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La Cuvee Du XIV
BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes)
- From:
- BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes)
- Switzerland
- Style:
- Weizenbock
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 17.38%
- Reviews:
- 15
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 08, 2023
- Added:
- Apr 16, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina
3.81/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Look: It pours cloudy brown with a tan head. Head retention is very good.
Smell: It has strong malty aromas with toffee and cherry. There are some tart notes with a bit of spiciness.
Taste: It is actually quite fruity in the flavor with cherries and plums. There are some coffee elements with some coffee. There is some very low spiciness and hints of lemons. There is some tartness to it.
Feel: It has a medium full body with a lowly tart finish.
Overall, this beer was purchased from a sale rack and could be quite old. With that said, I didn't find this to be too much like a weizenbock, but as a beer it was quite good.
Apr 08, 2023Smell: It has strong malty aromas with toffee and cherry. There are some tart notes with a bit of spiciness.
Taste: It is actually quite fruity in the flavor with cherries and plums. There are some coffee elements with some coffee. There is some very low spiciness and hints of lemons. There is some tartness to it.
Feel: It has a medium full body with a lowly tart finish.
Overall, this beer was purchased from a sale rack and could be quite old. With that said, I didn't find this to be too much like a weizenbock, but as a beer it was quite good.
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.9/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2012 vintage; drank 7/1/15 on draft @ Fountainhead.
Murky orange rust appearance.
White head; nice lace.
Strawberry, toast & yeast notes in the nose.
Creamy, medium thick mouthfeel.
Cardboard & strawberry flavors up front; wheat notes on the finish.
Oddly drinkable but not one I'll return to.
Jan 01, 2020Murky orange rust appearance.
White head; nice lace.
Strawberry, toast & yeast notes in the nose.
Creamy, medium thick mouthfeel.
Cardboard & strawberry flavors up front; wheat notes on the finish.
Oddly drinkable but not one I'll return to.
Reviewed by goochpunch from Texas
4.13/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.13/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours out a light caramel color with a thinnish white head. Smells of light funk, caramel, chocolate, spicy yeast. Has the maltiness of a dunkelweizen, but with a kind of Franco-Belgian funky, tart yeast character. I don't pick up much coffee, if at all. Mouthfeel is pretty light for the alcohol strength. Carbonation is a bit prickly. Certainly an unexpected beer, based on this being labeled a coffee dunkelweizen. Tasty.
Jul 06, 2014Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
3.74/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle: Poured a light clear brown color bock with a medium size off-white foamy head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma consists of tart and hoppy notes with quite strong floral coffee aromas. Taste is unique mixes of tart notes mix in with dry hoppy notes with some floral coffee notes with light dry bitterness. Body is light with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Very unique mix of flavours but not sure I would feel the need to drink this again.
May 26, 2014
La Cuvee Du XIV from BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes)
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
56 ratings
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