Medium brown with a golden-brown colour. There is a fair bit of barrel - strong woody - notes but also a lot of toffeeish malt notes. It picks up some fairly rough bitterness, definitely that rich toffee molasses note, but I’d say the brett c doesn’t show through that much. I’d argue it’s a touch thin, despite its sugars, but otherwise has it’s a nice old ale.

Bottle - Lots of raw wood. Cloudy copper with a decent beige head. Bitter and woody with some plum and a long finish. Woody bitterness is a bit much.

Hazy, amber, with a thin head. This has a big woody character, with vinous accents, and definitely brett. On the palate, the wood is really heavy, the brett still there, and while there are sweet malt characteristics, none of this is really coming together in this beer.

750ml bottle (thx, Alex G.!) shared at Brian’s office. Pours a hazy amber with a tan head. Aroma is bretty, woody, winey, fruity. Same taste with a quite high bitterness. Not bad.

Draft at Vices et Versa. Pours a very dark amber with a light beige head. Aroma of dark malts, citrus and pine. Taste is dark malts, roast, chocolate, citrus, notes, pine. Good.

Draft at Le Saint-Bock, Montreal. hazy gold, white head. Fruity aroma. Taste is citrus, pine, yeast, floral notes and spice. Interesting.

Bottle: Poured a deep brown color ale with a quite large off-white foamy head with OK retention and light lacing. Aroma of caramelized sugar with fruity ester and oak presence is somewhat unique and enticing. Taste is a great mix of caramelized sugar notes with some fruity ester, light funky notes with some residual sugar notes and string oak presence. Body is quite full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol notes. Lacking some balance overall but interesting though say the least.

Brown bottle, 750 ml, purchased at Bières Dépôt Au Vent du Nord, savoured on July 19 2016; eye: dark brown, opaque, minuscule ring of brown head, slight lacing; nose: woody, red wine, malt, light residual sugar; mouth: woody, red wine, malt, light residual sugar, tannin, semi-dry finale in red wine with presence of acridness, medium body, below-average carbonation, lightly harsh texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, achetée chez Bières Dépôt Au Vent du Nord, savourée le 19 juillet 2016; œil : brun foncé, opaque, minuscule anneau de mousse brune, très légère dentelle; nez : boisé, vin rouge, malt, léger sucre résiduel; bouche : boisé, vin rouge, malt, léger sucre résiduel, tanin, finale semi-sèche en vin rouge avec présence d’âcreté, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : correct