La Messe Des Morts
Microbrasserie Goudale
- From:
- Microbrasserie Goudale
- Quebec, Canada
- Style:
- Belgian Dubbel
- ABV:
- 7.8%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.72 | pDev: 15.05%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 01, 2016
- Added:
- Sep 17, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by biegaman from Canada (ON)
3.66/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
La Messe Des Morts ("Mass of the Dead") is appropriately named: carbonation dies almost instantaneously and takes any amassed foam with it. Not all doom and gloom, however, the brooding dark body actually reveals an almost cranberry coloured, perfectly clear glow when held to the light. This isn't so intimidating after all...
Though the aroma does have an alarming amount of booze! Drinkers are warned beforehand: this 7.9% alcohol doesn't concede an inch. Indeed, the nose may display pleasant hints of orange peel and dried figs but, overall, it's got a syrupy Italian Amaro-like profile with hints of macerated herbs, bark, roots and subtle spicing.
Fans of Fernet aught to pull up a stool - this is the same kind of slow-sipping drink and has comparable tastes of dried citrus, black licorice, cardamon, aloe, juniper, anise, wormwood, cinnamon and, above all else, grape distillate. Come to think of it, it would blend wonderfully into an olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette...
Food is a good idea with this beer, even if it is only a fennel and mixed greens salad (which would be my first choice). Baked sweets, the kinds made for the Christmas holidays would also pair well, as would something gamey - a Canadian geese or duck (heavily roasted). My advice: do not open this without some kind of food accompaniment.
La Messe Des Morts is aptly named - had on its own, it'll knock you dead! Though it lacks the body, substance, and depth of a proper Dubbel, it nonetheless makes for a memorable tipple, one suited to being slowly savored and dissected over the course of a long night. For those who like that kind of thing, this is a prayer come to life...
Jul 22, 2016Though the aroma does have an alarming amount of booze! Drinkers are warned beforehand: this 7.9% alcohol doesn't concede an inch. Indeed, the nose may display pleasant hints of orange peel and dried figs but, overall, it's got a syrupy Italian Amaro-like profile with hints of macerated herbs, bark, roots and subtle spicing.
Fans of Fernet aught to pull up a stool - this is the same kind of slow-sipping drink and has comparable tastes of dried citrus, black licorice, cardamon, aloe, juniper, anise, wormwood, cinnamon and, above all else, grape distillate. Come to think of it, it would blend wonderfully into an olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette...
Food is a good idea with this beer, even if it is only a fennel and mixed greens salad (which would be my first choice). Baked sweets, the kinds made for the Christmas holidays would also pair well, as would something gamey - a Canadian geese or duck (heavily roasted). My advice: do not open this without some kind of food accompaniment.
La Messe Des Morts is aptly named - had on its own, it'll knock you dead! Though it lacks the body, substance, and depth of a proper Dubbel, it nonetheless makes for a memorable tipple, one suited to being slowly savored and dissected over the course of a long night. For those who like that kind of thing, this is a prayer come to life...
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