Scåssenes (previously Ecaussinnes)
Commercial Brewery in Ecaussinnes, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Established in 1999
In 2020 after years of setbacks (the existing installations of the brewery turned out to be too old or too large; while co-investor Michel Simon left the firm) a new manager was appointed to put things in order. Brewmaster Jerôme, a medical biologist, keeps an eye on the fully automated brewing process.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottled (BB 06/2006)
3.5% Belgian (non-lambic) ale ... interesting. Backside label gives distribution address for Australia. Pale yellow color, big foany head. Wet, grassy, metallic, dish cleanser aroma. Thin, lemony fruity, short flavor. Oily, lighty hoppy aftertaste. Plain as was expected.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled (BBE 01/2009)
Hazy yellow color and a big cloudy head. Sweet fruity (mango) aroma, not very strong. Medium-bodied. Bitterish with long hoppy aftertaste. A bit grassy/woody. One dimensional but drinkable.
TBone (30139) reviewed Ultramour from Scåssenes (previously Ecaussinnes) 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottled (BB 05/2007)
Deep cherry red, a good cloudy tan head, lace. Artificial rasberry aroma, more like strawberry icecream. Dry rasberry flavor with some sourness. Flavor ends quickly to watery mouthfeel. Dry aftertaste. Flavor is not totally hopeless but after medicore aroma and palate this is not very enjoyable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Golden beer with white head. Sweet and slightly sour nose. Spices too. Sweet taste of crackers and cardamom. Sweet finish. Rating: 6-3-6-3-12-3. 051028
Bottle, two different vintages, 2005 and 2007. An unclear, golden beer with a small white head. Cookies, ginger and cardamom on the nose, the ginger toned down in the oldest bottle. Cookies, ginger and pale malts in the flavor, as in the aroma, the ginger had faded over the years, and there’s some oxidation too. Pleasant sweetness. Medium body. Cookies and spices in the finish. Definately a strange beer, but I like it. 100212
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle. Very weak fruity aroma. Slightly cloudy, pale yellow colour. Small white head. Thin (of course) flavour, but it does have some fruitiness. A little too high carbonation. OK, but boring.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Do not serve chilled or cool or whatever the bottle says. Very dark and cloudy brown. Small but thick head that becomes rocky, and remains as a thin layer on top of the beer until the last sip. Cold immediately from the bottle the beer has little aroma, little flavor, and far too much carbonation; so much so that it seems to effect the flavor as footbalm said. After warming to room temperature there is malt, fruit, and very light spice. Flavor of rich sweet malt, some fruit. The alcohol is well hidden in the flavor. This tastes like a dubbel, but with the abv so high, it would be fair to call it a quad. Pleasant.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(bottle) Slightly hazy orange colour with a lacy frothy white head. Sweet orange and peach aroma, malty and slightly syrupy with a touch of wheat. Sweet fruity flavour, medium to full bodied, light fizzy. Heavy orange fruity and sweet malty taste, alcohol-warming, English marmalade like sweetbitter lasting finish.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Dark amber to brown color; huge thick head. Nice aroma, malty, old, light hops. Malty and sweet taste, medium spices (cinnamon, ginger…).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught
Hazy golden color, creamy head. Aroma with some malt, hop, light fruitness. Smooth malty body, silky, well balanced. Solid Strong Belgian Ale!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught
Blond color. Thick creamy head. Pretty sweet, honeyish and perfumy. Refreshing.