Brown bottle, 500 ml, from and with Philippe Boutin (merci!), bottle-share at Brasserie du Bas-Canada - Hautes-Plaines, savoured on February 17, 2024; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: malt, alcohol, light bourbon, light rye, light spices; mouth: malt, alcohol, light bourbon, light rye, light spices, light ash, slight smoke, finale in light bourbon with a hint of molasses, full-bodied, average carbonation, mildly sweet, syrupy texture; in short: fine FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, de et avec Philippe Boutin (merci!), partage de bouteille chez Brasserie du Bas-Canada - Hautes-Plaines, savourée le 17 février 2024; œil : noire, opaque, pas d'effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : malt, alcool, léger bourbon, léger rye, léger épices; bouche : malt, alcool, léger bourbon, léger rye, léger épices, léger cendré, très léger fumé, finale en léger bourbon avec légère présence de mélasse, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture sirupeuse; en résumé : bien

Can 473ml. @ home. 🏡🇩🇰 💻👀

[ As Nano Cinco Buck ].
ABV: 6.6%. ✅ Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity malt, wheat, moderate hoppy, fruity hops, tropical fruit, sweet passion fruit, pineapple, fruit peel, candied pale fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, candied pale fruit, pineapple - sweet passion fruit, fruity malt - pale malt, fruit peel, processed fruit. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20240330]
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(750ml bottle from the brewery) Pours opaque pale purplish red with a small bubbly pink head and light frit pulp lace. Aroma is relatively subdued for a smoothie, raspberry/blackberry with some sweet cherry, floral, soft tequila herbal quailty, tangy, a little earthy. Flavour is moderately tart, rather acidic for a typical smoothie actually, prominent notes of tequila (herbal/woodsy), cherry, moderate raspberry, some earthy wood, floral strawberry in the background, quite lactic/yoghurty, finish is moderate barrel/spirit with prominent cherry/raspberry, saline and mineral, a bit earthy, quite tart and tangy into the aftertaste. Moderate body, not super thick for a smoothie, softly carbonated. Very easy to drink, the barrel adds a nice dimension and the base feels more interesting and acidic than a typical kettle sour smoothie, but at the same time I found the fruit profile a little muddled. I am here for more BA/wild smoothies though.

(950ml crowler from the brewery, sitting somewhat forgotten in the back of my fridge for a year...still lives!) Pours basically black with a huge pale brown head that fades slowly with a little spotty lace. Aroma is fruity coffee with moderate caramel and a soft nutty roast (cashew-ish), some floral vanilla, a bit of acidity to the roast as well, a little chocolate, marshmallow, dark bread. Flavour is moderate plus sweet, lightly roasted, earthy and fruity coffee, moderate floral vanilla, moderate marshmallow, dark caramel, touch of acidic roast. Finish is dry, nutty, some marshmallow, touch of acidic coffee/roast in the aftertaste, no alcohol warmth. Medium-bodied, oily, wildly overcarbed despite the super old crowler...better with swirling or time. For a beer that should've been consumed a year ago, it's actually quite good. With less coffee fade it would've been better but I like it more than the recent Smores Latte that follows the same line...less roasty, smoother.

(473ml can from the brewery) Pours nearly black with a thin pale brown head and little lace. Aroma is very roast-heavy at first, that fruity-acidic quality mixed with burnt grains and some char. Fortunately a little air helps it, revealing some earthy chocolate, moderate marshmallow, soft coffee and a little floral accent. Flavour is pretty roast-forward but thankfully a little less than the nose, with lower acidity. Balance is moderate-plus sweet and moderately bitter, notes of burnt grain and dark rye bread, molasses, heavy marshmallow, moderate earthy low bitterness coffee, some cocoa, fairly floral mid sip on thanks to the marhsmallow but with clear roasty bitterness and more coffee coming up in the finish. Medium-bodied, average carbonation, a bit slick. Rather too roast-forward for the concept for me. Not really smores without graham crackers and cacao/choc adjuncts imo, this was a roasty marshmallow stout and solid at it.

Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a dark brown foamy head with some retention and some lacing notes. Aroma of cocoa/chocolate notes with some vanilla and bourbon notes. Taste is also a mix of chocolate notes with some vanilla and bourbon notes with some residual sugar notes. Body is about average with good carbonation and some discernible alcohol notes. Well brewed with a good balance of flavors but a fuller body would have been even better.