NotABeerProfessor (3575) reviewed Golding from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Initially a vibrant floral and herbal hop aroma hits the nose above a subtle background of earthy caramel malts. The flavor does a reversal though, with a nice full rounded palate featuring burnt caramel malt, mild earthiness and a hint of smoke with floral hops skirting the edges. Finish is balanced. A very "down to earth" beer and highly similar to the Free State Copperhead Ale.
NotABeerProfessor (3575) reviewed Bock Émissaire from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
A nice bock. Deep garnet color, medium to no head. Rich malty aroma of munichy melanoidins, burnt caramel, a background of smoke. Earthy for sure. Flavor is earthy and caramelly toffee, with a surprising rise of hops in the finish. Body seemed to waffle from light to medium. Fairly well drinkable.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Impériale Stout from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
2003-2004 bottle. Pours a pitch black with a lovely tan head, quite creamy. Aroma has some light licorice, bitter hops, some sticky sweet caramel and roast. Flavor starts out very bittersweet, the hops mixing with the roast very nicely. Flavor stays intense but then the creamy, rich palate really makes itself known, some chocolate malt develops and balances the bitterness. Hints of cocoa, roast and hops all mixed together on the finish. Wonderful beer right from the beginning and got better as it warmed, proving smoother, but every bit as flavorful. Thanks to Jeff (radiomgb) for the chance to try this one and for always hooking me up.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed IPA from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
2003 bottle (Batch #1) thanks to Jeff (radiomgb). Pours a very coppery/amber color, crystal clear (filtered), quite shiny with a small white head. Aroma of light yeast, light red berries, and some dry, yet not overly bitter, hops. Flavor is a mix of lightly floral hops, some yeast, dough, and more light fruits. Toasted malt in here as well, somewhat astringent. Lightly grainy/chewy texture, good amount of wateriness. Strange one here, but at least it’s unique. Not "dry" in that it is super-hopped, but also no real sweetness from any significant caramel malting. Delicate, if somewhat thin of flavor. Clean, short finish. 6/4/7/3/13
2005 bottle Different recipe it seems. A much darker colored beer, deep amber-auburn with a big yellow head, well retained. Aroma of mounds of diacetyl at first, and the flavor is full of it too. Tons of thick toffee, butterscotch, cream and only light bitterness on the finish. Medium-full body does not disappoint and after giving this beer time to breath and warm, the diacetyl seems to vanish, leaving just a full flavor of caramel and honey, with light toasted malt. Low carbonation. Far, far better than the overly dry, astringent, perfumy rendition that they used to make, IMHO. 7/5/8/4/15
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Golding from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Deep amber with a thick off white head. Very smooth hops aroma....i mena very smooth. Everything with grace in the resinous overlays. Good attack of malts followed by restrained hops going all the way to post taste. Balance is the key word here...a good offering from René!
Oakes (33493) reviewed Na Zdravi! from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Clear medium gold. Hoppy-bready aroma with some mineral notes. Slightly crisp, with warm maltiness. Hops are grassy, slightly fruity. Cat piss came on a little too strong though.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Bock Émissaire from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dark chestnut colour; head limited to faint greyish rim. Some Sauerbrot, a bit of cabbage, underlying aromatic malt in the nose. Bitter-roasted malts, and some bitterness as from a herb - dandelion, etc. - softened by some sweet malts base. Some other herb, maybe mint. No sourness in the taste, however. Bitter chocolate retronasal. Medium bodied, some burning sensation. I like the nose, much. The rest is a bit - ’fade’, however. Pity - promessed much.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Impériale Stout from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Slim ring of dark brown head; beer fully black. Dark chocolate and tobacco ash dominate roasted malts in the nose. Very bitter beer, both hops and lots of dark, burnt malt. Bitter full-chocolate. Touch of pine needles flavour retronasal and again tobacco. Fiery burning sensation, full bodied. Long bitter chocolate aftertaste. A god stout - but I find it a bit light for an Imperial Stout, and also rather onedirectional - although I esteem the balance malt-hops OK.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Calumet from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(Brewed at Le Chaudron) Black beer; dark brown, mixed-bubbles head, good carbonation. Moccha, ink, walnuts and hazelnuts (or hazelnut chocolate), freshly sawn hardboard in the nose. Bitter-sweet chocolate, nutty and tobacco flavours but not really smoked as a Rauchbier. Faint sourish finish, nice touch for the balance. Typical for a porter/stout, the "chewy" factor is much higher than the probable apparent gravity. Slight but notable dry-out effect. A very nice, balanced porter. Unless it’s for the smoked factor, I cannot dig why René H. is so weary of ’old’ ratings. I confess as to have tasted a ’gold cap’. It is a porter - not a smoked beer, and I like it. Again thanks to MartinT and Rastacouere.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Na Zdravi! from Bièropholie 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Intense pale green-gold; irregular snow-white head. Nose with grain, sweet malts, flowery, but just a whiff of hops in the background. An aroma of starfruit or cactus fig. One intensely short moment of a sweet fruit (difficult to say which); then follows a revolving of intense hoptaste, suitably bitter and sweet golden malt. Bitter mouthimpression keeps going on for long. Rather well-bodied. Bitterish taste is on the verge of harsh. An excellent balance. It didn’t really remind me of the great Czech Pilseners, but it is an interesting bottom fermenting beer all the same. thanks Martin!