La Malheur Dark Brut "à la méthode originale" est une bière brun foncé avec une mousse brune crémeuse et 12% d' alcool. Via des procédés spéciaux (remuage et dégorgement), la levure est éliminée de la bouteille. Le secret du goût de chêne, équilibré, de la Brut réside dans les fûts de bière: la Malheur Dark Brut repose sur du jeune chêne américain , spécialement grillé pour cette bière.
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by Suds McDuff from Suds City, AleTown, USA who has tried this beer once. (8/23/2008 10:41:25 AM)
"pours with a huge stable white cloud-like head, easiest perfect appearance score ever ... lots of nice and interesting flavours ... yellow gold colour ... smells of a hefe-tripel champagne mix ... shocked to find out it is 11% ... 'here kitty kitty' ... an extremely enjoyable beer, worth $25 , i don't know, good stuff though.."
Aroma:
10/10
Appearance:
10/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.3)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 750ml @ $26 Unit Cost: $16.4 per Pint
[2] Review by beercronic from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada who has tried this beer once. (6/30/2008 11:30:24 PM)
"Pours out a weak but solid hazy yellow gold with a colossal thick white head on each pour just as you would expect. Soft yeast, slight must, a bit of lemon - but it's the type of lemon you would find in light, flaky baked goods, and odd spice and , well, i put down 'ham'... I think ham was cooking in the oven if I recall... The taste is excellent and comes across as a mild tasting Belgian strong ale. The spice is moderate is seems peppery. The is a great tasting, easy drinking beer. Same lemony taste as in the aroma but a bit sharper. Excellent. Where is the 11%? Nice clean and smooth mouth feel with ample carbonation. I only really noticed the alcohol when my last glass full warmed mistakenly. Finishes dry and spicy."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
9/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.2)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 750ml @ $19.5 Unit Cost: $12.3 per Pint
[3] Review by Phil B from Gatineau, Canada who has tried this beer once. (2/21/2008 4:15:25 PM)
"Bottle: Poured a hazy deep golden ale with a small bubbly head with average retention and no lacing. Aroma of light sweet malt notes with some weird ester or maybe it’s the yeast but something is surely different. Taste is sweeter and lighter then expected with some sweet malt and light yeasty bready finish. Body was full with some low filtration and some great carbonation. Alcohol is not apparent which is quite surprising considering the 11% contained in this beer. I am glad I tried this but considering the price tag it is unlikely I will try this again. "
Aroma:
6/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
6/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[4] Review by aracauna from Adairsville, GA, USA who has tried this beer once. (12/19/2007 9:54:05 PM)
"I was really impressed with this one, and less so with the dark brut. Hazy yellow with a large white head. Sharp citrus pith in the aroma. Relatively dry. Apricot. A bit spicy. Straw malt."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.7)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
[5] Review by Sap from Tucson, AZ, USA who has tried this beer once. (10/19/2007 10:14:18 PM)
"Michael Jackson Commemorative Edition, Sampled October 2007
Well despite the careful pour, my serving this at 50°F has caused this to overflow the top of my tulip glass. I couple quick slurps of apple tasting foam and I hope I am safe now. The beer is crowned by a seven-finger thick, light tan colored froth that is quite tightly beaded, though not quite creamy in texture. The beer starts out with overly active, madly boiling streams of carbonation coming up from the bottom of the glass. The beer is a brilliantly clear, bright gold color, which makes it quite easy to watch the streaming carbonation. The head produces an excitingly varied, never disappearing, pillowy surface as it slowly recedes, all the while leaving a thin layer of lacing patterns on the sides of the glass. Aromas of apple, lemon zest, lightly herbal notes, a peppery hop note, honey-like malt notes, a backbone of toasty grain notes (think soda crackers, fresh crushed pale malt, and perhaps a touch of biscuits).
Despite the Brut moniker, this is sweet flavored with notes of honey malt and a touch of green apple. The carbonation has died down enough at this point that it is a touch creamy feeling, though it still has a nice prickle of carbonation as it slides cross the tongue. The beer finishes with a light, yet sharp flavor of hops; lemon grass, touches of basil, a nice non-descript herbal note and a light bitterness. These notes never overcome the soft malt sweetness, but do tend to linger on in the long finish along with it. This has a very smooth finish to it & I definitely like how it sits on the palate. The beer certainly hides its alcohol well too as only a touch of warming alcohol character is noticeable. As the beer rests in my glass a bit, flavors of marshmallow, kiwi, pear, and green raisins become more noticeable.
As with most champagnoise style beers, there is a lot of sediment in the second pour of this beer (I guess wine grapes just don't have the same level of proteins that barley does, as I am sure this was bottled brilliantly clear and sediment free). The aroma of this beer just gets better and better, I don't think that there is anything in particular in the nose that wasn't there before, yet it still manages to pick up a level of complexity, yet still remain so smooth; I really just want to take a draught of the aroma. The flavor picks up some complexity, what I would describe as more bready, and flavor with the additional sediment, though I am having a hard time differentiating between the two pours. This is just dangerously drinkable; flavorful yet smooth; engaging, yet quaffable. Certainly a beer to be enjoyed. Even my second pour of this beer produces a still ridiculous, seven finger thick head. I really like the how the flavors of fruit, malt and Saaz hop interplay & meld into the smooth, yet still seemingly crisp, body and palate of this beer. In the end it is the fruit character that really stands out for me; the interplay of apple, pear & ripe, white wine grape notes just create such a crisp, inviting character to this beer.
Truly a beer that needs to be drunk in quantity to really enjoy; I would have written this off as a really good beer, but not great, if I had not had multiple glasses of this brew. I really can't ask any more of either the appearance (especially if I had poured it out all at once) or the palate of this beer; it really is just spot on for this brew."
Aroma:
9/10
Appearance:
10/10
Mouthfeel:
10/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.6)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 750ml @ $0 Unit Cost: $0 per Pint
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(4.3)
