Aldred
Le Trou Du Diable

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From:
Le Trou Du Diable
 
Quebec, Canada
Style:
Saison
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.83 | pDev: 4.96%
Reviews:
8
Ratings:
33
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 11, 2018
Added:
Feb 17, 2015
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  8
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Ratings by biboergosum:
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.93/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
600ml bottle - named after an American who apparently was instrumental in the early electricity game in Quebec.

This beer pours a hazy, pale golden yellow colour, with three fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly off-white head, which leaves some scattered blotchy and sudsy lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.

It smells of mildly cheesy funk, bready and doughy pale malt, a weak wheatiness, muddled domestic citrus fruit, a touch of mixed table top pepper mill output, and some leafy, grassy, and dried-hay evocative hops. The taste is gritty and grainy pale malt, a retreating funky yeastiness, slightly edgy wheaty notes, still mixed and matched citrus acerbities, a steady complex pepper spiciness, and more gentle leafy, earthy, and scorched grass hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly tame in its taciturn frothiness, the body a decent medium weight, and more or less smooth, as the particular yeast here has a minor heart of gold, or something. It finishes rather dry, with the fruit rind thing meshing with the yeast, as the malt gasps its last.

Overall, a pretty engaging and enjoyable Saison, the yeast proving to be more robust than simply phenolic or funky. Add in the weirdly masked fruity characters, the zingy spice, and the well-lowered ABV, and what we have here, is one sassy summertime quaffer!
Jun 14, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.58 by TheHammer from Canada (ON)

Apr 11, 2018
 
Rated: 3.71 by Samact from Vermont

Sep 23, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Aug 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.18 by CurtisD from Canada (NB)

Apr 05, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by liamt07 from Canada (ON)

Mar 24, 2017
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Reviewed by Hat_Fulla_Beer from Canada (AB)

3.81/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
600ml bottle poured into Sam Adams pint glass.

Pours a clear lemon yellow with a thin cap of loose white head that leaves random soapy lace as it recedes.

Smells of dry hay, mild white cheese, baking bread, ground black pepper, lemon zest and cut grass.

Tastes of bread crust, peppery yeast, muddled pithy citrus, more grassy hops and well-behaved cheesy funk.

Feels light and fizzy. Light bodied with peppy carbonation. Finishes dry.

Verdict: Recommended. Probably could stand to be less hoppy.
Jan 21, 2017
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Rated by Abbott from Canada (QC)

4/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Clear blond pour, nice head. Season with nice hoppy notes.
Dec 02, 2016
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Reviewed by dar482 from New York

3.77/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Straw color

Aroma hits of light citrus, zest, crackery malts, light grainy sweetness, grassy.

Grainy sweetness, hints of pear, citrus zippy sweetness, light crisp quality, medium plus hop bitterness with grassy and spicy. Pepper and coriander onto some grainy aftertaste.
Aug 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.93 by Mlkluther from Canada (AB)

Jul 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.67 by mattsander from Canada (AB)

Jun 11, 2016
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Reviewed by Poljazz22 from Canada (QC)

3.91/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours very pale straw translucent milky.
Smells of farm ( I am not an expert of season beers ).
Some sourness, some lemony acidity, salt. No sweetness at all.
The tastes seem to sort of melt together with the carbonation and you want to have another mouthful.
It is more complex than you think and the 600ml bottle is empty already.
Jun 08, 2016
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Reviewed by biegaman from Canada (ON)

4.04/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Aldred has a pallid, opaque complexion that could practically be described as 'milky' (despite that it's actually daffodil yellow in colour). There is not even a glimmer of clarity or highlights - for all intents and purposes, this ultra-pale, white-capped, summery-looking beer might as well be black.

Short people aren't necessarily weak; likewise, just because a beer is low(er) in alcohol doesn't mean it can't still be high in character - especially one that uses Saison yeast! This bouquet is a lively, zestful, and surprisingly potent blend of lemon and lychee fruit, white peppercorn and field-fresh hay.

People make the assumption that decreased alcohol equates to increased drinkability - not necessarily. The beer has to be interesting to make it worth drinking (and keep drinking). If I'm having multiples of the same thing I'll take the more flavorful offering (regardless of alcohol content) every time...

Fortunately for me, Aldred pleases the taste buds without doing needless damage to the liver. Notes of lemon and lychee, like those in the bouquet, replay on the palate albeit with an increased spice dimension and even less cereal grain to stand in their way. Hops and yeast steer this bus!

And that suits me just fine. Nuances of lemongrass, pineapple, grass clippings, rose petals, and whatever else your nose or tongue pick up on are wonderful accompaniments to the straw and spice qualities of a standard Saison. Trou Du Diable make a lot of beers worth buying but don't overlook this one!
Mar 13, 2016
 
Rated: 4.09 by mademers from Canada (QC)

Mar 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by tykechandler from Kentucky

Jan 26, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by elecnix from Canada (QC)

Sep 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.77 by groleau from Canada (QC)

Jul 16, 2015
 
Rated: 3.73 by Bugs318 from Canada (QC)

Jun 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.78 by MatChar from Canada (QC)

Jun 07, 2015
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Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)

3.77/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Bottle: Poured a pale hay color ale with a large pure white foamy head with great retention and some good amount of lacing. Aroma of light floral hay notes with some lemony notes. Taste is dominated by light hay floral notes with some lemony notes. Body is light with great carbonation. Easily drinkability with good level of complexity.
Jun 03, 2015
Aldred from Le Trou Du Diable
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 33 ratings