Bush 7% (Clovis)

Formerly brewed at Dubuisson
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Pipaix, Belgium

Name: Bush 7% (Clovis)
Date: 10/21/1997
Mode: Bottle Conditioned
Source: Ziggy’s, Chattanooga

hazy yellow, spicy hop aroma, light malt flavor, touch of bitterness
-------- /> Name: Bush 7% (Clovis)
Date: 05/25/2002

hazy dark orange, sweet fruity aroma with hints of dates, rich malt flavor, low bitterness

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
-------- /> The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Bottled, 330ml, aged 5.5yrs. Orange gold with short white head. Full and smooth beer, nicely aged but suffering, again, from the spicing up of belgian beers, so i got the usual suspects, including the dreaded clove and corriander notes. The beer was fine in its own right, there was a rounded hop and sweet, malty, bright, but the overbearing spice brings it down.

33 cl bottle with the blue clovis label, bought from a store notorious for selling really old stale beers- and this was no exception. Pours a diry cloudy yeasty brown with a fluffy lingering tan head. Artoma was still pretty good and reminded me a bit of a nice belgian strong or barleywine, with lots of sweet malts and oxidized soy which was nice. Flavor was pretty gross though, tart, a bit sour, astringent as all hell- definitely autolyzed with rubber and drity yeasty notes- blech. Drain pour for sure. Must try a new bush 7% if I get the chance.

(Bottle) Pours a murky golden orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of citrus, bread, spicy fruit cake, apple, and perfume. Flavor of apple, malt, earthiness, honey, florals, and light lemon. Quite different, interesting...

smooth yeasty cinammon easy drink coriander pepper both distract alcohol strong, masked and then hammers home

Fruity, tannin-full, lightly spicy aroma. Clear golden tan body with a low, white, fully diminishing head. Tea-like tannins are strong in the orange herbal flavour with plenty of fruity esters. Crisp, lively carbonation to the medium light, slightly astringent body with some alcohol warming. Bottle sampled at the Country Inn with beerbuzzmontreal, MartinT, Rastacouere and Yowie.

Pours a clear golden color with no head. Aroma of yeast and fruits. Flavor of yeast and fruits with a bitter finish. The body is light and the texture watery.

The Lure:
Peppery, herbal spiciness imparts its liveliness to the peachy fruitiness. Some mineral character might be coming from tired spices.

The Festivities:
A light and spritzy mouthfeel throws peppery spiciness through the feeble honeyed malts. Sweet fruitiness recalls peaches and plantanes. Finishes yeasty and spicy, without much of its initial vivacity.

Transcendence:
In the long run, I prefer deeper personalities.