Pelican Le Pelican Brun

Brassy body with red tinge and tons of foamy head. Nose of well apportioned Belgian yeast. Medium caramel malt and clean muskiness in the bouquet as well. Rather sweet caramel malted body with light yeastiness and relatively sturdy vein of candi sugar. Light woody sourness on the finish. Hints of vinegar fray off of the vibrant caramel-malted woodiness. Moderately sweet cotton candy throughout. Increasied complexity as it warms.

Pours hazy brown with a lacy off-white head. Mostly brown sugar in the aroma. Creamy medium body. Sweet taste of bread and caramel.

2007 bottle sampled at DLD ’09. Pours clear amber with a medium white head. Caramel malt aroma with some tartness. Yeasty, spicy and a bit tart in the flavor with a lot of maltiness.

From Skyview. Dark brown color. Loads of malt aromas and flavor. Some caramel, lightly roasted, sweet, dried fruit, and Belgian yeast. There is an interesting mineral water flavor that works with this beer. Good stuff.

On tap at the KLCC microbrew festival. Poured out a deep brown hue with a moderate sized white head. Aroma is full of spices, dark fruit, cherries and sweet caramel. Taste is full of brown sugar, cherries, raisins and some light spice. The mouthfeel is very effervescent, the bubbles practically explode in your mouth. Very unique beer.

2007 cork and wire 750mL. Damn cork was a main to get out and then it popped like a loud mofo, scared the crap out of me. Pours is loud and noise, full of vigorous sparkling clatter. The head is medium sized and bubbly. Color is dark brown, too dark to see through but clear when placed against the light. Aroma is lightly cherry aroma with light watery black bread and light raisin. Taste follows along with more cherry arising and getting a bit Flander’s like. A bit more of the black bread character as well. Very easy to drink, light sweetness, light cherry and all of that is surrounded by a very fizzy mouthfeel which works great with the lighter body. This may be the best Pelican beer I have had to date.

Bottle. Pours an opaque rich-looking dark ruddy brown color with a broken white head. Aroma of candi sugar, malt, Belgian yeast, fruit. Taste is moderately sweet with a hint of sour fruit to it, but is masked by the sweetness. Really reminds me of a dubbel.

On tap at Bailey’s in Portland, which is a pretty cool place. Color was a dark auburn. Aroma of caramel, brown malt, fruit, earth and yeast. Flavor of wheat, fruit, earth and caramel. A pretty unique and tasty beer.