La Bière du Boucanier Dark Ale

energetic and full-bodied taste with sweetish pronounced tone, brown copper color and with a creamy foam of beige tonality, bouquet harmonious and elegant. Category "Belgian Strong Dark Ale", style "brown ale", this beer is produced with the method of the triple fermentation, means that it has three doses of malt more than the quantity used for other beers, added in three different phases of workmanship, like the last phase where the malt is directly put in the bottle or the keg.

3.4

317 reviews

Ertvelde, Belgium

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3.2 A nice cloudy amber colour. Fairly sweet and spicy but with a lingering malty, bitter aftertaste. Got this in a sampler pack and expected it would be my favourite of the bunch, but I was a bit disappointed. Not as flavourful as the red and blonde.

3.5 Bottle in a gift box from the LCBO. Pours a hazy brown, creamy head, lots of lacing. Nose is spicy with sweet malt. Tastes sweet, malty, a touch bitter, caramel is the dominant flavour. I liked this one.

2.6 bottle. Poured muddy red-brown with a frothy mocha head. Sweet aroma of dark fruits, yeasty. Medium body, effervescent carbonated mouthfeel. Sweet boozy flavour, caramel malt, peppery with sightly sour notes.

2.9 Newish dark version of Boucanier, a hazy dark bronze ale with very estery nose, chocolatey, caramelly, some DMS (cooked cabbage), bread, peach, orange, dates, raisins, pear; malt sweet taste, strong estery yeastiness, sourish note, slick and full body, candi sweet finish with brandyish alcohol and floral hoppiness. Not very refined for a ’massieve ale’, I prefer their Gulden Draak way above this.

3.6 bottle at Känguruh Pub in Vienna. brown, redish clear color. off white head. smells of dried fruits, honey, cherry & plums. full bodied, light fizziness, tastes of sour cherry, well balanced sweet & bitterness, alcohol apparent

3.7 Un peu trouble, cette brune épaisse aux accents olfactifs rappelant une dubbel d’abbaye émet des notes de prunes, de raisins rouges et de cassonade. La bouche est très fruitée, surtout du raisin ; des saveurs très franches, mais également accessibles, dans un accord bien fait où l’alcool se fait discret. Une bien bonne bière, plus simple que plusieurs de son style, mais riche et enivrante.

3.8 Part of a 6 pack at the LCBO. Pours a murky brown colour with a really effervescent white head. Esters and toffee like aroma with a hint of dark berries and bready. Sweet palate, has a boozy alcohol burn and tons of stewed fruit. Very nice beer.

3.9 Schiuma marroncina densa ed intensa corposa e grossa ma non troppo persistente, non compatta ed aderente, che scompare gradualmente lasciando in vista il bel colore marrone scuro, quasi coca cola, della birra. Si sente l’orzo torrefatto, accompagnato da un pizzico di caffè che non è propriamente presente ma percettibile grazie anche all’impatto visivo. Un pizzico di caramello, per un aroma molto persistente. Alla bocca invece rende sapori di frutta secca ed appaga il palato con la sua corposità, accompagnato dal caramello.

3.4 Een heel lekker biertje dat vol van smaak is maar toch vlot weg drinkt. Dit was een meevaller!

4.7 Ottima birra, dal corpo strutturato. All’aroma è piacevolissima: si percepisce chiaramente il maltato e il caramello, ma inaspettatamente anche un lieve aroma di luppolo. In bocca è molto interessante: chiare note di frutta essiccata, soprattutto prugne, sentori caramellati, ma sempre quel leggero gusto luppolato di fondo che bilancia il maltato e la rende una birra non estremamente dolce, quanto più che altro abboccata. Gusto rotondo e deciso, alcool presente ma non esagerato.

3.5 Bottle 33cl. Brussel. Aroma is malts and dark fruit. The taste was fruity with some caramel sweetness. Very drinkable.

3.5 Denso color marrone scuro con riflessi rubino in controluce ed un massiccio cappello di soffice schiuma beige. Aroma dolciastro, fruttato e caramellato; gusto anch’esso dolciastro con note di toffee, frutta sciroppata e un retrogusto leggermente tostato e più amarognolo. Corpo medio, struttura parzialmente liquorosa, effervescenza vivace.

2.7 Bruin bier met schuim. Smaak is licht zuur en bitter, caramel, chokolade en citroen. Goed bier, blijft niet lang hangen.

