Fast gone, rathre transparant and quite irregular head, fed by finely carbonated metallic orange, coldhazed beer; end of bottle solid yeast. Bit agressive herbal/vegetable nose, nearly insectoid; "hard" or young esters. Probably white candi sugar. Better balanced flavour, with citrus, citruspeel, toast, herbal. A bit oxydized malts, but in no way as far as off-flavour. MF remains fiery to agressive still; not very well-bodied, seems more well attenuated. Finish is a tad meagre. Pretty well-carbonated. Absolutely nothing wrong with it, but I wonder where the discovery, the novelty is, in this beer?

Sample at the held, deventer. Decent white head. Hazy blind pour. Lovely bitterness.

Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. some yeasty notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Pours deep cloudy gold into a tulip. White head with excellent retention recedes leaving spot lacing. Caramel, bread and fruit aromas. Dry with bread, hay and caramel upfront turning to earthy bitter pepper in the lasting finish.

Dark brown colour, no head. Aroma of jenever, port, gin, quite sweet, juniper berries, madeira, dark fruits. Sweet flavour, port, juniper berries. No carbonation. Sticky sweet finish, madeira and juniper berry.
Interesting, and very nice to see the effects of a jenever barrel on a dark beer.
(Draught from cask @ ZBF ’12)

Wooden cask @ ZBF 2012 // clear dark brown / zero head // smell is heavy of sweet liquorish, caramel, candy & dark fruits // taste is liquorish heavy mixed with porto, candy, toffee malts, woods, herbal & touch bitter in the vanish with a weird vinous / vegetable streak in the finish // soft carbonation // the liquorish & the weird finish // those flavours & combination // pass

From a small wooden cask @ ZBF’12. Pours completely flat. Brune foncée, pas de col. Arôme de fruits noirs, malt léger tanins, caramel et ce bouquet de barrique de vin. En bouche, boisé, avec un palais réchauffant, pointe de vanille, profile reste belge, léger toffee et aussi de fumé? fruits noirs sur un léger aspect aigre de raisins/vin rouge assez prononcé.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Sint Canarus Père Canard Grand Cru Barrel Aged (by Huisbrouwerij Sint Canarus):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5

28/IV/2012 - on wooden barrel @ ZBF 2012 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2012-417)

Clear dark brown beer, no head whatsoever. Aroma: sweet caramel, port, some mocha, lots of alcohol, lots of brown sugar. MF: no carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sour start, caramel, mocha, bit fruity, forest fruit jam, red wine, some port. Aftertaste: bit of peated whiskey or smoke, alcohol burning the throat, caramel, some mocha, bitter tannines as in red wine.

Brown 33cl stubby bottle, poured into a Westmalle Chalice. I allowed some of the sediment (by mistake) to enter the glass, so the beer took on a slightly hazy look. Old orange peel colour with a crisp white foaming head. A sweetish aroma, apple pie with a caramel crust, mixed with yeast and grapefruit esters, nice! Its best before date was 7th Apr 2012, so it was very fresh when reviewed (4th Nov 2009). It was spritzy and tart, young and refreshing, ageing could well mellow the beer, who knows? The taste was an agreeable blend of what a tripel should taste of; good quality hops, barley and yeasts, brewed in that Belgian way no one else on earth can quiet manage. Considering it has 7.5%ABV within, it didn’t seem to carry an alcoholic kick, you could detect the strenght but it didn’t creep up on you like some tripels I’ve had, nor did it protrude out like a pointed stick. Very easy to drink and put me in the mood for more beers, sadly I had things to do.