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Rousse Forte Aux Fruits (8 Mois D'age)
La Barberie
- From:
- La Barberie
- Quebec, Canada
- Style:
- Flanders Red Ale
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 3.41 | pDev: 28.15%
- Reviews:
- 6
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 25, 2014
- Added:
- Jun 28, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by crwills:
Reviewed by crwills from Canada (ON)
1.98/5 rDev -41.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1
1.98/5 rDev -41.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1
Purchased quite a while ago in Gatineau, Quebec. Bottle dated 2006.
Pours a cloudy amber with hints of pink or red and a short-lived bubbly white head. First hints that this might be a bit "off" come in the aroma, which is very wheaty but has some fruity bubblegum flavours that don't seem quite right.
Taste is -- BLARGH. Watery, barely fruity, dull and mildly metallic. Nasty abrasive chemical flavours throughout, as well as some very green (inedible) fruit flavours. I didn't drink most of this, as I assume it was spoiled.
Not sure if I'll be able to get another bottle but I'll re-review if I do.
Feb 21, 2008Pours a cloudy amber with hints of pink or red and a short-lived bubbly white head. First hints that this might be a bit "off" come in the aroma, which is very wheaty but has some fruity bubblegum flavours that don't seem quite right.
Taste is -- BLARGH. Watery, barely fruity, dull and mildly metallic. Nasty abrasive chemical flavours throughout, as well as some very green (inedible) fruit flavours. I didn't drink most of this, as I assume it was spoiled.
Not sure if I'll be able to get another bottle but I'll re-review if I do.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by bobsy from Canada (ON)
4/5 rDev +17.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +17.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Enjoyed at the brewpub in downtown Quebec. Ruby coloured pour with a sparse filmy head. Lots of fruit in the aroma, including strawberries and raspberries. These are present in the flavour, along with caramel and a slight hoppy bitterness that prevents the beer from becoming too cloying. Warming alcohol finish. Nicely done!
Feb 11, 2008Reviewed by Derek from Canada (BC)
4.12/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Rousse Forte Aux Fruit 2006 (bottled Nov 2006), 7.5%. The label has some warriors that look like nut crackers.
This isn't a Flanders style. It's just a strong red with fruit. Perhaps a fruit beer and/or Winter Warmer? It is well-attenuated like Belgian, with a slight hint of tartness from the fruit though.
A: Deep amber-red, fluffy off-white/light-tan head, good retention & lace.
S: Quite fruity: cherries, raisins and even some berries. Fruit cake? (cake, brown sugar, candied fruit).
T: Fruit cake flavours as well (candied fruit, dark cake, brown sugar, sherry, hints of spice). Mild bitterness, sweetness is balanced with a slight hint of tartness. Alcohol is warming. Yeast sediment has a mineral/metallic flavour.
M: Moderate body is well-attenuated, with only a little residual sugar in the finish. Moderate carbonation.
D: Quite drinkable for its strength.
Christmas in July!
Jul 05, 2007This isn't a Flanders style. It's just a strong red with fruit. Perhaps a fruit beer and/or Winter Warmer? It is well-attenuated like Belgian, with a slight hint of tartness from the fruit though.
A: Deep amber-red, fluffy off-white/light-tan head, good retention & lace.
S: Quite fruity: cherries, raisins and even some berries. Fruit cake? (cake, brown sugar, candied fruit).
T: Fruit cake flavours as well (candied fruit, dark cake, brown sugar, sherry, hints of spice). Mild bitterness, sweetness is balanced with a slight hint of tartness. Alcohol is warming. Yeast sediment has a mineral/metallic flavour.
M: Moderate body is well-attenuated, with only a little residual sugar in the finish. Moderate carbonation.
D: Quite drinkable for its strength.
Christmas in July!
Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
2/5 rDev -41.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2/5 rDev -41.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Bottle: Poured a dark red/brown color ale with a big off-white foamy head with good retention. Aroma consists of fruitcake with some caramel malt with some warming alcohol. Taste is very sweet with a real fruitcake feel behind it, which is very interesting but the warm alcohol that hit you at the end just totally destroy this beer. I really cant understand how a 7.5% beer can have so much alcohol taste in it.
Dec 08, 2006Reviewed by bloberglawp from Canada (QC)
4.42/5 rDev +29.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +29.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Had the 2005 edition from a bottle served in a pint glass at 12-14 celcius. Bottle version has a lover ABV (7.5%)
Nice dark ruby red color, faint smell of wild berries. Taste of wild choke cherries and bitter hops. Does not linger as much as I wish it would... makes me go for another gulp.
Delicious offering, looking forward to trying others from la Barberie. Thank you dépanneur chez Gibb of Evain, Québec for keeping a exemplary stock of Québec's finest microbrewries!!!
Mar 25, 2006Nice dark ruby red color, faint smell of wild berries. Taste of wild choke cherries and bitter hops. Does not linger as much as I wish it would... makes me go for another gulp.
Delicious offering, looking forward to trying others from la Barberie. Thank you dépanneur chez Gibb of Evain, Québec for keeping a exemplary stock of Québec's finest microbrewries!!!
Reviewed by francisweizen from Washington
4.7/5 rDev +37.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.7/5 rDev +37.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Probably the best beer brewed by one of my new favorite breweries, La Barberie. Although many people told me that this co-op brewery was very hit or miss, especially in the bottle, I was apprehensive of their bottled beers and draught selections available at Le Mondial De La Biere 2004. Fortunately my first sip of Barberies beer made me a true believer that all of these people were wrong! Every beer (Tap *and* bottle) i've had from this brewery has been solid to mind blowing.
Anyway, this one is a nice dark red colour with a pink-tinged, off-white head that lasts and lasts. The aroma is awesome and consists of Belgian funk, a nice spiciness, a nice herbal hop bite, and some lovely fruit notes (cherries, berries, and more!). The taste is fruity up front with some very noticeable cherry notes and lsome ambic-like flanders red flavors. The mouthfeel is a bit thick and the drinkaility is awesome. Wow, this is a very fruity, spicy, and damn complex flanders red!
Jun 28, 2004Anyway, this one is a nice dark red colour with a pink-tinged, off-white head that lasts and lasts. The aroma is awesome and consists of Belgian funk, a nice spiciness, a nice herbal hop bite, and some lovely fruit notes (cherries, berries, and more!). The taste is fruity up front with some very noticeable cherry notes and lsome ambic-like flanders red flavors. The mouthfeel is a bit thick and the drinkaility is awesome. Wow, this is a very fruity, spicy, and damn complex flanders red!
Rousse Forte Aux Fruits (8 Mois D'age) from La Barberie
Beer rating:
3.41 out of
5 with
9 ratings
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