Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Second IPA rated of the night and my first from this brewer. Pours a clean amber colour with and off-white head that is big, has good retention and creates lacing all-around. Carbonation in this one is a bit more active (again with tiny bubbles). The scent though is not hoppy, but grainy. If you sniff enough, you can trace hints of grassy hop hidden in the bush. Taste of caramel malt with some fruit, and even harder to find the hop in this department. Wet mouthfeel, but medium-bodied. Not really bitter, and with the grain flavour in the aftertaste. Nothing wrong here, but laking in the hop section. An IPA that is above the Keith’s IPA but less bitter than most average ones (like the Simple Malt IPA I just rated before).
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Has a beautiful dark brown-amber body with small bits of carbonation, as well as a huge dark beige head. Soft aroma of chocolate, espresso hazelnut. Flavour is coffee and hazelnut with a slightly weak palate. Still, it’s a pretty good stout.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Has a faint malt aroma, with slightly syrupy sweetness. Nice dark amber body with a modest yellow-white head. Flavour is wood, grass, barley. It has a sharp wet finish with no syrupiness at all. Great for the alcohol content. It’s a very nice strong beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Poured a hazy dark burgundy color ale with an average size foamy head with good retention and limited lacing. Aroma of sweet malt with dry oak notes. Taste is more dominated by oak and light vinous notes then I was expecting. The sweet malty notes from the based beer are still perceptible. Body is surprisingly more thin then the based beer with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Interesting but I won’t seek again considering the price tag and the fact that the original beer is much better.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium to light dark amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, alcohol, floral and spicy, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20100821]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50 cL bottle, courtesy of Madsberg. Pours hazy amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is herbal and spiced aroma. Liqourice, spiced and herbal. Dry and herbal finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of madsberg. Pours a warm dark orangey brown with a creamy and lacing off-white head. Very sweet nose of burned caramel and phenollic yeasts. Solid body, caramel and overripe fruit, honey and spices with a Belgian yeasty touch. Very warming alcohol finish. 210810
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample, tasted at Oktoberfest de Mascouche, savoured on September 12 2009; eye: orangey, hazy, nice effervescence, nice creamy beige head; nose: hops, malt, caramel, resinous hops, citrusy; mouth: hops, malt, caramel, resinous hops, citrusy, light caramel, finale all in hops with presence of malt-caramel, average carbonation, slightly sweet, medium body, rather bitter; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bue à l’Oktoberfest de Mascouche, savourée le 12 septembre 2009; oeil : orangée, trouble, belle effervescence, belle couverture de mousse beige crémeuse; nez : houblon, malt caramel, houblon résineux, citrique; bouche : houblon, malt caramel, houblon résineux, citrique, léger caramel, finale toute en houblon avec présence de malt-caramel, carbonatation moyenne, très légèrement sucrée, corps moyen, plutôt amère; en résumé : bien aimé
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bouteille 500ml. De couleur ambrée et très légèrement voilée. Nez de houblon herbeux, (herbes fraîches et mouillées), légèrement floral et aux notes terreuses, de grains de malt pâles aux notes terreuses avec des notes de noix, de caramel sucré et de fruits (agrumes, traces de raisins verts). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture très légèrement crémeuse. Goût moyennement amer de houblon légèrement herbeux et aux notes terreuses et florales (une amertume présente toute la gorgée) accompagné de notes fruitées (agrumes) lors de l’entrée en ouche auquel se rajoute un goût de grains de malt moyennement caramélisés avec de faibles notes terreuses puis en finale l’on assiste à un regain d’amertume de houblon herbeux (herbes fraîches, notes d’herbes mouillées) légèrement asséchant avec des notes de noix. Post-goût moyen et un peu sec, moyennement amer de houblon herbeux et aux notes terreuses et florales ainsi que des notes de noix.