Marie Stuart

Bottle, this is getting rather old I can’t remember exactly how old though. Dark fruit aromas with heavy candied sugars, toffee and licorice. Almost flat but never as watery as when I first tasted it. Lots of dark fruit sugars, malt and molasses with a slightly bitter hop finish; some alcohol presence.

341 bottle shared with my day on 09.08.30 : Sparing head this one is murky and brown in color. Heavy caramel, toffee and grapes note. It’s definitely sweet. If you like you’re scotch ale full in body this one is for you

Bottle. Pours deep amber with no head at all.Aroma is rich and sweet. Hints of liquorice, caramel. Some alcohol and spices. Very low carbonation. Taste is liquorice, caramel, some bitterness. Finish is rather warm. There is a spicy feeling on tha back on the tongue. Overall ok but nothing really special.

Bottle. Dark mahogamy with a medium off-white head. Ok retention and good lacing. Aroma is toffee, molasses, and a (almost burnt) bit of liquorice. Flavorur is mostly toffee, molasses, brown sugar and liquorice with a long sweet and slightly bitter finish and some alcohol.. Full body and low carbonation. A very good scotch ale.

Bottle: Poured a cloudy murky amber color ale with a small foamy head with minimal retention and no lacing. Aroma of toffee and caramel with light notes of alcohol at the end. Taste is a mix between some toffee and deep caramel malt notes with some light residual sugar. Body is full with limited filtration and low carbonation with some alcohol showing. Interesting though I like my scotch ale with more peats malt; noticeable alcohol is also a bit too apparent for my taste.

341mL bottle from a trade with Lubiere, thanks Luc. Pours a dark mahogany with virtually zero head. Aroma is very sweet, lots of chocolate, peat, caramel, toffee, earthyness, and a little booze. Interesting. Flavour is almost like port, very full-feeling and syrupy sweet, tons of fruity esters, cherry, apples, plum, and a ton of residual sugar. Almost rummy. Boozy but not in an assertive way. Kind of weird, though everything seems to work well together. Interesting example of the style. Underlying earthy dryness to it is the closest thing to providing balance, though it’s not cloyingly sweet. Quite tasty and enjoyable after dinner.

Straightforward Scotch Ale. Dominant caramel taste, cookies, shy leafy hopping, some subtilities (wood, dry fruits, smoked malt). Decent, that’s it. I didn’t know it was from Bieropholie. Sad beer when you think about Mackroken Flower. It is nevertheless better than their Scotch Ale they brewed recently. Bieropholie is going down a little, these days; they are not as amazing as they used to be. 7-3-7-3-14. RERATE: Aged for 7 months or so. This was already uninspirired and uninteresting; now it’s got that nasty tomato taste and it is overly sweet and with very little bitterness, that get lost anyway in that pretty crappy brew. Bad and sad; mad from paying 3,49$ at Grand Duc (only place to find it in the Montreal region)

Bouteille 341ml. De couleur brune-rouge et claire. Nez fruité (raisins aux petites notes vineuses, notes de prunes, traces de cerises), de caramel toffee aux petites notes rôties ainsi que des notes de sucre brun et d’alcool. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement bas-moyen et une texture légèrement huileuse et aux notes crémeuses. Goût fruité (raisins sucrés aux petites notes vineuses, léger de prunes) accompagné de petites notes de bois brûlé lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel toffee sucré et très légèrement rôti ainsi que des traces de sucre brun. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve un léger goût d’alcool (notes liquoreuses réchauffantes) jusqu’en finale ou on y retrouve également une légère amertume asséchante de houblon herbeux. Post-goût moyen-long et un peu sec, léger-moyen amer d’alcool, léger de rôti et de houblon herbeux avec un goût fruité (moût de raisins et notes de pelures de prunes).