Ultra De Noël
Brasserie Scassenes
- From:
- Brasserie Scassenes
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.38 | pDev: 6.8%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 10, 2005
- Added:
- May 25, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by paterlodie from Belgium
3.15/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.15/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
BB 17-11-09. Nice presentaqtion with good but not overwelming head and very dark beercollor. Nose is lots of cinnamon, anis and other herbs together with some sweet malts and alcohol in the back. Taste is also very sweet but after a couple of sips and getting used to the sweetness getting better. Lots of cinnamon, clove bathing in sweet alcohol with a trace of caramellic malts. Hardly any note of hops and allover just sweet and spiced. Low carbonisation fits brew but mouthfeel dominated by the sticky sweetness of this brew that also tempers drinkability.
Dec 10, 2005Reviewed by TheLongBeachBum from California
3.61/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Brasserie dEcaussinnes: Ultra de Noël.
Strength: 8.5% ABV.
Style: Artisanal Dark Ale Xmas Beer.
750ml Bottle purchased during a Brewery Visit to the Brasserie dEcaussinnes, on 18th April 2003. Tasted 5/25/03.
Presentation: 75cl brown glass bottle. Cork & caged. The obverse label is a colorful affair with a cartoon of a snowy Christmas scene. Described by the reverse label in Belgo-English, as a
top-fermented beer brewed with the finest hops, malt varienties, candy sugar and yeast. Serve Cool & Cheers.
"Christmas Beer at 8.5% ABV. Best Before date 01/2005".
Appearance: A lovely deep dark mahogany brown color that looks opaque at first when the beer is poured. Backlit it reveals its lovely deep russet body, and a warm auburn hue. It is devoid of deleterious matter but it does have the faintest of hazes. A lovely fluffy light tan head is formed as the beer is poured. Above average inherent carbonation aids head retention.
Smell: Roast malts, with an alcoholic tinge that adds a definite Xmas feel to the nose of this beer. Reminded me of an English Old Ale. A bit light in strength though & lacking in penetration.
Taste: Immediately as the beer is taken in, its effervescence in the mouth lends a very smooth aspect to the initial impression. Roast malts are present and work through the effervescence as it fades. A vinous, almost acidic, middle gives the beer an aged vintage feeling which I really like. The ending is malty and grainy with a long lasting, slightly sweet, finish at the death.
Mouthfeel: Above average. A strong alcohol presence in the vinous mouthfeel gives the beer a bold pre-vintage warming character.
Drinkability: I easily dispatched the 75cl Bottle alone, albeit at a pedestrian pace. I am feeling the effects slightly. For an 8.5%ABV beer, it has a fair punch, and is reasonably easy to drink, but the strength does catch up with you eventually.
Overall: This was the only beer that was unavailable on draft when we visited the Brewery. This bottle was purchased as an off-sale; I was informed that it was from the 2002 Xmas Batch. A really nice beer, that lacks strength in the nose, and would probably improve with light aging, say 12-24 months. The Brewer stated that this was a popular beer, and as they have the capacity and capability, it would be brewed at much higher volumes in 2003. He also stated that it may very well become a permanent beer time.
May 25, 2003Strength: 8.5% ABV.
Style: Artisanal Dark Ale Xmas Beer.
750ml Bottle purchased during a Brewery Visit to the Brasserie dEcaussinnes, on 18th April 2003. Tasted 5/25/03.
Presentation: 75cl brown glass bottle. Cork & caged. The obverse label is a colorful affair with a cartoon of a snowy Christmas scene. Described by the reverse label in Belgo-English, as a
top-fermented beer brewed with the finest hops, malt varienties, candy sugar and yeast. Serve Cool & Cheers.
"Christmas Beer at 8.5% ABV. Best Before date 01/2005".
Appearance: A lovely deep dark mahogany brown color that looks opaque at first when the beer is poured. Backlit it reveals its lovely deep russet body, and a warm auburn hue. It is devoid of deleterious matter but it does have the faintest of hazes. A lovely fluffy light tan head is formed as the beer is poured. Above average inherent carbonation aids head retention.
Smell: Roast malts, with an alcoholic tinge that adds a definite Xmas feel to the nose of this beer. Reminded me of an English Old Ale. A bit light in strength though & lacking in penetration.
Taste: Immediately as the beer is taken in, its effervescence in the mouth lends a very smooth aspect to the initial impression. Roast malts are present and work through the effervescence as it fades. A vinous, almost acidic, middle gives the beer an aged vintage feeling which I really like. The ending is malty and grainy with a long lasting, slightly sweet, finish at the death.
Mouthfeel: Above average. A strong alcohol presence in the vinous mouthfeel gives the beer a bold pre-vintage warming character.
Drinkability: I easily dispatched the 75cl Bottle alone, albeit at a pedestrian pace. I am feeling the effects slightly. For an 8.5%ABV beer, it has a fair punch, and is reasonably easy to drink, but the strength does catch up with you eventually.
Overall: This was the only beer that was unavailable on draft when we visited the Brewery. This bottle was purchased as an off-sale; I was informed that it was from the 2002 Xmas Batch. A really nice beer, that lacks strength in the nose, and would probably improve with light aging, say 12-24 months. The Brewer stated that this was a popular beer, and as they have the capacity and capability, it would be brewed at much higher volumes in 2003. He also stated that it may very well become a permanent beer time.
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