Marie Stuart

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: Scotch Ale
, Canada

Looks like liquid toffee with minimal head. Smells like peat-toffee if they made it. Flavour is aroma-advertised peat-toffee-caramel but unfortunately with a sour edge. Sour fruit, molasses and peat in the finish. I think I would really like it without the sourness.

In short: Lots of caramel and some dark grapes juice. That’s it. Bland below average scotch ale.
How: Bottle 341ml. Consumed when about 5 months old
The look: Pours a brown-ruby body with no head 30 seconds later
In long: Nose of caramel and dark grapes. Taste is just the same. Caramel and more caramel, dark grapes juice, maybe a little prune. Some burnt brown sugar and a little maple taffy. Under-carbonated. Hops are discreet to say the least. That’s about it. This is a very boring beer. Label says this is a beer by “Brasseurs Illimités”. I think Brasseurs Illimités is to brewers what Alan Smithee is for movie directors.

Bouteille de 341 ml achetée chez La Barik (Trois-Rivières, QC). Arôme: Odeur de caramel légèrement fruité. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée-brunâtre opaque. Présence d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel fruité avce une pointe d’alcool. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Présence de caramel en arrière goût. (Rating #2364)

Bottle: Poured a cloudy murky amber color ale with a small foamy head with minimal retention and no lacing. Aroma of toffee and caramel with light notes of alcohol at the end. Taste is a mix between some toffee and deep caramel malt notes with some light residual sugar. Body is full with limited filtration and low carbonation with some alcohol showing. Interesting though I like my scotch ale with more peats malt; noticeable alcohol is also a bit too apparent for my taste.

Aroma:full caramel and toffeee... Appearance:Clear ruby-brown,no head... Flavor:Caramel,toffe,light alcohol...

Brown bottle, 341 ml, purchased at Le Grand Duc on April 11 2009, savoured on May 26 2009; eye: dark caramel, hazy, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: fruity, candied fruits, molasses, slight smoke, lots of caramel; mouth: candied fruits, molasses, caramel, slight smoke, slight hops, finale in caramel with a slight presence of smoke, medium body, below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, slightly bitter, lightly oily; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, achetée chez Le Grand Duc le 11 avril 2009, savourée le 26 mai 2009; œil : caramel foncé, voilée, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : fruitée, fruits confits, mélasse, très léger fumé, beaucoup de caramel; bouche : fruits confits, mélasse, caramel, très léger fumée, très léger houblon, finale en caramel avec une très légère présence de fumée, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, très légèrement amère, légèrement huileuse en résumé : correct

bouteille de 341ml, bière brune avec reflet rouge, sans mousse, nez de caramel, bouche sucrée caramel.

341mL bottle from a trade with Lubiere, thanks Luc. Pours a dark mahogany with virtually zero head. Aroma is very sweet, lots of chocolate, peat, caramel, toffee, earthyness, and a little booze. Interesting. Flavour is almost like port, very full-feeling and syrupy sweet, tons of fruity esters, cherry, apples, plum, and a ton of residual sugar. Almost rummy. Boozy but not in an assertive way. Kind of weird, though everything seems to work well together. Interesting example of the style. Underlying earthy dryness to it is the closest thing to providing balance, though it’s not cloyingly sweet. Quite tasty and enjoyable after dinner.