La Vache Folle ESB
Microbrasserie Charlevoix in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.97
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange with a medium, creamy, long lasting, tan head that laces. Sweet aroma of toasted bready malt, caramel, honey, orange and floral hops. Sweet flavour of toasted bready malt, caramel, toffee, honey, orange, apricot and floral hops in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Enjoyable, well balanced and easy to drink.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bouteille. Nez de houblon légèrement citrique (pamplemousse) et aux notes florales et résineuses, légèrement malté de caramel doux avec des notes épicées (coriandre, anis) et fruitées (agrumes, notes de pommes et de fruits tropicaux). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture légèrement crémeuse aux notes huileuses. Goût moyennement amer de houblon résineux doux, légèrement floral et herbeux et aux notes citriques (pamplemousse) et terreuses (qui dure toute la gorgée) avec un léger goût de levures fruitées (agrumes, notes de fruits tropicaux, faibles traces de pommes) et d’épices (anis, coriandre) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel doux (notes de miel) avec des notes de malt pâle (biscuits et céréales) et de pain puis en finale, le goût amer de houblon reprend le dessus en étant légèrement plus herbeux, plus terreux et un peu sec. Arrière-goût moyen-long et un peu sec, moyennement amer de houblon (herbeux, terreux, notes citriques, florales et résineuses) avec un léger goût fruité (zeste d’agrumes, notes de pelures de pommes). [notes 2006]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bouteille 500ml. Couleur orangée voilée, mousse beige. Arôme de malt grillé, herbacé. Goût de malt, houblon herbal, longue amertume, touche de caramel. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from a generous trader. Pours clear amber with white head. Nose and taste of bready malt, sweet malt, caramel, toffee, flowers and hint of lemon zest. Finishes slightly bitter. Medium body. Solid beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours a light amber color, earthy hops and caramel nose shine in the nose, but are not over powering. Mouth is a bit chewy, lots of caramel and hops balancing each other out. Good balance. Moderately bitter finish. Good example of the style.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. Copper colour, rich lasting head. Flowery nose. Sweet and bready with lots of caramel. Soft and very malty with somewhat syrupy mouthfeel. Salty finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Huge dense cream head; hazy foxy-amber beer. Nose gives double cream, maybe touch of diacetyl, right kind of English hops with fruity aromas (pear, lime,...) Creamy taste, like thick home-made ice cream, but with a British hop flavouring (sounds terrible, is quite OK!) Unfortunately, the flavour falls away quite quickly, leaving just the mouthfeel: thick, creamy, slightly slick without losing all its refreshing qualities. Above all, I have to disagree with a lot of other tasters about this beer’s style. Its taste is definitely British - they ought to take a good CAMRA tour of Britain. But what probably misleads them is the MOUTHFEEL, with its thick, pappy, filling roundness typically Belgian indeed. That doesn’t make it a Belgian ale yet. Thanks, MartinT!