À l’Abri de la Tempête Corne de Brume

Brewed by À l’Abri de la Tempête
Style: Scotch Ale
L’Étang du Nord, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Canada

Bottled. A deep red beer going towards light brown with an orange head. The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of caramel and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and wood, leading to a dry finish. Thanks to David (Rastacouere).

(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of Rastacouere. Pours a clear, reddish brown with a yellowish brown head. Sweetish, roasted malt with lovely burned caramel in the nose. Extremely intense and full body with sweetish, burned caramel notes. Some bitterness in the finish. Lovely. 090507

50 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a creamy, tan and dense head. Dry and mild spiced to vague butterscotch aroma. Sweet malty, light roasted and subdued oxidised and mild fruity flavoured. Light breadish and sweet caramel malty. Lasting sweet and caramel malty finish. Nice one.

Bottle. Cloudy red brown coloured with a medium sized beige head. Sweet aroma of caramel and dried fruits with notes of whisky. Sweet flavour of caramel, fruits and dried fruits with notes of whisky. Sweet and warming alcoholic finish.

Date: 05/22/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

Appearance: clear dark amber, wispy beige head, bits of lace,
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma with an earthy peat character,
Flavor: rich dark caramel flavor, touch of candy, nice balancing earthyness, light bitter finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Burnished dark brown colour. Rich aroma - earthy, toasty, molasses, halva, nuts...and not the cheap version of any of these but the best stuff around. The flavour carries all of these same elements in the same quality, plus a little woodiness. Rich and complex with bright, defined flavours at the apex of their respective spectra, this is a hakapik to my previous concepts of how good a scotch ale can be.

Hazy mahogany with a medium beige head. .got rosasted malt in the nose along with chocolate and caramel. Flavour was sweet with plenty of port and toasted malt. Finished sweet.

Bottle at LCRBM3. Clear chestnut colour with lasting deep beige head. Attractive dry malt aroma, bit of spicy raisin. Thick in mouth. It has a salt and vinegar aroma. It’s ok, a bit intense and thick.