Dégustée en fût au Vices & Versa à Montréal à 6% titrant d’alcool. De couleur cuivrée foncée et voilée. Nez malté de caramel aux petites notes rôties, de houblon herbeux, légèrement terreux et aux petites notes citriques, léger de pain avec des notes fruitées (agrumes, notes d’abricots). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture légèrement crémeuse et aux petites notes huileuses. Goût moyennement amer de houblon légèrement floral et aux notes citriques (une amertume présente toute la gorgée) accompagné d’un léger goût fruité (agrumes, faibles traces d’abricots) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel aux faibles notes rôties avec des traces de toffee et de noix puis en finale le houblon revient en affichant un léger caractère asséchant et terreux ainsi que des notes herbeuses. Post-goût long et moyennement sec, moyennement amer de houblon légèrement terreux et herbeux avec des notes citriques ainsi que des notes fruitées (zest d’agrumes). (hiver 2006-07)

This stuff smells exactly like Christmas cake, which I find odd, but not entirely unpleasant. The body is a nice brown-burgundy but there’s no head, which kind of makes sense as it was served hot. Flavour is sweet beer and Christmas cloves, followed by a sweet finish. It’s just like a gluhwein; it needs more to make the beer-ishness of its situation stand out.

A copper amber ale with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet caramel malt with musty notes, flowers and honey. In mouth, a vienna like chalky sweet malt, lightly nutty, a bit of roasted coffee thrown in, not bad. On tap at Vices et Versa, Nov. 12 2010.

Growler shared at Maltzilla’s All American Weekend. Pours hazy copper color with off white head. Aromas of floral hops and caramel. Sweet malt flavor with some floral hops and mild bitterness. Medium body with averqage carbonation.

Courtesy someone at Fruit in the Room, thank you. Pours deep copper with modest off white head. The aroma is tart and spicy and a little bit of floral hops with some sweetness in the background. The taste is similar with spicy to tart hop notes leaning toward a sense of acidic like tartness with a smooth sweet sugary malty backbone.

A reddish copper ale with a very thin off white head. In aroma, oily caramel malt with maple notes and treacle. In mouth, a rather bizarre oily biscuitty malt with blue cheese notes, rather unpleasant, some British hops in finish. On tap at V&V, August 15 2010.

A golden ale with a thin white head. In aroma, pleasant pungeant orange peels, with coriander and smooth alcohol. In mouth, a smooth candy sugar with curacao, cardamom, warming alcohol, quite nice. On tap at Mondial 2010.

A hazy blonde saison with a thin white head. A pleasant gueuzy aroma with some light creamy notes, epsom salts. In mouth, a smooth gueuze like saison, quite nice and smooth, veering on Cantillon. On tap at Mondial 2010.