Sloefmans (15389) reviewed MacKroken Flower from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Red-brown to accajou colour; little yellowish rim as head. Grapes; rather serious American hops for a Scotch Ale; sweet-bitter nose, lots of caramel, and roasted notes. Fiery roasted caramel flavour; getting more and more toffee-like, but in the end handing over to the hops, ending metallic-bitter. Well-bodied, some alcoholburn. Quite good beer even with slight unbalance, but nothing really outstanding. And definitely a tad too much alcohol for this style - and even more so if I look at this picture!! Thanks to Lubière.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Cascade from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dark red-brown beer, very slight haze with thick creamy and slowly collapsing cream-coloured head. Gorgeous grapey/grapefruit/piney hopsnose with some dark cookies behind the hops. Like the best American IPA’s but with a better balance. Sharp, but agreable piney hopsflavour and bitterness, strengthened by roaste bitterness, bitter chocolat, orange marmelade and grapey hints. Bitter chocolate cake. Well bodied, slick and even oily MF. Superb IPA, ranks amongst the best IMO. René Huard is one hell of a brewer.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Golding from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Hazy red-amber to auburn; dense, very creamy, collapsing yellow-amber head. Cookies, gingerbread, tobacco and bittering hops, greenery-filled cake. Outspoken hops taste, with tons of cakey-like malts behing. Very resiny hopstaste. American hops would give cleaner, more citrussy flavours; this is more earthy and especially resiny. Tobacco too, again. Adstringent without bitterness being overpowering, but very long-lasting. Fiery MF, very well-bodied. Nice, cake-like. The humulus lupulus equivalent of space-cake? Merci Lubière!
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Bock Émissaire from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
2005 bottle consumed 4/14/05. Pour reveals a dark mahogany/chestnut brown body, thick and lustrous looking. The head is large and light tan-beige. Great retention and plenty of lacing. Aroma of sweet nutty malt, mild chocolate, tons of bocky lager notes, molasses, brown sugar, maple and light roast. Flavor begins sweet and has a hugely creamy mouthfeel. Wonderfully full of malt, it ranges from chocolate and roast to prunes and molasses. All the while, the yeast is quite apparent, imparting a lightly wine-like character, lightly fruity and a touch sour. Hops are earthy on the finish, but mainly do not play in to the beer much as the commercial description would lead you to believe (must be referring to the 2004). Body is full, rich and creamy. One of the best bocks I can remember having. If the 2004 is supposedly better than the 2005, then I’m in for a real treat when I open the 2004.
Oakes (33493) reviewed MacKroken Flower from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Burgundy-amber colour. Strong alcohol aroma. Flavour is also quite hot, slight smokey with toffeeish, caramelly malts.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Calumet from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Ahh, calumet at last. 2004 bottle consumed 3/6/05. Served lightly chilled in a tulip. Deep mahogany brown color to the body with a small amount of tan head, some retention. Some dark burgundy highlights can be seen on the edges when held to the light. Aroma of hickory, light bacon and charred fish, though it is not as strong as that makes it sound, allowing for a bit of bitter roast and black chocolate to creep in. Flavor retains the smokiness seen in the aroma (it "keeps it real" so to speak), and there is plenty of saltiness and dry chocolate. Ripe blackberries and dark raspberries are noted on the finish, with a lingering note of hickory smoke that is highly pleasant. The body was the weak point, in my sample, starting out a bit too carbonated and bubbly, with some thinning on the end. But as the beer approaches room temperature, the smoke and roast come forth and my qualms with the body are more or less forgotten. As far as flavor is concerned, this is the best smoked porter I’ve had, not being too smokey, but yet not making you hunt for the smoke either. If they could just work on getting a little more malt chewiness and thickness of body, it would be phenomenal, IMHO. Perhaps I need to try a fresher sample, which I am looking forward to doing in the future. 8/4/8/3/15
2005 draught at MondialHoly crap. This is one of the best beers I’ve ever had. Rich, thick, balanced smokiness, with pure luscious milk chocolate and mild roast. Touch of green hops flavor and a chewy, rich mouthfeel. Deep and dark, opaque with a big, creamy head. 8/5/9/5/18
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Impériale Stout from Bièropholie 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
A pitch black beer with a small brown head. The aroma is lovely with notes of coffee and chocolate. The flavor is sweet roasted with notes of malt, chocolate, and coffee. Thanks Per, for sharing this gem.
omhper (44752) reviewed Impériale Stout from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled (2004 vintage) Very black. Chocolate aroma. Richly malty with molasses and lots of coffee. Very bitter finish. Bitter liquid chocolate cake?
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Impériale Stout from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Black color, creamy brown head. Very nice aroma, coffee and cappuccino, light paperboard and glue. Sweet coffe taste, nutty, very strong bitterness, some dry liquorice. Excellent! Thanks Per for sharing this one.
Silphium (4308) reviewed Bock Émissaire from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep clear red-brown, thin light cream head. Big bready, caramely aroma. Deep, toasted malt flavor with cheerios and plenty of dark grains, hinting at unfermented malt sugars. Has a leafy, grassy hops profile that is unusual for the style. Toasty and rich. Thanks Stephen (tiggmtl) for the bottle!