Heres a few for you all, some great new beers from the winter release, a vintage barley wine from Quebec, a fantastic Belgian Style Quadrupel from the Netherlands and another Quebecois Belgian strong ale. All great winter warmers.
St Ambroise Vintage Ale 2012:
341 mL bottle. Pours a dark copper colour, slightly syrupy looking with a full white head. The nose is malty sweet with roasted cereal notes, winey stewed fruits and a spicy alcohol bite. Sweet and palate coating with a full mouth feel, a little boozy. Mildly hopped with a touch of bitterness. Hoping for a little more acid or hop to cut the size of this beer. Enjoyed, but not my style, needs a meal to hold up to it, some cheddar or pâté perhaps?
La Trappe Quadrupel:
750 mL bottle. Pours a deep hazy mahogany color, a patchy almost gray head. Sweet dark fruits and yeast on the nose, plum pudding. Surprisingly smooth on the palate, full bodied and slightly syrupy. Nice hoppy finish, slightly soured. Really enjoyable stuff, a happy medium between weight and complexity
Unibroue La Terrible:
750 mL bottle. Pours a dark cola like almost black color, with a foamy tan head, lots of lacing and slow dissipation. Heady perfumed aroma of fig, molasses, vanilla and oak. Taste is amazingly balanced for such a big beer, sweet, with a bitter midpalate and sour finish, you can taste layers of dark fruits, bready yeast, mushroomy earth and a distinct meat flavor. Smooth and full bodied coating mouthfeel but not cloying. A great big beer, and another landmark from unibroue.
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