Dernière Volonté (French for "Last Will"). Abbey-style Blond. Dieu du Ciel. Montreal, Canada.
Winter 2010/11.
My review on RateBeer:
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
AHTOH (38) - San Diego, California, USA - FEB 11, 2011
11.5 ounce bottle poured into Duvel tulip.
APPEARANCE: Pours deep gold; more orange hued gold than yellow. Sediment is sparsely scattered throughout and is black and dust-like. Massive off-white head is rocky with long duration. Head eventually settles in uneven fashion. Plethora of Belgian lace. Dense, chunky, and thick head is like a huge slab of butter slowly melting on a warm pan.
AROMA: Belgian yeast, floral honey-like sweetness, light spice, subtle green apple, and a faint hop scent hidden behind the other aromas. Aroma also has a subtle sour-ish basement funk character, which was unexpected.
TASTE: Front of palate is floral honey malt with slightly vinous/sour character. Belgian yeast and pleasant amount of spice on mid palate. Back of palate is green apple. Finish has some hop bitterness.
MOUTH FEEL: Medium body. Lively carbonation. Semi-dry. Faint tangy character is present on the finish.
OVERALL: Quite pleasant. Seemed to really get a discernable amount of green apple in aroma and taste. Subtle vinous barnyard taste; with similar notes on the nose as well, though to a lesser degree. Almost saison-like; or perhaps like a combination of a higher ABV saison, a wit, and a small portion of lambic.
Demolition Ale. Belgian-style golden ale. Goose Island. Chicago, Illinois.
Fall 2010.
My review on RateBeer:
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
AHTOH (4) - San Diego, California, USA - NOV 4, 2010
650 mL. Poured into Duvel glass. Light golden, straw color. Frothy head lingers for a bit though diminishes to thin layer shortly after. A few clusters form within the thin layer left atop. Almost zero Belgian lace. Sweet tropical fruit aroma. Passion fruit, mango. Some slight citrusy hop aroma. Spicy, yeast scent. Yeasty on front of palate. Slight hops on back of palate. Light mouth feel. Somewhat crisp. Highly quaffable. More similar to Duvel Green than to traditional Duvel. Nice as a potential alternative to Duvel Green, which is only available on tap.
Fall 2010.
My review on RateBeer:
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
AHTOH (3) - San Diego, USA - OCT 23, 2010
2010 vintage. Bottled on: 09/30/10. Opened less than 1 month after bottling (10/23/10) – purchased at Super Jr. Market in San Diego, CA. 355 mL poured into Duvel glass. Beautiful amber color. Translucent. Like an actual stone of amber, yet liquid. Head dissipates relatively quickly, although leaves few small clusters of light cream-colored retention in the center as well as all around the edge of the glass. Minimal Belgian lace, almost inexistent. Light yeasty aroma. Subtle hints of vegetable-esque aromas as well as spice. Salad greens; maybe kale, spinach. Yeast aroma becomes more pronounced as ale warms up a bit. Mild mouth feel, perhaps subtle crispiness, yet leaves a very slight dry aftertaste. Yeast pronounced more in the taste than the aroma, nicely covers up portion of the hop taste. Much less hoppy than Ommegang’s Belgian Pale Ale (BPA) – a positive attribute, in my opinion. Somewhat lacking in robustness of flavor; expected little more character. Slight alcohol at back of palate. Taste like it could be a session ale, although at 7% would probably advise against this.
