North Coast Cru dOr (Whole Foods)

Brewed by North Coast Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Fort Bragg, California USA

bottle poured into a trappist glass has a ruby brown color and a light tan head. aroma has sweet malt, raisin, plumb, and some funny sweet fruit perhaps green apple. mouth feel is light and the flavor has a mild sweet malted base. light spice, dark fruit, and some alcohol heat. has a certain bit of earth and again that apple sauce.

<b>In short: </b>A too sweet fruity basic Belgian amber ale. Very boring.
<b>How: </b>Bottle. Age unknown but probably relatively fresh. Tasting session with Montreal crew
<b>The look: </b>Clear amber body topped by an off-white ring of foam
<b>In long: </b>This very sweet (too sweet) fruity beer gave me an overall sensation of a fruit dessert of some kind. Berries and other red fruits, even some maraschino cherries. Toasted honeyed/caramelized malts with a pied crust flavour. Toffee develops as the beer warms up. Timid hopping to say the least. Carbonation is too soft which makes this overly sweet beer feel even heavier than it already is. Mostly bland beer and even a little offensive because of the uncontrolled sweetness with was more annoying than the overuse of exclamation marks!!!!!!

Poured with a nice big rust tinged, light brown head and no lace. Aroma was a very nice but fading orange on top of a malt with caramel. Flavor’s not bad with similar characteristics. Nice. Perhaps a bit thin in the mouth. Pronounced carbonation. Decent finish. Don’t notice the alcohol too much. Could almost be a session beer if you didn’t get too snockered. Brought this bottle back from Miami a couple months ago.

2 bouteilles de 12 oz partagée lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal chez MartinT. Arôme: Odeur de céréale légèrement fruité avec une pointe sûrette. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée rougeâtre. Présence d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût fruité (Raisins entre autre) sucré avec une pointe sûrette. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement sirupeuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement sucré. (Rating #2046)

Bottle. Did not pour it out of the bottle. This beer was very sweet, fruity, and yeasty. Not very complex and just way too sweet for my tastes. Meh.

Bottle. Caramel & fruity aroma. Poured mahogany brown with lasting beige head.Medium flavour, plum, malt and sugar notes. Rather thin finish for such a strong beer.

Bottle. Ripe fruit, plum aroma. Hazy dark amber body, small head. Pleasing moderately sweet flavor, with fruits and malt. A little restrained, and the finish is somewhat weak. Otherwise, a tasty brew.

Appearance: Dark leather brown with a 1/4 white ring around the top. Aroma: Belgian yeast, a little bit of bubble gum and plums. Taste: Sour bready yeast and a little bit of the bubble gum from the nose. Sweet cherry and dark bread crust. Ends very dry. Mouthfeel: Very carbonated and coating. Overall: A very simple offering, that has a few basic recognizable flavors, starts off a little sweet, ends dry. I appreciate the abv, and the simplicity. Its not a knock at all. This is worth a try, and relatively inexpensive.