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La Bière du Boucanier Dark Ale

Percentile
79
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2133.37/5.03.35/5.09%54.8Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
energetic and full-bodied taste with sweetish pronounced tone, brown copper color and with a creamy foam of beige tonality, bouquet harmonious and elegant. Category "Belgian Strong Dark Ale", style "brown ale", this beer is produced with the method of the triple fermentation, means that it has three doses of malt more than the quantity used for other beers, added in three different phases of workmanship, like the last phase where the malt is directly put in the bottle or the keg.
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 yespr (12175), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 30, 2008  
33 cL bottle@fonefan/Brugmansia’s Cnudde tasting. Pours hazy dark orange with a lacing bubbly head. Mild yeasty and malty aroma. Flavour starts caramel sweet and shows a light yeasty flavour before the finish. Ends with a light bitterness and mellow yeasty flavour.


 Magjayran (1379), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 21, 2008  
From notes. Dark brown color with red highlights. Large tan head. Molasses, plum, caramel, chocolate aroma and flavor. Lively carbonation. Noticeable alcohol but not unpleasant. Decent beer.


 tronraner (1917), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 10, 2008  
Bottle. Popping the cap released a startling amount of pressure, so I knew this would be super carbonated. On pouring, it produced a mahogany liquid with an enormous beige head that took several minutes to descend to a reasonable level. The aroma is very phenolic, with some raisin notes and acidic tartness as well. The flavor is raisiny with a hint of acidic sourness. Then comes a range of spicy and floral notes that seem like they’re coming from higher alcohols. The finish is a little bit woody and sweet. The beer is ok, but seems kind of sloppy. A lot of things are going on, but without much harmony.


 AmEricanbrew (1838), Washington DC, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 3, 2008  
Murky brown color with a frothy tan head that sticks around. Nice cotton candy bready sweet butter smell. Fairly light bodied. Decent taste is semi sweet sugary alcoholic figs, plums with a musty cellar essence. Not too bad. 5187


 Suttree (2732), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/101/55/20
Mar 3, 2008  
Just a big boozy, alcoholic mess. Any other flavor or smells involved are completely covered up by alcohol.


 sstackho (249), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Feb 24, 2008  
12oz bottle from LCBO 2007 gift pack. Pours a deep, dark brown with a decent head and good lacing. Aroma isn’t too strong and is a bit difficult to place. The flavour is somewhat smoky upfront with a strong malt aftertaste. Unfortunately for this review, that’s not really my thing. No yeastiness in this one.


 shackinetics (132), Florida, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/104/58/20
Feb 2, 2008  
pours a dark auburn brown with atrocious amounts of bubbly light beige head. Takes about 10 minutes to cram this beer into a 16 ounce glass. If there’s much aroma through all that head it’s sweet and malty with some vinegar qualities. Tastes similar , over all very sweet, but vinegary. Has decent body, yet a very spritzy, carbonated (wine) mouth feel. At least it delivers some respectable alcohol. not a big fan of this one overall. I guess just need more exposure to belgian ales. Anyhow, Go Bucs


 SHIG (2037), Aviano, Italy
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jan 31, 2008  
Bottle: Poures a deep dark brown with a fast acting beige head sounds of carbonation explains this. Aroma is sour to the nose. The taste is old with a tingle of carbonation. I have a hard time putting my finger on a particular flavor as with most. Malts, alcohol, metal is my best senses.



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