Bière du Corsaire

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Melle, Belgium

A hazy orange beer with a dense head. The aroma is sweet spicy with coriander standing out. The flavor is a little sour and very spicy with notes of coriander and oranges before a dry end sets in.

(Bottle 33 cl) Dark amber with a huge frothy head. Strong hoppiness and pretty much no sweetness. Some yeasty fruitiness. Lots of sediment and naturally bottle fermentation. Credited to "Brasserie Artevelde". 261193

Bottled. Golden colour, some sediment. Very sweet with some pineapple and grassy hops. Bold and sugary, but compared to the rest of Huyghe’s beers it’s fantastic...

Bottle. Clear medium to light yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light hoppy, orange, alcohol. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcolic. (101207)

Bottle. VERY yeasty aroma, I can smell it from a meter away. Also fresh-fruity and reminding me of plastic or paint. Dark golden colour. Big, stable white head. Flavour starts off sweet, turning peppery. Warming alcohol sensation, though not very pleasantly so.

Bottled (from lahoublonniere.be, 9.4%). Hazy golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is alcohol, caramel malts, cookies, some fruityness and yeast. Flavour is fruity, yeasty, wooden, mildly spicy, flowery hoppy and also some alcohol, which grows the warmer the beer gets.

Name: Biere du Corsaaire
Date: October 21, 1997
Mode: Bottle
Source: Chevy Chase, DC
Appearance: yellow, frothy head
Aroma: sweet malt aroma
Flavor: strong estery flavor

Name: Biere du Corsaaire
Date: February 22, 2001
Appearance: dark yellow, whispy head that still creates nice lace of tiny bubbles
Aroma: light spicy malt aroma
Body: light body
Flavor: flavor starts light and gets much richer as it warms, touch of sweetness, lots of carbonation but not overwhelming

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Score: *4

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Hazy golden color, creamy head. Very nice aroma, deep, in the first notes reminding me a light version of Eku 28, than it changes: malty, fuity (banana…). Very good taste, even if the mouthfeel is just thinner than I expected, but with a good malty sensation for a Triple; it just lacks some maturation. Probably the best beer by Huyghe!