Sainte Ni Touche
Brasserie Trois Dames

Sainte Ni ToucheSainte Ni Touche
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From:
Brasserie Trois Dames
 
Switzerland
Style:
Flanders Red Ale
ABV:
9%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.83 | pDev: 13.58%
Reviews:
10
Ratings:
48
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 15, 2020
Added:
Jul 06, 2012
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  4
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.49/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to Sheldon for bringing this out late September 2018 for a brew session.

Pours a dull golden yellow color, pretty cloudy, 1/4" white head. Called a biere de garde elsewhere. A flanders here. That's like, never happened before in my eyes. Pretty different styles. The nose on this is wild, literally, there is a bready, sourdough interior that approaches that horse blanket on a wet dog trope.

Taste imparts lemon which makes it hard to envision as a flanders, from the color that isn't reddish brown, to the lemon and sourdough notes, this just isn't a flanders, red or brown. Crazy part is, this doesn't really fit as a biere de garde either. Sure, there is some breadiness to it, but there is sourness too. Wood presents itself as fairly strong, much like the alcohol. There is a slight burn of acidity and alcohol to it. At times this tastes like an imperial grissette, which sounds dumb, but its a lot less dumb than calling this a flanders red ale. Expensive I hear, would not bang again if true.
Dec 15, 2020
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Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)

2.73/5  rDev -28.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Bottle: Poured a deep amber color ale with a large foamy head with limited retention and not much lacing. Aroma of sour notes with unrefined grainy malt notes is not all that pleasant. Taste is also a weird mix of vinous notes with some sour notes with unrefined grain malt notes also perceptible. Body is average with OK carbonation. Unbalanced sour beer with some off-flavours.
Jun 18, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by dsshuck from Delaware

Mar 06, 2020
 
Rated: 3.88 by shelby415 from Oregon

Sep 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by YvesB from Belgium

Apr 16, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by samEBC from Belgium

Apr 15, 2018
 
Rated: 4.42 by Davl22 from New Hampshire

Dec 22, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Oct 30, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by South2NW from Oregon

May 15, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by ADTaber from South Carolina

Jul 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.9 by whatname from Pennsylvania

Dec 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.68 by Beastcpa from Pennsylvania

Jul 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.73 by drew74 from Pennsylvania

May 07, 2015
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4.45/5  rDev +16.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
truly a stunning specimen, not overly aggressively priced down at brewers republic in colorado springs. surprised to see a bottle of this on their menu, i think it was brewed a few years ago and not since, although i could be wrong (often am). loved this beer, it was on the menu as a chardonnay barrel aged double ipa, not a flanders red as listed here, but the different is really less than you would think, for how far apart we think those styles are. hazy almost pink orange colored brew, my glass had a big white head on it, my friends glass looked almost still, strange, but the mouthfeel in both glasses was very much alive. effervescent enormous bubbles in this, never quitting even as we drank slowly. there is a fruity hoppy nose on this, way more hops than expected for its age, but that lends credence to the hop retention wild ale theory, which i now fully subscribe to. the chardonnay is obvious on the nose, acidic white fruit and oak, its way up front. the hops are fruity, not bitter, juicy, almost west coast style, kind of cool in a beer that is most definitely a wild ale. lacto and bretty tang on the nose, quite puckery in the finish too, i love the yeast these guys use, and this is another cool blend i have to imagine. hoppy in taste too, but more in the middle than the finish, and the wine acidity works perfectly with both the enormous carbonation levels and the souring yeasts. oaky for sure, this beer is definitely one of a kind. it has mild vinegar sour notes a la flanders red, and also has some of the same deeper malts, albeit in much lower dosage. cool style fusion, excellent beer from a rock star brewery. id love to get a bottle for the cellar!
Apr 17, 2015
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Reviewed by KriekKrazzed from New Hampshire

4.85/5  rDev +26.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Another solid offering to my pallet from these guys, or should I say Dames!
My third of their beers and I am even more amazed! I am starting to really get it now. Some times there is a GOOOOOD reason WHY a beer might cost $25 to $30 a bottle! I have been bold and well rewarded!

Weird murky color with a different funk then I have ever smelled but making it inviting. A well balanced ale with just the nicest sourness that imparts a taste I could not pin down. Maybe a current or elderberry kind of passion fruit thing around the edges of my tong on each sip.
This was a very well balanced soured ale that never got too much of any one thing.
I can't say they got some style right here but they sure made me one of the finest sours I ever had!
It's a shame it was a one time brew. So glad I got the last on the shelf when I did.
(I can't wait to try their next offering. My #4)
Jan 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by a77cj7 from South Dakota

Jan 23, 2015
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Reviewed by mdfb79 from New York

4.19/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From 01/10/15 notes. 8 oz. pour of this on tap at Torst in Brooklyn.

Pours a hazy reddish orange color with one inch of white head and moderate carbonation evident. Lightly tart dark fruits, fruity malts, oak, light vinegar, cherries, tart berries, light funk, and earthy notes. Medium body and low carbonation, light acidity. Taste is more tart, though not too crazy.

Overall quite good, esp when the cherries come out in the taste as it warms up. Not a sour bomb but very good, worth checking out for sure.
Jan 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.81 by wethorseblanket from California

Jan 03, 2015
 
Rated: 2 by ArsMoriendiOU818 from Virginia

Nov 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by SpartyJoe from Colorado

Oct 11, 2014
Sainte Ni Touche from Brasserie Trois Dames
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 48 ratings