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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours bright gold into a shaker. Bright white head with good retention recedes to coat surface. Bread, caramel and citrus aromas. Well balanced with sweet caramel and bread upfront turning to lemon and grapefruit in the lasting earthy finish.
Tried
on 12 May 2014
at 14:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Puissants arômes de cerises, de dattes, de raisins secs, de jujube et de caramel brulé. Des arômes sucrés de fruits des champs et de fruits séchés. Excellent profile aromatique. Le visuel nous donne une couleur brune / orangée, avec beaucoup de particules et très floue. Une petite mousse éphémère et aucune trace sur le verre. Au gustatif, les fruits sucrés sont très présents. Un mélange d’accents caramélisés avec notes de jujube, raisins secs et dattes. Elle s’accompagne d’une légère acidité, d’une bonne effervescence et d’une finale subtilement houblonnée. Une dubbel tout en délicatesse. Pas une grande dubbel mais tout à fait acceptable. Un peu plus d’effervescence la rendrait meilleure.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2014
at 13:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Glass, 4-ounce, draught, during the Hivernale des brasseurs, savoured on December 7 2013; eye: dark brown, lightly hazy, tiny ring of off-white head, nice lacing; nose: rum, light woody, malt, caramel, light yeast; mouth: rum, light woody, malt, caramel, light yeast, finale in light rum with presence of Cointreau, medium body, mildly sweet, a bit thin; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Verre, 4 onces, en fût, lors de l’Hivernale des brasseurs, savourée le 7 décembre 2013; œil : brun foncé, légèrement voilée, petit anneau de mousse blanc cassé, bonne dentelle; nez : rhum, léger boisé, malt, caramel, léger levure; bouche : rhum, léger boisé, malt, caramel, léger levure, finale en léger rhum avec présence de Cointreau, corps moyen, moyennement sucrée, un peu mince; en résumé : correct
Tried
on 21 Mar 2014
at 07:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from MartinT (thanks!) drunk on 3/9/14
Amber body is clear, with some ruby/auburn tints and a light beige head that is small but retained fairly well for being barrel-aged.
Liquor in the nose is quite prominent. Can’t really differentiate the rum from, say, bourbon as it still smells quite woody, tannic and full of buttercream and coconut. Red fruits, (raspberries, cherries) dipped in caramel with vanilla and toffee. Some dry, grainy alcohol notes actually help to break up the sweetness. Medium strength of aroma.
Sweet, soft and toffeeish in the mouth, the rum does develop, keeping the palate from becoming too sweet and giving a dry, well, rum-like flavor on the finish. Raisins, cinnamon and lots more sugar all collect on the palate. Highly carbonated, pronouncing the rum dryness and some alcohol sharpness on the finish. Somewhat monotonous toffee sweetness beats at the palate, fatiguing it. I’m about 4 mouthfulls in and I already don’t want to drink anymore. Going to go smoke a cigar and drink this with it and see how that holds up. They do actually recommend it on the back label, which is pretty cool. I do like the beer, maybe not as much as Harrymel likes it, but still gotta give it respect despite barrel-aged barleywines being probably my least favorite beer style. Well-made. Would love to try their IPA.
Amber body is clear, with some ruby/auburn tints and a light beige head that is small but retained fairly well for being barrel-aged.
Liquor in the nose is quite prominent. Can’t really differentiate the rum from, say, bourbon as it still smells quite woody, tannic and full of buttercream and coconut. Red fruits, (raspberries, cherries) dipped in caramel with vanilla and toffee. Some dry, grainy alcohol notes actually help to break up the sweetness. Medium strength of aroma.
Sweet, soft and toffeeish in the mouth, the rum does develop, keeping the palate from becoming too sweet and giving a dry, well, rum-like flavor on the finish. Raisins, cinnamon and lots more sugar all collect on the palate. Highly carbonated, pronouncing the rum dryness and some alcohol sharpness on the finish. Somewhat monotonous toffee sweetness beats at the palate, fatiguing it. I’m about 4 mouthfulls in and I already don’t want to drink anymore. Going to go smoke a cigar and drink this with it and see how that holds up. They do actually recommend it on the back label, which is pretty cool. I do like the beer, maybe not as much as Harrymel likes it, but still gotta give it respect despite barrel-aged barleywines being probably my least favorite beer style. Well-made. Would love to try their IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2014
at 18:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Ça sent le bon caramel,le toffee, le beurre, le tout soutenu par des efflufes d’alcool, de rhum, sans pour autant être trop agressif. Ègalement prèsentes, de petites notes de jujube. Olfactif assez standard et peu élaboré, mais très agréable. Le visuel se présente ambré et flou, avec une mousse d’épaisseur moyenne, légèrement crémeuse et fugace. Elle colle bien mais ne laisse que des traces sans aucune dentelle. Gustatif: Le caramel fait son apparition en premier, enveloppé è la perfection par l’alcool et tempéré par des houblons floraux discrèts. De petites notes de noisettes se glissent au travers ces saveurs. La sensation en bouche demeure très chaude, réconfortante. L’équilibre caramel / alcool est très juste et sa texture est ronde et corpulente. Un très bon Barley Wine, chaleureux, réconfortant, tout en caramel et en alcool. Une plus grande palette de saveurs aurait été appréciée.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2014
at 07:48
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bouteille 660ml. Couleur orangée foncée trouble, légère mousse beige disparaissant rapidement en laissant un anneau, huileuse. Arôme de poire, sucre d’orge, malt grillé, boisé, alcool. Goût d’alcool, sucre d’orge, boisé, rhum, légère âcreté en arrière-goût. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen-dense.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2014
at 05:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a light orangey color le with a generous foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of light warming rum notes with some sweet a caramelized barley malt notes. Taste is also dominated by some caramelized barley malt notes with some rum notes and some well-balanced residual sugars. Body is somewhat full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Very nice base beer with nice arming undertones and balance residual sugar with the rum barrel notes bringing in some nice additional complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2014
at 13:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A deep dark stout with a thin brown head. In aroma, superb vinous chocolate malt with loads of alcohol, bourbon, woody character, dark fruits and licorice, very nice. In mouth, a nice bitter chocolate with licorice, alcohol warmth, bourbon barrel, vanilla, floral hops, very good. On tap at Festibiere d’hiver 2014.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jan 2014
at 18:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Over-barreled. Too much rye and not enough stout - one has to be delicate about these things. Otherwise some roast malt and good dose of booze, which is only exacerbated by the excessive rye barreling. Tap at Bistro L’Autre Oeil.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jan 2014
at 13:07
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
An unruly mess. Some whiskey-like malt, and an overly sweet finish. Pours orange with good head and lacing. Soft carbonation. Some hops and misfired citrus in here. Tap at Bistro L’autre oeil.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jan 2014
at 13:05