Brasal Bock

Formerly brewed at Brasal-Brasserie Allemande
Style: Dunkler Bock
Lasalle, Canada

Wonderfully developed malt flavours and great balance in this Canadian doppelbock.

Bottle... AWOL ’07... Clear, very dark, burnt orange lager with a small, creamy, off-white head. Prune, molasses and medium sherry nose. Tastes like a doppel bock brewed with brett. Acidic, acetic... you name it... sour! Of course, theres still a lot of dark malt, dark fruit and vinous notes underneath all the pungency. Full-bodied, chewy and astringent with modest carbonation. Tart finish. Good thing I’m into sour!

I was excited to re-discover this beer recently in the fridge of a local store. It had been so long that I had not seen it, although I had not given it a thought until I saw it there... "Whatever happened to Brasal," I thought? Whatever indeed. They went out of business quite a while ago, I gather, and the bottle that I purchased was sadly not in very good shape. Undaunted, I returned and purchased the remaining bottles in search of one that would not have turned with age. Most showed extreme signs of oxidation but for a six-pack (?) that somehow had survived refrigerated all these years. Still, some bottles fared better than others. If this brewer somehow is revived and returns to brewing this beer, I highly recommend it. If they were able to duplicate it at it’s height, it would do well today. Sadly this was a brewer ahead of their time before the micro revolution really made people interested in trying different beers. I went through eleven bottles that I found forgotten in this store as I have fond memories of this beer and was excited to add it to my ratings. I would not recommend buying it unless it is re-issued. Most showed extreme signs of aging. I base my rating upon the best of the eleven bottles I picked up in offer of a happy remembrance of a once fine brewer that did things just a bit differently from the mainstream... Malty sweet aroma with notes of bread-like yeast. Cloudy brown/amber body with lasting, dense, though thin, off-white head. Big and malty flavour with nice balancing bitterness and a slight tartness pulling at the edges of the tongue. Body is medium light and mouthfeel somewhat still. Bottle.

(Bottle) Having grown up in Montreal, I am sad to hear that this brewer shutdown. They never provided much in variety but were a variety in themselves. Pours a cloudy brown body and a almond head. Malt Aroma. Somewhat bitter taste.

Excellent malty aroma and thick murky appearance. Flavor has an odd twang to it though and kind of dampens my enthusiasm for this. Kind of a odd carbonated feel in the aftertaste.

Nice malty bock aroma. Smooth and sweet with prominent malt. Deep caramel color with small tan head. Disappointingly thin palate -- which was tart and clingy, turning piney/brassy. This started well, but finished poorly.

Cloudy light brown,lasting tan head. Good malt nose. Malt flavor is slightly off

Looks like I found some old stuff here.This was a strange beer to note.Medium dark in color with sweet aroma.The taste was sweet with some bitterness.Nothing to jump up and down about.