Tarry Suchong
BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes)

Mahogany color. Thin, off-white head. Yeasts, toasted caramel, tea, and smoke in the aroma. Moderately sweet taste with notes of smoked fruits.Light smoke.

 

Aroma of floral, earthy, light smoke, wood, green tea, & apple cider. Taste malt, smoke, herbal, faint fruitiness, grass, dry finish.

 

 

 

A-Poured a darker amber. A fairly dense head. Head does not die away either. Dots of lacing.

S-Interesting aroma. Herbal and smoky for sure. The tea comes out quite noticeably here. Some moderate malty sweetness as well. Interesting but I wasn't particularly fond of it.

T-Smoke and tea are the big duo. The tea flavor is quite authentic. I feel like the smokiness doesn't necessarily jive well with the tea though. There is also some mellow Belgian yeastiness and a strong, sweet, malty character.

M-Medium bodied with some leftover feel after each sip. Soft carbonation. Low bitterness. No noticeable alcohol.

O/D-Interesting but not suited to my tastes. Wouldn't go back to this, however I appreciate it's individuality.

 

 

 

 

A - Hazy copper-brown with a finger of frothy white head. Fades quickly.

S - Caramel malts, smoke, vanilla, tea, some fruits.

T - Sweet caramel malts, some citrus and other fruits, smoke, vanilla, herbal tea.

M - Medium bodied with mild carbonation. Smooth with a sweet and smokey finish.

D - Nice smoked beer. The smoke character is nice but could use a bit more carbonation.

 

 

 

Appearance: Despite an increasingly hard pour, I was barely able to rouse more than 1/2 inch of head to cap the amber colored liquid; speckles of lacing are left behind, however

Smell: Charred embers, band-aids and chamomile tea

Taste: Chamomile tea and ginger, with an increasingly sour, phenolic character that develops by mid-palate; band-aids galore in the finish

Mouthfeel: Medium body and rather flat

Overall: Although I have enjoyed a number of beers from this brewery, this beer was not among them; perhaps I just got a bad example

 

Stubby, swing-top bottle; batch number of 9C.

Mellow pour, barely any head. Smell begins sweet & fruity before smoke moves in and herb-y tea notes take over.

Flavor is much the same: fruity and mildly tart up front until the tea leaves grab hold of my taste buds. Finishes like drinking a glass of iced tea, though unfortunately I dislike tea. Much closer to the Sahti style than other smoked beers.

The beer looks gorgeous as i pour from the mini-growler bottle into a piraat tulip glass. Nice orange/red color, with white head. Smells of brett funk with slight hints of vinegar and a hint of fruitiness. Taste is unlike anything I've ever had. There is some sort of spice I'm not entirely familiar with that is somewhat medicinal in quality. Tastes very much like a spicy saison mixed with flanders red and then spiked with smoke, which starts from disgusting to "out of place" to interesting the more I drink it. I can't say it tastes bad, but I can't say I love it either. it's just "different." A tannic quality seems to come through the more I drink it.

Well I guess the thing with BFM is that every beer is an experience and this is no different. I don't get into "weird" beers that much, but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. One of those "glad I tried it" beers.