Brewers Art Le Canard

Brewed by The Brewers Art
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Strong fruity esters are mired in doughy yeast character with some musty, herbal notes with some spiciness. Opaque dark orange-yellow body is topped with a thin white head that recedes to partial cover. Fruity flavour is musty and herbal in character with plenty of pastry dough like yeast and some darker malt character. Generally quite sweet overall with a metallic finish. Medium body with mild alcohol warming and lively, large bubbled, lightly prickly carbonation. Sampled at the Kennett Square Brewfest 2005.

Aroma is sweet, belgian yeast, funky with some light fruits, and a light anise. Flavor is toasty malt, bread, light belgian funk, anise, slight spice, slightly grainy the finish. Medium body with a smooth palate. Nice complexity and very drinkable.

Cloudy dark amber-orange mounted by a small white head. Husky and bready, toffee-like malt nose that offers waves of Belgian yeastiness hinting at pastry dough, banana, mango, cloves and pepper. Interesting floral and roasty nuances. Finishes a good bit metallic and unpolished, but managing to remain quite dry. Medium bodied, moderately high carbonation, rather alcoholic.

Clear orange amber color with a thin white head. Aroma of yeast, spices and fruits. Flavor of spices, fruits and yeast with something that makes the experience unpleasant. The palate is light and creamy with moderate carbonation.

Draft@ KSBF. Small tan head thats short lived, little lace. Ice tea appearence. Spicey, fruity nose, light citrus and blackberries? Body is medium, lightly coating, creamy. Fruity, malty, light choclatey notes and spicey, yeasty. Finish is lightly sweet and spicey. interesting.

The Lure:
The fruitiness of apricots, apples and peaches resting on earthy and yeasty ground. An interesting creation which seems to lack that extra oomph to break it out of the mold (for me).

The Festivities:
Earthy yeast stuttering amidst the fluttering orange soda. Hovering peaches until a covering bitter hop finish. Potential resides within, but nothing stands out at this point.

Transcendence:
Meeting a meek king.

On tap at the Kennett Square Brew Fest (connoisseur session). Poured a medium amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Fruity aroma with some yeast. Tastes of apples, pears, spices and light chocolate in the background.

The goblet is filled to the rim with a very dark golden colored brew. My friend’s isn’t topped off and has a thick off-white head Smells very sugary, with fruit and malts Flavor was immediately malty. It was made more complex with Belgian yeasty flavors, a little pepper, and hard candy sugar. A light bit of hops on the end added some bitterness. Smooth and drinkable, yet another fine concoction from the folks at Brewer’s Art