La Moneuse Speciale Noël

Brewed by Brasserie de Blaugies
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Dour-Blaugies, Belgium

Bottle. Amber beer with a big cream colored head. Nice malty, yeasty aroma. Yeasty, slight soap, slight malt flavor. LIngering spice, soap, and citrus. Medium body.

Thanks to joebrew for sharing. Golden color with nice head. Malty nose with a faint sourness and some spiciness.

Sample, tasting of Saison and Christmas beers by Philippe Wouters, at L’autre oeil, savoured on February 21 2007; eye: burnt orange, hazy, no effervescence, creamy café au lait head; nose: apple, cinnamon, yeast, bread; mouth: faint tastes, alcohol but without its peppery side, malt, bread, finale in apple but at the following sip the finale is acrid, surprisingly thin, creamy texture, somewhat harsh, medium body, not much carbonation, lightly acrid, acidic; overall: not balanced FRANÇAIS Échantillon, dégustation Bières de Noël et de saison par Philippe Wouters, à L’autre œil, savourée le 21 février 2007; oeil : orange brûlé, voilée, pas d’effervescence, mousse crémeuse café au lait; nez : pommes, cannelle, levure, pain; bouche : saveurs peu prononcées, alcool mais sans son côté poivre, malt, pain, finale en pomme puis à la gorgée suivante finale âcre, curieusement mince, texture crémeuse, rugueuse, corps moyen, peu carbonatée, légèrement âcre, acidité; en résumé : manque d’équilibre

In the 750mL bottle from Darios. Pours a hazy burnt umber-colored with a dense and thick off white head. Aroma nothing remarkable- perhaps some mildyeasty characteristics of banana esters and minimal clove spiciness. Flavor is a soft fruity taste of pears and very ripe apples but overall this is an extremely mild benign beer. Absolutely not worth the ridiculous restaurant price of $17. This is an overated beer indeed.

Thanks Dave. The beer pours to a murky amber body with a fully rejuvinatable white head and very heavy lacing. The aroma sort of comes off as skunked at first. But then I dig deeper. That results in me getting fully ripe bananas, nutmeg, mace, and other festive spices. Then, no notes of anything skunked. Perhaps that was just the top of the bottle needing to breathe? Very earthy yeasts. Light tart wheat. The flavor is wheat bread, ripe bananas, light dash of orange juice, sweet bread, minerally yeasts. The palate reminds me of a heavy mineral water with moderate carbonation.

Hazy amber. Off-white frothy head. I initially had a skunky opinion of the aroma. Some yeasty fruitiness comes out after a while. Dry caramel. Flavor is kind of light (what is this "extra rich" thing in the description). Maybe it is just the palate that is light. Flavor has flowers with some bright citrusy tones. Dry chalky malt. Sweet green lemons. Okay beer... would prefer something with more sweet earthy stuff.

Bottle. Hazy light amber body under a foamy white head. Hoppy, yeast-spicy aroma with a lightly toasty pale malt and soft minerals. The flavor brings in a big tart, weedy hop presence alongside bitter orange flesh and minerally pale malt. Sort of a Belgian IPA with the big hops.

Bottle. Cloudy amber colour with a huge explosive head. Aroma of sweetness, sourness and caramel. Flavour of yeast, malt and caramel. Very much charakter home brew. Very high carbonated.