Bièropholie S

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: American Strong Ale
, Canada

Poured an almost clear deep ruby color with a thin beige head. The aroma is of oxidized sweet fruity malt. It smelled almost like liquor when I popped the cap. Black grapes and dark cherry. Pretty fruity. Fruity flavor with dark grape juice and plums. Some light oxidation but less than the aroma. A touch of pepper and alcohol bitterness on the finish. Very warming. Medium to full bodied with a silky quality.

Pours extremely dark crimson to chestnut in color. A small, foamy, off-white head recedes quickly, while soapy spots retreat slowly towards the body. Rich scents of caramel, figs, raisons and vanilla are seemingly steeped in bourbon, with just the faintest remnants of some peppery, floral hops. The nose is really quite nice, with the bourbon and vanilla working quite well with the fruity components. Flavors fall just a hair short, probably due to age more than anything else, as this one is showing hints of oxidation. Bourbon, vanilla and candied sugar remain strong, but the fruits seem to fade away slightly once you get past the aroma. This feels like a hybrid barleywine/American strong to me. The palate falls somewhere in between the two, yet is lacking carbonation (apparently, this was the intention, but I don’t care for it). Overall, very solid and indeed a bit underrated. Very interesting brew. Enjoyable, if not a bit to alcoholic for what it delivers.

Bottle shared by larsga. Reminds me of a barley wine. Caramel, lots of malt, lots of hops, warming alcohol.

Medium offwhite head. Amber body with carbonation. Sweet firm malty caramelly grainy chocolatey aroma. Intense sweet chocolatey grainy caramelly taste with sharpish hoppy notes. A bit cloying, perhaps, lacking in bitterness, but still good. (0.341l bottle traded from glouglouburp.)

Tasted at 2008 Woodshop hosted by cquiroga. Bottle from Francois_MTL. Thanks! Nice. sweetish. Barleywinish. Amber color. Very good.

4th Rating from 3rd Annual Woodshop tasting in Temple City, CA. 3/1/08. One hell of a day put on by Cquiroga, thanks for a killer day Chris. Also spent the day there with bikesanbeer, my girlfriend Cyn, wetherel, JohnC, DenverLogan, dirty_martini, jasparg, DrBil, IPAFiend, awaisanen and many others, this was one crazy day. Botlte brought by wetherel, thanks John. Porus brown and bubbly. Nose is severe with notes of psychotic paint lacker. Taste is sweet and very big clearly a great digestif beer. very smooth and large. Wow great beer.

In short: Decadent and very fruity beer. Grapes, port-wine and all. A great digestive beer. Underrated.
How: Bottle 341ml, vintage 2+ years old
The look: Dark burgundy body with a little beige ring of foam
In long: Nose is vinous, port wine and candies. Taste has A LOT of fruits. Grapes was the only specific fruit coming out. Overall the beer is intensely fruity but without any specific fruits coming (except aforementioned grapes). Alcohol presence can be felt but less than expected for a 12+% beer. Next to the fruits I found barley candies, black and red liquorice. Although sticky and syrupy the beer didn’t feel that sweet thanks to the emphasis on the fruity fla vours. A little port wine here and there. Almost ABT-ish at times. The light oxidation (2+ years old bottle) is not bothersome and even lightens up the beer. I wasn’t a huge fan of the beer when it came out some 2+ years ago (one and only brewed). Since then I have had a bottle every 6 months or so and I think the beer peaked about 6 mont hs ago. Although on its decay I much prefer it now than the first bottle I drank. Less roasted and alcoholised than very young it has developed complex vinous fruity flavours. I’m almost tempted to say easy to drink. This is a beer that the extreme-beer fan can appreciate, that the ABT lover can relate to, that a digestive beer drinker will enjoy and that my cousin Louis can spell correctly.

341ml bottle. pours dark ruby with very thin white head around the rim. nose is oxidized, lots of port wine and plum notes. flavors are pretty much the same with lots of maple syrupy and hints of cherries and toffee. i think this is past its prime, still drinkable, but so oxidized i dont have a good idea what this beer ever was. alcohol is well hidden and just warms a bit. very low carbonation but not flat. the description of from the brewery is interesting, it is a barley based port drink. tasty and impossible to classify. don’t think ASA when drinking this.