7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a black color ale with a huge dark head with average retention. Aroma of roasted malt, subtle banana with some mild chocolate. Taste is sweeter then expected but very enjoyable nonetheless. The mix between the sweetness, the banana and the roasted malt is great. Body is full and the only thing that didn’t please me as much as the rest was the molasses feel at the end. Anyway, another great beer from Biropholie.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2005
at 09:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
2005 bottle from the generous MartinT, shared with OldGrowth on 5/28/2005. Clear, magenta tinged amber body. Moderate white head slowly recedes to a ring. Thick toffee in the nose, rich maple syrup, some alcohol detracts. Flavor has more toffee, and more alcohol. Anise on the finish. Plant roots or something that gives a earthy/floral mix. Some light yeast notes on the finish, but then a big burn lingers. As it warms and breathes, the alcohol really comes forth and ruins the experience for me. At 9.5 abv, I really think this one needs a lot more body, and could handle some hop flavor to take the edge of the alcohol burn. Medium to medium-full body, moderate carbonation. Dusty, dry mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2005
at 14:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2005 bottle. Another deep cherry-amber-copper pour, unfiltered, with a two-finger dark-beige head, creamy and lasting, with good lacing. Smells citrusy, candied oranges and toffee. Bit of roastiness, graham crackers, sweet cream and a bit of pine astringency in the background. Flavor begins with a large amount of bitterness, but is well rounded out by the caramel and candy-like sweetness of the malt. Cookie dough, biscotti and more oranges with a moderately bitter finish and a wonderfully creamy consistency. Very low carbonation, medium-full body. On a personal level, I like low-alpha bitterness, non-citric hops for the most part, so I really liked the goldings, but I make an exception for cascades, which I also love.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2005
at 13:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2005 bottle from Depanneur Peluso. Beautiful deep amber-orange, light brown shades and a faded copper-gold tinge on the edges. Large yellow head is fairly well-retained and fades to a ring. Smells of caramel, lightly floral hops, rich toffee, yet some sweet, dried hay, rich warmed honey. Very hard to pinpoint everything in the aroma, for me. Flavor begins with more floral notes, hints of spicy perfume-like notes, with toffee right away, flowers, soft, yet noticeable bitterness. Flowery, lightly bitter finish, bits of caramel. Short and dry, mostly. Medium body. Soft carbonation, bit watery, though not in a bad way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2005
at 09:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Dark chestnut, slight haze; thick miscellaneous yellowish head. Cookies, caramel and non-specific hops smell; also something meaty-yeasty going on in the background. Very prominent roasted taste, crème brulée, scorched caramel, going seamlessly over in the hops. There is, as MartinT says, something almondy underneath, even marzipany, held back however. Peppery not only in the taste, but even in the MF, rich body, slick. Strange. I feel uncharacteristically unsure about the marks given. One point less would seem to do it terrible injustice, one more would make it exaggerately overrated. En tout cas, je préfère la Cascade, René.
Tried
on 09 May 2005
at 14:33
7.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 05 May 2005
at 02:37
8.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 04 May 2005
at 10:40
7.5/10
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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!
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2005
at 14:19
8.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2005
at 09:16
5.1/10
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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.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2005
at 11:16