Saint-Monon Cuvée Ermesinde

Brewed by Brasserie Saint-Monon
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ambly, Belgium

Bottled. Hazy orange/pale brown colour with mediumsized creamy head. Yeasty clouds also floating around. Fruity, hoppy and flowery nose with some hints of barnyard. Yeast, fruits and hops in flavour. Wellbalanced. Sticky mouthfeel. Also some barnyard in flavour.

Bottled (BB 09/2007)
Hazy orange brown, off-white head. Orange peel and barnyard in the nose. Sweet-bitter. Some sugar, hops and alcohol, barnyard notes are floating in the background. Sticky mouthfeel. Drinkable but not outstanding.

Bottled. Hazy light brown in colour. A barnyarish flavour, malty and creamy. It has a sweet fklavour, barnyard, a sweet after taste as well. Yeast, hops and sugar.

Hazy amber ale with a light moka head. Nice caramel aroma with floral hops and light cardamom. Sweet malt with the nice balance of hops, and notes of orange peels and coriander. Creamy mouthfeel and medium bodied. Bottle at Moeder Lambic, Brussels, April, 2005.

Amber orange color. Lemon, mandarin and some hops in the aroma. Hoppy flavor with lemon, coreander, pepper. malty. Hints of cinnamon. Hopbitter, citric, peppery aftertaste. Very tasty beer.

Hazy amber/orange with a nice lasting offwhite head. Dry nutty aroma, malty and creamy with some toffee and cookie notes.. Fruity flavor, nutty notes, some cream and some spices. Strong finish without too much alcohol coming through. Very pleasant...

Not much aroma but a little appley and bready is what I pick up. Medium orange color. Bubbly white head that falls to a thin everlasting beige layer. Tingly, little dry palate. Flavor is delicious. I can’t tell all the flavors but I do know they blend together beautifully. If I were to guess, I’d say maybe some ginger, bread, orange and possibly banana. This is incredibly drinkable. A 750ml of this could get dangerous b/c it would be gone almost immediately. My aroma rating will skew my rating down a bit but don’t let that fool you, this is one hell of a wonderful beer, imo.

Recommended by the guy at Delerium who served me numerous beers over the numerous times I visited. Clear light brown-copper, more brown than red with a thin head that stays around. Great aroma - very Rochefort-like; ginger, allspice, cookie dough, Grand Marnier, fresh malt, Christmas trees and perhaps grains of paradise. Awesome. Doesn’t taste as good as it smells unfortunately though it’s still nice. Not enough malt character and too much alcohol. There’s a definite brandy character and loads of that allspice character again. It’s a bit too thin and fizzy for my liking, and too heady. Nice stuff, and not far off being real good.