Bièropholie Calumet

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: Smoked
, Canada

Bottled (Thanks to Sammy for trading this): Dark red/brown coloured. Light brown dense head. Light smoke, coffee, caramel, roast and bacon. Flavour is sweet and light roasty. Haas some medium smoke notes. Is smooth and friendly to the palate. Has a nice hopbite in the end. Really nice one.

[Vintage 2004, sampled September 2005] A pitch black beer with a huge brown head. The aroma is very sweet with notes of coffee and chocolate, but also a hint of some kind of cleaner - I wonder if it is the smoked malt? The flavor is sweet and to begin with quite straight down the road malty with only light notes of roastyness, but it grows on You in the aftertaste coming out with notes of the smoked malt, coffe, chocolate, but also some acidity. The aftertaste lingers for a long time with smoked wood and roasted malt, but still with the acidic note lingering in the background. I’m not that crazy about the acidic note, but otherwise this is a really nice beer.

Thanks to BBM for this one. 2004, 341mL bottle. Served in my NB glass @ 47.5°. Pours black with an every so slight hint of red at the edges. The short lived head is light mocha that dies down to a ring and some bubbles. The aroma is smoke and to a lesser extent, chocolate and coffee-ish malt. The flavor is sweet malt and smoke, give me the iodine and you might get an Islay out of it. The midtaste is fruity when the hops kick in. The bitterness blends nicely with the smoke in the finish, alternating dominant presences. The finish is dry with tons of lingering flavors. The smoke blend in very well with this beer, it is not overpowering, but adds lots to the flavor profile. I think smoked beers are a tough one to get right, but this one succeeds. I hope it is on tap in October when I am in Montreal.

RBESG05: Smokey bacon aroma. Black in colour. Tasty caramel, roast, bacon and smoke. Suprisingly drinkable.

Édition 2005. Couleur ébène aux reflets rouge très foncés. Faible mousse beige plutôt diminuante. Aromes de café, de biscuits et de cerises surmontés d’une touche apparente mais équilibrée de fumée. En bouche, beau caractère de malt grillé dans lequel cohabitent harmonieusement fumée, style bois d’être et jambon forêt noir luxueux, puis fruitée rappelant les fruits foncées, telles les cerises. Très bel équilibre des saveurs, une honnête dose de houblon légèrement amère combiné aux malts vient faire distraction sur le fumée. Corps d’épaisseur semi mince à moyenne, texture faiblement aqueuse, faible carbonatation. La version la plus intéressante, la mieux balancée, à mon goût.

Bottle. Black colour with a baige head. Smoked light roasted aroma and taste. Medium body and a smoked finish.

Bottled at RBESG 2005. Black coloured with a beige head. Smoked aroma with notes of wood. Flavour of smoke and wood with notes of caramel. Not bad, but I ’m not very fond of smoked beers.

Bottle at RBESG Grand Tasting 05. Imperial Stout smell. Very nice flavour: dry super Stout, with sand. Some dryness plus plenty of drinkability. Nice.