Bièropholie Alt

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: Altbier
, Canada

Bottle shared with JCB and emacgee. Deep coppery, clear pour with minimal tan head. Rich malty sweet aroma. Burnt sugar and toffee; vinous qualities. A bit nutty and grainy. Good.

Thanks JCB for sharing. Pours a translucent copper with a thin fizzy copper head. The nose is malty, sweet, lightly vinous, light alcohol, leafy noble hop character. The flavor is malty, lightly grainy, sweet, alcohol shows lightly, a light leafy bitterness. Crisp mouthfeel.

(Bottle). Earthy fruity aroma. Reddish copper color with small light brown head. Flavor is very nutty, with slight sweetness, and lots of malt. Nutty dry finish. Excellent.

341 ml bottle from Marche Jovi, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass.

App.: A beautiful shade of copper, clear, with a slightly orange tan head. Aroma: Big chewy sweet malts – tons of caramel and fruits, minty herbals, huge brown sugar, raisins, figs, dried apricots, a bit nutty, a fair hit of grapefruit hops, wood, big, spicy and intense. Palate: Medium-ish body, soft but full carbonation (big bubbles). Flav.: Stern hops, black pepper, still enough fruit, more burnt sugar than caramel, slightly soy sauce, a bit of alcohol; off-dry with fair bitterness and a lingering burnt sugar note and light roasted hazelnuts.

Pretty intense stuff!

Bouteille de 341 ml achetée au Marché des Saveurs (Montréal, QC). Arôme: Odeur de caramel fruité avec une pointe de chocolatée. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée foncée voilée. Présence d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel et de petits fruits foncés avec une pointe de noix. Courte durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de caramel brûlé en arrière goût. (Rating #1966)

Bottle courtesy of glouglouburp. Pours brown with a thin white head. Smells nutty and roasty with a hint of chocolate, touches of spice and some fruity hints. Tastes of rich roasted malt, some chocolate, lots of spice, some earthy hints. Mouthfeel is tingly. Very enjoyable!

341mL bottle from a trade with a friend in Ottawa. My second only ever Altbier (LAME LCBO/Beer Store). Pours a very nice looking, hazy dark amber with a large beige head. Aroma is very interesting, darker malt profile with some nice hop presence, similar to a lot of Quebec beers, with some dryness, spice character (black pepper), a touch of anise, and some sourness. Pretty complex actually. Wow, taste is interesting. You get hit with this weird dry spicyness upfront, very powerful, making way for some minor waves of dark caramalized malty sweetness. A subtle hint of the alcohol is also present throughout, but is quite the shy character. Maybe a touch of yeast as well. This is definitely one very interesting, complex, and perhaps unique beer. Fuller mouth-feel. Boring shades of a dopplebock here, and it worked out well. This is quite a beer. The spices are what really surprised me. Similar in that respect to Dieu du Ciel Route d’Espices. As it warms a touch of sourness becomes more apparent, and it gets more and more Earthy. What a beer, I could write a book about this one! (but will refrain from doing so of course)

Pleasant easy drnking alt found at Metro Joanette. The most recent in the Bieropholie series. Caramel smooth above-average mouthfeel. Some old ale barley aroma. Alcohol fuel drying finish.