Bièropholie MacKroken Flower

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: Scotch Ale
, Canada

A nice burgundy beer with a great beige head. Smells of some cherry flavours, alcohol, fruity and malt, when at the end of the drinking experience a strong coffee smell emerge very purgeant followed by the malt. The taste is weird, a strong note of alcohol hits you at first with a sourness and some sulfuric taste. Not that I dislike but it is odd, then a malted roasted coffee taste follows. This beer reminds me more of a Barley Wine than a scotch al but a great warmer I tell you.

Medium fine-laced light brown head over deep dark red body through which light can just barely make it. Powerful sweet aroma of molasses and syrup with notes of coffee, oil, and wild berries. Aroma also somewhat bread-like. Taste is faintly sourish molasses with notes of wild berries and burnt syrup. Aftertaste is peppery coffee with oily hop notes. Alcohol heat lingers in the mouth. This is a great beer! Like a powerful imperial stout, but with more flavour. Especially the berry-like notes really make this stand out from your normal imperial stout. How they can call this a scotch ale is beyond me.

Bottle - sampled at the RBESP 2005
Chestnut colouring, creamy brown head. Molassis, chocolate and nut aroma notes. Nutty, slightly herbal flavors, sugary. Somewhat oxidized, a bit flat, sticky oily mouthfeel - in a good way.

Bouteille-Brune aux reflets ambrés. Odeur maltée et caramalisé. Pas de mousse. Goût de bonbon et de fuits.--Bottle-Brown with ambered reflections. Smells of malt and caramel. No head. Taste of candy and frutis.

Sampled at RBESG 2005.
Dark amber colored with a red gleam and a foamy light brown head. Roasted chocolaty aroma, sharp with some alcohol and buttery notes. Sweet slightly roasted flavor with notes of coffee and yeast. Quite sharp and biding and a little unbalanced. Interesting style, it reminds me of a mix between a stout and a Belgian ale.

Bottle 341ml Appearance: Deep dark brown in colour. Aroma: Malty with notes of caramel and alcohol. Flavor: strong malt, brown sugar, caramel.

12oz bottle acquired in a trade (sorry, I didn’t note from who - let me know if it was from you!). Poured a dark and clear mahogany color with a larger sized off white head. Aromas of peat, toffee and some smoke. Earthy. Tastes of toffee, bourbon, caramel and some dark fruits. A touch of alcohol in the finish.

Thanks to Hopdog. Pours a dark ruby amber with a small off white lacing head. Aroma is caramel, peet, slight smoke with an overall sweetness. Flavor is similar to the aroma with some bitterness and a little dry.