full with an oily texture and good carbonation with some discernible alcohol notes. Nice woody bourbon barleywine with with semi-sweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2025 at 02:04


8.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Brown bottle, 750 ml, purchased at Brasserie du Bas-Canada - Hautes-Plaines on February 15, 2025, savoured on February 17, 2025; eye: very dark brown, opaque, no effervescence, ring of rather large brown bubbles, no lacing; nose : molasses, alcohol, malt, whisky, bourbon, aniseed, light oak, brown sugar; palate: molasses, alcohol, malt, whisky, bourbon, aniseed, light oak, brown sugar, alcohol warmth, finale in alcohol with presence of aniseed, full-bodied, average carbonation, rather sweet, alcoholic texture; in short: very good


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Bouteille brune, 750 ml, achetée chez Brasserie du Bas-Canada - Hautes-Plaines le 15 février 2025, savourée le 17 février 2025; œil : brun très foncé, opaque, pas d’effervescence, anneau de bulles brunes plutôt grosses, pas de dentelle; nez : mélasse, alcool, malt, whisky, bourbon, anis, léger boisé, cassonade; bouche : mélasse, alcool, malt, whisky, bourbon, anis, léger boisé, cassonade, chaleur d’alcool, finale en alcool avec présence d’anis, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, plutôt sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : bien bon

Tried from Bottle at Brasserie du Bas-Canada - Hautes-Plaines on 17 Feb 2025 at 20:55