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Brasserie Saint-Germain

June 2013: 750 ml swingtop bottle, from Voldby Købmandsgård. ABV is 7.9%. Beautiful ruby colour, moderate beige head. Lovely malty aroma with plenty of caramel and rye bread, some mild roasty notes in the background. The flavour is also distinctly malty but not too sweet, caramel, brown bread and mild roasty notes again. Moderate hops in the finish.

 

Dark brown, with a significant head.
Nice coffee smell. Bitter taste, similar to a black coffee.
Very pleasant to drink, unlike its triple brother, which also feels stronger, although it's the same alcohol content percentage.

Dark brown color with beige head. Aroma has brown sugar and alcohol soaked raisins. Taste is quite bitter and roasty from start to finish. Dark malts, brown sugar, dried dark fruits and a bit of liquorice are also present. Body is medium and quite carbonated. Overall it's a pretty nice beer, only the alcohol presence bothers me a bit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from 750 mL bottle into snifter.
A: Pours a dark cola brown with 1-2 inch bubbly light tan head with good retention.
S: Soft caramel malt, herbal/grassy hops, and a hint of brown sugar and dark dried fruits.
T: Dark dried fruit (esp. raisin), brown sugar, soft caramel malt, and subdued spicy hops.
M: Medium body. Soft and sweet. A bit of mustiness in the finish.
D: A very nice example of style. Quite sessionable. Not too complex, but solid in what it brings to the table.

 

 

 

A- Poured from a flip top 750ml to a tulip glass. Dark brown bodied with a one finger light tan cap. Head retention is pretty good and the texture of the cap is foamy and thick. Nice patches of lace cascade down the glass.

S- Dark Belgian candi sugar comes to mind and the aroma brings notes of dark brown sugar, figs, prunes, cherry and rum raisins.

T- Seems like this bottle has some age on it but not too much, just some oxidation and old caramel coming to mind at first. Getting past that the brew brings rich notes of raisins, rum, tobacco, toasted bread and grains, Belgian yeast spice and some sweetness. Dark bitter cocoa in th finish.

MF- Moderately thick bodied with a superb texture somewhere between foamy and creamy, smooth for this style. Carbonation is high but feels like a soft pillow on the palate. Spicy bitterness in the finish.

Some age on it but it doesn't bother me at all in this case and adds a nice complexity to a big fruity dark Belgian. All of those dark dried fruits come to mind but nothing is out of control or off putting.