Bottle. Dark chocolate and aromatic smoke aroma, Dark brown, low head. Delicate chocolate, light smoked ham, coffee towards the finish, delicate herbal retronasal. Fantastic balance.

Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has primary notes of chocolate, but also lighter notes of smoke, rope, and tar. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, beechwood smoke, and roasted malt, leading to a dry, roasted, and bitter finish.

Bottle: Poured a cloudy murky amber color ale with a small foamy head with minimal retention and no lacing. Aroma of toffee and caramel with light notes of alcohol at the end. Taste is a mix between some toffee and deep caramel malt notes with some light residual sugar. Body is full with limited filtration and low carbonation with some alcohol showing. Interesting though I like my scotch ale with more peats malt; noticeable alcohol is also a bit too apparent for my taste.

Bottled. Pitchblack colour, mediumsized brown creamy head. Aroma is roasted malts, some slight coffee and mild notes of wood. Flavour is roasted malts, some sour wood, dark dry fruityness, mild coffeeish acidicness. Not very impressed with the flavour. Roasted and some sourish wooden notes in the aftertaste. Spritzy carbonation.

Bouteille 341ml. De couleur brune-rouge et claire. Nez fruité (raisins aux petites notes vineuses, notes de prunes, traces de cerises), de caramel toffee aux petites notes rôties ainsi que des notes de sucre brun et d’alcool. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement bas-moyen et une texture légèrement huileuse et aux notes crémeuses. Goût fruité (raisins sucrés aux petites notes vineuses, léger de prunes) accompagné de petites notes de bois brûlé lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel toffee sucré et très légèrement rôti ainsi que des traces de sucre brun. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve un léger goût d’alcool (notes liquoreuses réchauffantes) jusqu’en finale ou on y retrouve également une légère amertume asséchante de houblon herbeux. Post-goût moyen-long et un peu sec, léger-moyen amer d’alcool, léger de rôti et de houblon herbeux avec un goût fruité (moût de raisins et notes de pelures de prunes).

Deep ruby tinted copper coloured body with a thinnish tan head. Aroma of strong caramel, malt, apples, toffee and oh yeah - hops, but not much though! Medium-bodied; Assertive malt and caramel up front with a lot of alcohol noticeable and a dose of hops, although those are not the dominant flavour. Aftertaste shows some of the floral and piney hops that are noticeable at the end, but a lot of caramel still comes out. Overall, a good beer, but I was expecting perhaps a bit more hops. Looking at some of the other ratings, it makes sense - since this appears to be ~2 years old, thus the hops have really died down. I sampled the 66 IBU bottle with a different label than the one shown in the picture here. I sampled this 341 mL bottle purchased at Depanneur Peluso (Bonisoir) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 09-April-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 13-June-2009.

Brown bottle, 341 ml, purchased at Le Grand Duc on April 11 2009, savoured on May 26 2009; eye: dark caramel, hazy, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: fruity, candied fruits, molasses, slight smoke, lots of caramel; mouth: candied fruits, molasses, caramel, slight smoke, slight hops, finale in caramel with a slight presence of smoke, medium body, below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, slightly bitter, lightly oily; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, achetée chez Le Grand Duc le 11 avril 2009, savourée le 26 mai 2009; œil : caramel foncé, voilée, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : fruitée, fruits confits, mélasse, très léger fumé, beaucoup de caramel; bouche : fruits confits, mélasse, caramel, très léger fumée, très léger houblon, finale en caramel avec une très légère présence de fumée, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, très légèrement amère, légèrement huileuse en résumé : correct

Smoked with peat. Moderate malt, and very dry. Dark brown color, medium palate. I really like the dry, smoky, earthy character of this beer.

Light brown, hazy. Slightly plummy, bubblegummy aroma with hints of brown sugar. Fairly thin, but with some smokey notes. Vague plum and a fairly sketchy alcohol finish.