Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Wine and Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours dark and ruddy, tho transparent, with a 2 finger creamy beige head. Aromas of fair amounts of spice, a hint of honey, and some caramel. It smells much better than I can describe. A very nice aroma. Full bodied. Flavor matches the aroma, but there’s a hint of cola as well. It’s mildly sweet, somewhat roasted malt, and there’s some nice level of hop. This is no simple amber ale. It finishes a bit mixed for sweet and bitter, somewhat spicy, and just a little astringent. I want to say dry, but it’s not quite there, tho it seems dry off and on. Very nice beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Poured a deep dirty and hazy brown color ale with a large light brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma consists of dry caramelized malt with some hint of oak. Taste is more straightforward then I was anticipating with notes of dry caramelized malt and light oak notes with very little other characteristics that are easily noticeable. I though this beer was somewhat too dry for my taste with not enough sugar to sustain the body. The oak-aged process also didn’t seem to help and made this beer even dryer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Wine & Cheese in Clayton,MO. Pours dark mahogany with a creamy/bubbly/frothy beige head. Aroma of medium dark fruits with some florality and a hint of miele. Med body. Flavor is awesome. There’s ripe light pitted fruit, a touch of treacle, and a lot of complications. And some florality. It’s not exactly dry, but it’s not all that sweet. Heat isn’t even in the equation. Maybe it finishes like cola. I’m sure the sweet is from honey, cause there’s a residual mouthfeel of honey. Anyway, this is pretty neat stuff, whatever it really is.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Brewery Creek, Vancouver
Dark brown color, unclear, with small head. Nice aroma of malt, caramel, elegant, with a hint of apples and spices (nutmeg). Strong body, round mouthfeel; it has good flavor of caramel and malt, with moderate sweetness and relatively low bitterness; the alcohol is well hidden, there is just a gentle warmth in the end, light liquorice, together with a seducing chocolate trace.
Very good; not vibrant, but well balanced.
TBone (30139) reviewed La Corriveau from Le Bilboquet - Microbrasserie 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draught@The Ginger Man, NYC
Dark ruby, almost opaque color, creamy beige head, lace. Toasted, chocolaty aroma. Light to medium-bodied. Berryish, fruity hops, some sweet milk chocolate and toastyness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bouteille 500ml (994 de 2000). De couleur ambrée-brune foncée et voilée. Nez de levures terreuses, fruitées (bananes) et légèrement épicées (pain d’épices), léger de caramel rôti et de blé avec des notes de noix et de houblon herbeux aisni que de faibles traces de gomme balloune. Mince-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture légèrement minérale et aux petites notes crémeuses. Goût de levures fruitées (bananes, notes d’agrumes) très légèrement épicées (pain d’épices) avec de faibles notes de noix lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un moyen goût de blé grillé ainsi qu’un léger goût de caramel rôti et terreux puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume de houblon herbeux avec des traces de pain. Post-goût moyen, légèrement amer de rôti (traces grillées), léger de levures fruitées (pelures de bananes) ainsi qu’avec des notes de noix et de houblon herbeux.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
A dark brown head with a thin off white head. In aroma, a sweet fruity malt with light solvent notes. In mouth, a bizarre sweet malt with woody phenolic notes, burned wood, bad...is this a joke. On tap at Hivernale, Gatineau, Jan. 20 2012.
mcberko (47456) reviewed La Corriveau from Le Bilboquet - Microbrasserie 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500mL bottle, pours black / dark brown with a thick beige / tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, oatmeal, lactate qualities, and sweet milk chocolate. Flavour of oatmeal, milk, milk chocolate, toasted malt, nuts, and some slight metallic notes. Quite solid, enjoyable flavours, though nothing exceptional.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Sample, draught, Hivern’ales, savoured January 20 2012; eye: bronze, opaque, no effervescence, nice creamy beige head; nose: malt, spices, drying hops, light caramel, light alcohol; mouth: malt, spices, drying hops, light caramel, light alcohol, dry and short finale in malt with presence of hops, medium-full body, good carbonation, lightly bitter, slightly sweet, slick texture; overall: disappointing FRANÇAIS Échantillon, en fût, 8 %, Hivern’ales, savourée le 20 janvier 2012; œil : bronze, opaque, pas d’effervescence, belle mousse beige crémeuse; nez : malt, épices, houblon asséchant, léger caramel, léger alcool; bouche : malt, épices, houblon asséchant, léger caramel, léger alcool, finale sèche et courte en malt avec présence de houblon, corps moyen-corsé, bonne carbonatation, légèrement amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : déçu
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
500mL bottle, pours an opaque dark reddish brown with a small tan head. Aroma of dark fruits, alcohol, brown sugar, light whiskey, and honey. Flavour of honey, whiskey, dark fruits, brown sugar and booze. Palate finishes with honeyed whiskey and phenols. ABV is hidden quite well, leaving just a slight burn on the aftertaste. Very enjoyable.