3.9 Bottle 33 CL. Pours brown with some red and a persistent creamy fan head. Aroma is fruity perhaps notes of banana. Taste is sweet caramel. Medium body, medium to high carbonation. High drinkability though high ABV.

3.6 Bouteille de 330 ml achetée à la LCBO Rideau à Ottawa. Dégustée le 7 décembre (Tulip). Bière brune foncée opaque. Mousse beaucoup, col épais beige crème, grossier et durable. Assez effervescente, bulles moyennes. Odeur de crème, de levure et de café. Goût de noisettes, de noix de Grenoble. La meilleure des 3 bières du Boucanier essayées jusqu’à maintenant mais n’a pas le raffinement des meilleures belges.

3.2 Malty and creamy strong Belgian dark beer. Has some spices of course and is quite yeasty.

3.4 330ml bottle into a goblet. Pours a hazy dark brown with a half finger off-white head. Very poor head retention and little to no lacing. Not too impressive for a Belgian. Aroma is on the fruity side with a lot in the way of cherries and plums with some caramel and molasses. There is somewhat of a metallic note that is a bit off-putting but it remains restrained. Some spicy yeast is underneath. The flavor closely follows the aroma with dark fruit and cherries but the molasses is quite a bit more prominent. A touch of clove and banana from the yeast but the flavors are somewhat muted. Sticky, sweet mouthfeel lingering long after the finish. Overall, this seems like a less refined version of a Belgian Strong Ale. Too many off-notes and muddled flavors. I also feel like there is too much residual sugar. I probably won’t come back to this one.

2.6 A mio parere la più buona tra le boucanier, anche se l’alcol non è per niente ammortizzato e per usare un eufemismo "ti scartavetra la gola". Dopo una tale sciabolata piratesca, rimane comunque la consolazione del suo gusto prevalentemente dolce, con note di frutta scura, uva spina e sentori di caramello.

3.4 This brew is a clear dark reddish-mahogany color with a medium tan head that dissipates gradually. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of roast malt, yeast and fruit. Medium to full body and slightly syrupy with flavors of dark malts, earthy yeast, caramel malt and raisin. The finish is fruity with a yeast and malt aftertaste. Decent overall.

3.4 Clear brown colour. Plums, caramel aroma and taste. A decent belgian, but not too exciting.

3.4 pours clear brown, not that dark no real foam no real smell good carbo bitter, sugary taste . bit medicinal in the back not that good

3.3 Hellbraun, verflüchtigender weisser schaum, malzaroma, alkoholaromatisch, süsslich, malzig, leicht caramel, im nachklang fein alkohlig, nicht anhängende bittere, feinperlende rezenz

3.3 A bit boring for a Belgian Dark Strong ale. Pours a dark burnt amber with a thick foamy beige head atop. The nose is well malted with tons of nutty and toffee notes as well as a few dried fruit aromas. Sweet malty flavour with notes of raisin and prune, light spices and a generally bland malt flavour. Overall an average brew.

3.7 On tap at Mekong on 02/02/2011.com Slightly hazy dark amber body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet fruit, caramel, and light molasses aroma. Sweet raisin, fruit, caramel, molasses and sugar flavor. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.

2.8 Bottle. Color unclear dark red with large white head. Aroma malt, roasted, caramel, sugar. Taste sweet, fruits, peach, pear.

3.2 12oz bottle. Pours a murky dark brown color with a foamy tan head. Aroma of malt, grain, dark fruit, brown sugar, and spices. Taste is much the same with a mild amount of spicy bitterness.

3.9 0.33 l bottle, from Auchan. Dark burgundy liquid, with a short creamy beige head. Aroma has notes of roses, sour cherries, brown sugar, peach, noble yeast. Full body, bittersweet taste, thin and creamy texture, with a lively carbonation and an astringent finish.

3.5 Not so cloudy red beer, quickly dissipating head. Yeasty red fruit and malty and a little bit of caramel aroma. Roasty darkish flavour, burned malts and sugar also some fruitiness. Good beer

3.3 Flaska Systembolaget. Brun vätska. Doft av kryddor, kavring och jäst. Liknande i smak. Äpple, jäst, grovt bröd och örter. Spritsig munkänsla

3.4 Bottle from Once Upon a Vine, Richmond. Cool design, like Gulden Draak raided by pirates. Reddish brown pour with nice silky foam and lacing. Strong malty aroma, perhaps a bit too much raisin and brown sugar and not enough yeasty ripeness (as I tend to prefer in this style). Flavors are better, less sweet and more integrated. Not a top notch BSA but pretty good.