Bièropholie Vin dOrge

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: English Strong Ale
, Canada

Bottle shared with Hogtown Harry and Blankboy, Harry’s bottle. Dark orange, foamy white head. Alcohol, very sweet aroma. Taste is really really sweet - too much so. Lots of alcohol, especially as it is a little thin. Some spiciness. Not bad, but kind of one dimensional (sweet), thin, and simple. I understand it is not an American style Barleywine but I need a little more. On par with Mill St.’s recent effort which I did not care for.

Bottle (341ml). Shared with blankboy and tupalev, via trade with papat444. Clear medium-deep amber, smallish frothy off-white head. Aroma of lightly burned toast, herbal bitterness, honey, butter and a hint of hardwood. Taste - sweet, citrus juice, light yet somewhat aggressive dry resin hops and grapeseed ... light and sticky mouthfeel, solid astringency, moderate alcohol and a longish bitter finish - odd, a little weak - certainly different.

Small yellowish 2mm; beautiful light chestnut coloured beer. Caramel & greenery, slightly oxydized malts, ovomaltine, some aroma of shellfish. Bitter overlying taste over flavours of very stale cookies (if there’s any BBd, I cannot spy it). Bitterness is crude, unrefined, like scorched chicory. Medium bodied, bit sticky, little bit of alcohol. Very crude, fighting flavours. Sorry, Monsieur Huard this one, I cannot dig.

Bouteille brune de 341 ml. Arômes sucrés de gomme à mâcher et de sucre à bonbons ainsi qu’une touche fruitée. Robe cuivrée, peu de mousse. Assez sucrée en bouche (caramel, bonbons) on retrouve aussi une présence remarquée de houblon, qui procure une finale assez sèche, mais réussie. L’alcool délicatement réchauffe la gorge.

En fut. Verre de 12 oz dégusté chez Brouhaha (Montréal, QC). Arôme: Odeur de sucre d’orge avec une pointe de miel et de raisins. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée rougâtre avec une très faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un moyen col mousseux et d’une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de bonbon, de caramel, de raisins et d’houblons. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. (Rating #1491)

bouteille brune de 341. belle couleur cuivrée, peu ou pas de mousse, nez de sucre , piquante et puissante en bouche, très sucrée, donne l’impression d’être faite a partir de DME. à laisser vieillir. manque quelque chose

On tap at the Brouhaha, bright amber color, with a frothy beige head, leaving a curtain of laces, yeasty, bubblegum fruity nose, with a hint of sweet toasty, corny, honeyed pale malt, with a subtle hop spiciness, in a kind of sweet candy aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, fruity, toasty, corny, grainy pale malt character, with a hint of ripe apple, faint flowery hop accent, with a warmth mouthfeel sweetness, leading towards a malty, warming, hop leafy bittering finish.

Pours clear, dark copper, with an off-white head that rose to an inch. The porous foam fell quickly leaving a few errant dots of lacework, and some crescent skimming on the surface. Akin to malt candy in the nose. Sweet malt with purple grape jam. Floral and lightly fusel-laden. Smelling quite fresh and young. The mouthfeel is sticky and lightly syrupy. Carbonation is light and keeps the beer clingy. The pallet is loaded with sweet, clean malt. Hopping is reserved for a smidge of bitterness, and fruitiness in the middle. Alcohol is apparent and warming, but no heat. Juicy malt continues throughout the finish, with some minerally crispness and lingering residuals. A showcase for high quality, fresh malt with some petal-like hopping. The excessive residuals cut down on the drinkability though.