Flambeaux
Fat Point Brewing
- From:
- Fat Point Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- French Bière de Garde
- ABV:
- 9.1%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.62 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 10, 2017
- Added:
- Apr 10, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
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Reviewed by Allenjoseph5 from Florida
4.62/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.62/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
This is a very limited release beer. Only about 200 bottles of this were made. I hope they do this one again.
The brewery's description:
"Our brewmaster has personally sourced French-imported Francos-Belges grain and Strisselspalt hops to brew a crisp, clean, well-balanced ale. He then aged the beer on French Champagne corks that have been soaked in Angel’s Envy bourbon, creating a luxurious, decadent ale known as the Flambeaux!
Flambeaux is truly a hand-crafted ale, with each ingredient selected personally by our brewmaster and brewed in an extremely small batch on our system that requires the most hands-on attention. It was then hand-bottled into 750ml and 1.5L Bourdeaux bottles, and sealed with natural corks and wax."
This particular bottle is about 5 months old.
Appearance: very bright beer. It pours a deep copper with about two fingers of frothy white head. Looks gorgeous.
Aroma: Tons of Lemon from the Strisselspalt hops. Black pepper and possibly licorice as well. I remember this having more malt on the nose when I first had this beer. But seeing how this bottle is a few months old, it's not surprising that it presents differently now.
Mouthfeel: This is one of the most interesting things about this beer. It is very full bodied. It has the slick and fullness of an oatmeal stout. Very creamy. However, it has seemed to thin out a little bit with age. Still surprisingly full bodied for a non stout. I spoke to the brewmaster about this, because I had never had a farmhouse with such a creamy and rich texture. I assumed that he used a ton of flaked oats. He said that he didn't, and that he surmises that aging it on the corks might have added to the mouthfeel. Who knows? But it definitely works.
Taste: This has also changed with age. I remember this being slightly malt forward the first two times I've had it. However, the hops take the forefront, now. (The opposite of what I would assume). Lots of citrus, mostly tangy lemon. Black currants. A little bit of pepper on the finish. Delicious. Malt backbone is still there.
Overall: a fantastic beer. It's quite pricy and extremely limited. This isn't a beer that will knock you over the head with adjuncts or overwhelming flavors. It is a smooth and easily consumed beer. You might have to truly appreciate the craft to appreciate the complexity and balance of this one. But it's definitely worth trying to get a hold of a bottle of you know anyone living in the SWFL region that might have one cellared.
Apr 10, 2017The brewery's description:
"Our brewmaster has personally sourced French-imported Francos-Belges grain and Strisselspalt hops to brew a crisp, clean, well-balanced ale. He then aged the beer on French Champagne corks that have been soaked in Angel’s Envy bourbon, creating a luxurious, decadent ale known as the Flambeaux!
Flambeaux is truly a hand-crafted ale, with each ingredient selected personally by our brewmaster and brewed in an extremely small batch on our system that requires the most hands-on attention. It was then hand-bottled into 750ml and 1.5L Bourdeaux bottles, and sealed with natural corks and wax."
This particular bottle is about 5 months old.
Appearance: very bright beer. It pours a deep copper with about two fingers of frothy white head. Looks gorgeous.
Aroma: Tons of Lemon from the Strisselspalt hops. Black pepper and possibly licorice as well. I remember this having more malt on the nose when I first had this beer. But seeing how this bottle is a few months old, it's not surprising that it presents differently now.
Mouthfeel: This is one of the most interesting things about this beer. It is very full bodied. It has the slick and fullness of an oatmeal stout. Very creamy. However, it has seemed to thin out a little bit with age. Still surprisingly full bodied for a non stout. I spoke to the brewmaster about this, because I had never had a farmhouse with such a creamy and rich texture. I assumed that he used a ton of flaked oats. He said that he didn't, and that he surmises that aging it on the corks might have added to the mouthfeel. Who knows? But it definitely works.
Taste: This has also changed with age. I remember this being slightly malt forward the first two times I've had it. However, the hops take the forefront, now. (The opposite of what I would assume). Lots of citrus, mostly tangy lemon. Black currants. A little bit of pepper on the finish. Delicious. Malt backbone is still there.
Overall: a fantastic beer. It's quite pricy and extremely limited. This isn't a beer that will knock you over the head with adjuncts or overwhelming flavors. It is a smooth and easily consumed beer. You might have to truly appreciate the craft to appreciate the complexity and balance of this one. But it's definitely worth trying to get a hold of a bottle of you know anyone living in the SWFL region that might have one cellared.
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