Bièropholie MacKroken Flower

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: Scotch Ale
, Canada

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.

Thanks to Turg for this one. 341 ml bottle. Deep ruddy brown colour, very thick sticky tan head. Initial aroma is of sweet caramel malt, toffee, slightly vineous. Light earthiness underneath the sweet aroma. A bit of fruit and salty licorice aroma. Seems to remind me of a barleywine more than a scotch ale. Flavour is sweet, anise/licorice, salt, and a touch of soy is the initial impression. Peppery flavour and a fairly alcoholic mouthfeel as well. Salty nuttiness lingers along with a fairly assertive bitterness. A bit too salty and licorice when its cold. Strangely, as it warms, the salt and licorice notes fall back and some more malt sweetness comes forward. After about 30 minutes and 14-18 degrees C, it actually become very balanced, spicy earthy hops come forward matching up against sweet vineous malt, light alcoholic pepper and a lingering bitter finish. Quite a complex and challenging brew.

341ml bottle. Served at 13.5°C/~56.5°F in my NB worthy glass. My Montreal trip is 17 days away, I’ll try to drink a Quebec beer every day until I run out. The beers pours a deep dark red, almost brown with a wispy khaki colored head. The aroms is sweet malt, caramel, maple syrup, light molasses, with light floral hints. The initial taste is malt, cocoa, caramel, and kind of a nutty flavor. Following is alcohol tinged with dark fruits, nutty, and chocolately. The finish is more alcohol and some sourness that keeps the malt from being too much. The aftertaste is dark fruit compote. Pretty good stuff. Thanks to BeerBuzzMontreal for sending me this one.

Poured a mahogany color with a light tan, sticky head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of chocolate, caramel malts, smoke, nuts, cognac, maple syrup, some butterscotch, and faint alcohol as well. Smoke, chocolate and nuts in the taste, lots of smoke, dried fruits, with faint caramel, and alcohol in the finish.

Sampled at the monthly meeting of the Champaign-Urbana beer club. Thanks to whomever brought this one. A tasty Scotch ale with the caramel and data and maple syrup notes. This finished with some warmth, but the 9.5 is a surprise to me. Given that, I wish I’d have some to cellar. All in all, a tasty drink that requires further exploration.

Bottle. Quite sticky and sweet. Sweet being something i always associate with a scottish ale. Caramel and chocolate, with some soy sauce stickyness, slightly syruppy. Warming finish. Rich and full bodied.

(341ml bottle) Clear garnet body with tan head. Aroma is sweet, caramel, molasses, dark fruit, faint peat. Taste is sweet, caramel, brown sugar, roast, some peat, plum, light coffee. Some alcohol burn in the finish. Sticky full body. Enjoyable sipping beer.