Bush Ambrée (Scaldis)

3.4/5

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

250 ml bottle into snifter. Pours hazy orange-amber color with a 1 finger off white head with good retention, and decent lacing. Aromas of dark fruits, spices, molasses, caramel, and a little bit of alcohol. Taste of spices, dark fruits, molasses, and some alcohol making the flavor seem a bit off. There is a giant alcohol warming after the finish that sticks around for a while. Medium carbonation and full body. Overall, it’s not bad, actually has a lot of flavor. The only bad thing is that the alcohol can over power the flavors a bit at times, but the flavors do shine through at some points. It is definitely a sipper, and would be impossible to have more than one at a given time in my opinion. Pretty good.

Overall, not very impressed with this. It does have a lot of mixed reviews, and the alcohol can get overpowering with the flavors.

Bush de Noël (Scaldis Noel)

3.7/5

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

25 cl bottle into snifter. Pours clear dark red color with a dense 1 finger off white head with good retention. Aromas of cherries, spices, licorice, and molasses. Taste of cherries, spices, molasses, and licorice. Has quite a bit of alcohol punch to it in taste and effect, as was expected. Medium carbonation and full body. Overall it is good stuff. At first sip, it was very weird and as it warmed up it improved substantially. The alcohol amount detracts from the flavor a bit though.

I still have the normal Scaldis ale, wonder how that one will stack up. This one is solid.