A hazy amber ale with a thin white head. A floral hops aroma with murky malt, not bad. In mouth, a nice little pale ale with nice cascade hops, light citrus, and light caramel. Medium bodied. Tasted at pub late Dec. 2006.

Biggish pink head. Hazy pink body. Sharpish raspberry aroma, kind of sweetish. Mild, soft sweetish raspberry taste. Tart raspberry aftertaste. Some fluffy candy notes. Nice, drinkable; not terribly remarkable. (0.12l draft at St. Bock, Montreal.)

No head, just a thin white ring. Hazy deep golden body. Looks more like a whisky. Sweetish golden fruity mango and honey aroma. Bitter wooden empty taste. A real let-down after that aroma! Some cardboard. No aftertaste. Wonderful aroma, but deeply flawed taste. Seems like they haven’t fully mastered the cask approach yet. (0.12l cask at St. Bock, Montreal.)

Small offwhite head. Opaque black body. Thin sooty chocolate aroma. Thin dry burnt taste with chocolate notes. Watery and flat. No aftertaste. Boring! Short review, because there isn’t really much to say about this one-dimensional beer. (0.12l draft at St. Bock, Montreal.)

Pint at le St. Bock on 1/27/07
Very dark chocolate brown beer is highlighted by ruby and maroon tints. Clarity is medium-high with plentiful carbonation. Medium-dark beige head is small, shows moderate retention and provides little/no lacing.
A big shot of vinous, dark fruits surge forth upon first sniff, followed by chocolate-covered coffee bean-like roastiness and trailing smoked malts. Fortunately, the smoke is easily found. Light minerals and fresh yeast abound on the finish, with smoky phenolics and piquant fruitiness all wrapped about. What it does seem to be lacking, however, is a solid, supportive maltiness that you would expect from a scotch ale. Not much in the way of sweet caramel or toffe, and rather much more chocolatey and roasty. Still, I’ve had scotch ales very similar to this (think Silver City Fat Bastard) and it’s competent and interesting. No hops noted, no alcohol noted.
Strong vinousness again perks up in the flavor, but seems to get swallowed, briefly by some sweet chocolate. The pale or medium malt sweetness (and resulting palate softness) is short-lived, however, as roasty, somewhat grainy malts arrive to heavily dry the flavor and strip the palate. Ending thoroughly smoked and very fruity (dark berries, prunes, concord grapes) with the smokiness really wrapped in to the fruitiness and roast. Interesting, but some caramelization, more medium malts, less roast and a bit more clarity from the smoke would prove beneficial. Body is much too dry and thin by the finish and with warming some alcohol warmth is evident.

A clear brown ale with a thin white head. Strong butterscotch aroma, caramel, with light nutty notes. In mouth, caramel malt with light coriander, and strong diacetyl developping. Medium bodied. Not my 3 mousquetaires favorites. On tap Dec. 23, 2006.

Eye: black with burgundy reflections, not much of that beige head; nose: smoke, roasted malt, caramel, "fresh"; mouth: smoke, caramel, roasted malt, finale in caramel with a hint of smoked salmon, relatively thin, mildly sweet, medium body, oily texture, good carbonation, lightly bitter FRANÇAIS Oeil : noire avec des reflets bourgogne, peu de mousse beige; nez : fumée, torréfaction, caramel, « fraîche »; bouche : fumée, caramel, torréfaction, finale en caramel avec une pointe de saumon fumé, relativement mince, moyennement sucrée, corps moyen, texture huileuse, bonne carbonatation, légèrement amère

Dark clear brown ale with a thick moka head. Sweet raisin aroma with light molasses. In mouth, a roasted malt with notws of vinous raisins, not very sweet and very light peated notes. Rich and smooth. Went nicely with the Bosniac meat.