Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 20/12/11, savoured on June 20 2007; eye: dark mahogany, clear, voluminous beige head, lots of lacing, no effervescence; nose: syrupy, caramelized malt, ashy; mouth: in that order, creamy, syrupy, spices (clove, nutmeg), candied fruits, caramelized malt, alcohol, long sweet finale where the spices are becoming more and more present, quite sweet, undetectable hops, medium body, average carbonation; overall: a bit too sweet FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant 20/12/11, savourée le 20 juin 2007; œil : acajou foncé, claire, mousse beige volumineuse, pas mal de dentelle, pas d’effervescence; nez : sirupeux, malt caramélisé, cendrée; bouche : dans cet ordre, crémeuse, sirupeuse, épices, fruits confits, malt caramélisé, épices (clou de girofle, muscade), alcool, longue finale sucrée un peu toquante où les épices deviennent de plus en plus présents, assez sucrée, on ne décèle pas le houblon, corps moyenne, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : un peu trop sucrée

Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 21/12/11, savoured on June 18 2007; eye: ruby, voluminous coffee head that leaves a little carpet to protect the beer, clear, no effervescence, lots of lacing; nose: light malt, sweet (maple syrup), ginger, cinnamon, wood (oak), clove; mouth: in that order, syrupy, sweet, caramel, cannot taste the malt but can feel its presence, ashy, sweet finale in maple syrup with hints of hops, cinnamon, pepper and clove, creamy and sticky texture, quite sweet, slightly bitter, full body, not much carbonation; overall: fine but me and maple syrup beers just don’t get along… I guess you have to be from Québec to enjoy the irony FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant 21/12/11, savourée le 18 juin 2007; œil : rubis, mousse café abondante qui laisse un petit tapis pour protéger la bière, claire, pas d’effervescence, dentelle abondante; nez : léger malt, sucrée (sirop d’érable), gingembre, cannelle, boisée (chêne), clou de girofle; bouche : dans cet ordre, sirupeux, sucrée, caramel, on ne goûte pas le malt mais on sent sa présence, cendrée, finale toquante en sirop d’érable avec des pointes de houblon, cannelle, poivre et clou de girofle, texture crémeuse, très sucrée, très légèrement amère, corsé, texture collante, peu carbonatée; en résumé : correct mais moi et les bières au sirop d’érable… il faut bien vivre au Québec pour ne pas aimer une bière au sirop d’érable

Bottled. Hazy orange colour with mediumsized white head. Aroma is syrup, fruits, caramel malts and some spices. Flavour is citrus along with yeast and citrus fruits. Not as alcoholic as the other ultra’s as for the flavour.

Bottled. Dark amber colour, big beige head. Aroma is malts, sweet alcohol (quite weakly). Flavour is sweet from alcohol, along with some malts and yeast. Very wellbalanced and pleasantly done.

Bottled. Yellow colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is sweet glueish alcohollike with some malts added in it. Flavour is about the same. What I wonder on this one is why the glueish alcohollike thing comes through if it’s 5%?

Bottled. Hazy orange colour, big huge creamy off-white head. Aroma is nutty and quite toffeeish with some hints of malts. Flavour is nuts, sweet malts and some yeasty hints. A rather pleasant and refreshing thing.

Bottle picked up at The Little Beer Shop, Ludlow, Salop. Deep amber in colour with frothy head, aroma was sweet and malty, taste was also quite sweet, malty and fruity although there was little in the way of plums noticed in the taste which had a little sourness on the edge, if truth be known I rather liked this it was a very reasonable beer even if I didn’t get the plums or prunes.

(Bottle 33 cl) Warm, orangey brown with a creamy, beige head leaving some lacework. Sweet aroma of roasted malt and caramel. Full - but not overly so - body, especially considering the alcohol. Marked accents of roasted malt and brown sugar, yet it manages to end fairly dry without much bitterness. The alcohol is very well hidden. 100307

Bottle: Poured a dark brown/black with thin cream brown head. The aroma was fruit and liquorice. This tasted similiar with heavy liquorice reminded me of jagermeister!