Cimes Yeti

Brewed by Brasserie des Cimes
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Aix les Bains, France

33cl bottle at Le Sous Bock - Paris. Dense gold color, perfumy aroma, medium body, big malty flavor and alcoholic aftertaste. A bold offering worth sampling.

Bottle: Pale golden, slight haze, small white head, spritzy, nice lacing, soft carbonation.   Subtle fruity/floral aroma, slightly sweet & spicy.   Smooth sweet malt flavor, minor fruit and spices.   8% ABV?   Sure doesn’t feel it.   More alcohol on the nose & tongue as it warms.   Average palate.   Quick finish, only lingering sweet malt & slight phenols.   Nothing out of the ordinary, but fairly clean and easy to drink.

Rerate (6-1-8-2-16=3.3): Subdued aroma offers notes of honey and grainy malts. Clear golden body is topped by a low white head that recedes to a very slight ring. Strong floral and honey flavour with melon-like fruitiness and some notes of alcohol. Moderate finishing bitterness. Alcohol lingers in the aftertaste. Light medium body is somewhat watery with lively carbonation and oily, somewhat watery texture. Sampled at Mondial 2006.

Original rating (6-3-6-2-12=2.9): Citrus and lemon aroma with some indistinct spiciness and a pervasive rubber-like phenolic note. Crystal clear golden-copper body is topped by decent white head that recedes to partial cover. Apricot, white grapes, citrus fruit in the flavour with a fair bitterness and a citrusy sweetness in the aftertaste. Some ammonia-like solventy notes but not overwhelming. Mild alcohol warming though it’s not noticable in the aroma or flavour. Medium body with fair carbonation and a very dry, well-attenuated finish. Bottle sampled with asheft and Pitpit.

[bottle sampled with pitpit and tiggmtl] Beigish-orange...mine was hazy since I got the end of the bottle. Nice lacing. Fruity aroma: grape, sweet melanoidins, banana, spicy clove, cereal grains. At first, flavour is solventy with ammonia, however after a few sips, this beer becomes very good with apricot and white grape notes in front of well balanced bitter and sweet characteristics. No evidence of so much alcohol in the flavour, aroma, or feel Light to medium body and surprisingly not warming with and just a little astringent.

Deep gold - lots of floaties suspended within. Medium head, average lacing. Aroma was sweet malts and herbal. Smooth palate, nearly thick, full of sweet bready matls and a very dry finish with floral hints. Not bad, but not very memorable. Oh yeah, thanks to Rockinout for the bottle!

Hazzy amber color with a thin head. Aroma is a good mix of of sweet belgian sugar and cereal malt. The flavor is mosty the malty flavor and a hint of orange and honey. Interesting belgian strong, much heartier malts, with a hint of raoasted malt in there, in combination with some some distinct sweet flavors.

Sweet malt, butterscotch, pear and grape in the aroma. Orangeish brown color; thin white head. Moderatley sweet, with some oxidized cardboard like flavors, some light fruit as well, dissapointing.

Bottle. Deep golden colour with a short lasting white head. Acidic aroma; citrus and a touch of coriander. Soft maltiness. Becomes sweet as it warms. Sweet, round flavour of honey, spiced with coriander. Perhaps a bit too sweet - it can get a bit too much. Light bitterness. The high alcohol percentage is well hidden. Very interesting flavour, although I don’t think I’ll ’get hooked’.