Aphrodisiaque
Pour - dark, dark, dark brown. Not much light coming through that liquid. A nice tannish, light coffee-colored head lines the top of the glass. Ebony and ivory. Aroma - lots of cocoa, dark chocolate, some hints of coffee, dark roasted malt and then there is the nice soft hints of vanilla. This smells heavenly. Taste - the most cocoa tasting beer I have ever had bar none. This beer screams of cocoa, its almost like you can taste the actual cocoa powder on your tongue. Combine that with a nice rich roasty stout and some very well proportioned vanilla and you've got yourself a winner. This is an amazing beer, not only as a dessert but one that I'd be happy to sit down and drink 2 or 3 of without a problem. Talk about flavor, this beer has a ton of it. Overall - one of the best beers I had in 2009 bar none. Its amazing out of a bottle, just as it was from the taps at the Vermont Brewers Festival last summer. I seriously need to plan a trip up to Montreal sometime soon and get a glass (or 3) of this straight from the tap...or maybe on cask?! Would I buy more of it? - the biggest down fall of this beer is the price. At almost $6 for an 11.5 oz. bottle, it just seems like way too much for a 6.5% beer. I really think that the price needs to come down. You can't say its because its from Canada as a six-pack of Red Racer IPA in 12 oz. cans is only $11 and that is one of the best IPAs you'll ever have. So, yes, I might buy more but hopefully it will be a case directly from the brewery up in Quebec.