Grand Cru Brune Paques
Stadin Panimo
- From:
- Stadin Panimo
- Finland
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.16 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jun 02, 2015
- Added:
- Jun 02, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.16/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.16/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
"Grand Cru Brune Paques." 20.5 plato. 45 IBU. 9% ABV. 107 EBC. 80 kcal/100ml. Cost was 4.49 euro at an Alko in Kuopio, Finland.
Reviewed live as an abbey ale per Alko's website.
BOTTLE: 33cl. Brown glass. Simple label design. No label art. Unbranded pry-off crown cap. Best before: 1.6.2016. ERA #645/647.
Served cold into a mason jar at low altitude in Kuopio, Finland, and allowed to warm over the course of consumption. Expectations are average given the brewery coupled with the style; I'm not sure Stadin Panimo can pull off an abbey ale.
No bubble show forms as it's poured.
HEAD: ~.5 inches wide. Off-white colour. Fair creaminess and thickness. Leaves no lacing on the sides of the glass as it recedes.
Retention is below average - ~1 minute.
BODY: Dark plum red-brown. Opaque. No yeast particulate or hop sediment is visible.
Appears aptly carbonated. It's a decent looking abbey ale, but lacks the vibrance and depth of superior beers in the style. Has no unique or special characteristics.
AROMA: Biscuity Belgian yeast. Hints of dark fruit - mainly sugarplum, with subsidiary caramelized raisin. Some minor chocolate malts. A dab of grape. Prune. Candi sugar.
Definitely seems Belgian in character. Aromatic intensity is mild, if not muted.
Lacks an overt hop profile. I find no obvious alcohol or off-notes.
Like many of Stadin Panimo's offerings, this seems inexpressive and shallow. But the aroma suggests an abbey ale that hides its ABV shockingly well.
TASTE & TEXTURE: The stickiness of the mouthfeel helps accentuate the sugarplum and raisin notes, playing into that sticky caramelized dark fruit motif nicely. Subsidiary hints of grape and prune lend further complexity, but the beer gets strangely bitter by the late second act - which is not a characteristic any abbey ale should feature. I even find some burnt sugars, which lend it an unbecoming harshness. There's some caramel-apple as well, and some sweetening candi sugar.
The Belgian yeast lends some biscuity character and spice, and guides the beer nicely. The malts are well-chosen, but this abbey ale doesn't exactly sing. The delicate flavours and fragile mouthfeel you'd expect in a great abbey ale are absent here.
Still, it's aptly medium-bodied. I'd be smooth and wet if not for the rough dragging coarseness that accompanies that pesky bitterness in the bottom of the second act. A biteen overcarbonated, but forgivable. It does have a sticky almost syrupy presence on the palate, to its detriment. Has a bit too much heft, weight, and thickness relative to its mediocre depth of flavour. Flavour duration and intensity are average.
There's not a harmony of texture and taste, but this mouthfeel does a decent job complementing the flavour profile. Not a gestalt build for an abbey ale, nor an intricate one. But the limited subtlety and nuance of the plum is nice.
OVERALL: It hides its ABV well, and has no major problems (such as astringency, hop dominance, or off-notes). It's a drinkable but simple attempt at an abbey ale, and is some of the better work I've found from Stadin Panimo. You could do worse for a dark Belgian ale in Finland, but this won't hold a candle to traditional offerings in the style. I'll enjoy finishing the bottle, and it's a nice change from the pale lagers dominating the Finnish market, but the discerning drinker won't find it impressive.
C+
Jun 02, 2015Reviewed live as an abbey ale per Alko's website.
BOTTLE: 33cl. Brown glass. Simple label design. No label art. Unbranded pry-off crown cap. Best before: 1.6.2016. ERA #645/647.
Served cold into a mason jar at low altitude in Kuopio, Finland, and allowed to warm over the course of consumption. Expectations are average given the brewery coupled with the style; I'm not sure Stadin Panimo can pull off an abbey ale.
No bubble show forms as it's poured.
HEAD: ~.5 inches wide. Off-white colour. Fair creaminess and thickness. Leaves no lacing on the sides of the glass as it recedes.
Retention is below average - ~1 minute.
BODY: Dark plum red-brown. Opaque. No yeast particulate or hop sediment is visible.
Appears aptly carbonated. It's a decent looking abbey ale, but lacks the vibrance and depth of superior beers in the style. Has no unique or special characteristics.
AROMA: Biscuity Belgian yeast. Hints of dark fruit - mainly sugarplum, with subsidiary caramelized raisin. Some minor chocolate malts. A dab of grape. Prune. Candi sugar.
Definitely seems Belgian in character. Aromatic intensity is mild, if not muted.
Lacks an overt hop profile. I find no obvious alcohol or off-notes.
Like many of Stadin Panimo's offerings, this seems inexpressive and shallow. But the aroma suggests an abbey ale that hides its ABV shockingly well.
TASTE & TEXTURE: The stickiness of the mouthfeel helps accentuate the sugarplum and raisin notes, playing into that sticky caramelized dark fruit motif nicely. Subsidiary hints of grape and prune lend further complexity, but the beer gets strangely bitter by the late second act - which is not a characteristic any abbey ale should feature. I even find some burnt sugars, which lend it an unbecoming harshness. There's some caramel-apple as well, and some sweetening candi sugar.
The Belgian yeast lends some biscuity character and spice, and guides the beer nicely. The malts are well-chosen, but this abbey ale doesn't exactly sing. The delicate flavours and fragile mouthfeel you'd expect in a great abbey ale are absent here.
Still, it's aptly medium-bodied. I'd be smooth and wet if not for the rough dragging coarseness that accompanies that pesky bitterness in the bottom of the second act. A biteen overcarbonated, but forgivable. It does have a sticky almost syrupy presence on the palate, to its detriment. Has a bit too much heft, weight, and thickness relative to its mediocre depth of flavour. Flavour duration and intensity are average.
There's not a harmony of texture and taste, but this mouthfeel does a decent job complementing the flavour profile. Not a gestalt build for an abbey ale, nor an intricate one. But the limited subtlety and nuance of the plum is nice.
OVERALL: It hides its ABV well, and has no major problems (such as astringency, hop dominance, or off-notes). It's a drinkable but simple attempt at an abbey ale, and is some of the better work I've found from Stadin Panimo. You could do worse for a dark Belgian ale in Finland, but this won't hold a candle to traditional offerings in the style. I'll enjoy finishing the bottle, and it's a nice change from the pale lagers dominating the Finnish market, but the discerning drinker won't find it impressive.
C+
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