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Bush de Noël

Bush de Noël

The Brewery

Brasserie Dubuisson
Chaussée de Mons 28
B-7904 Pipaix
Hainaut
Belgium
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Beer Style

Seasonal Specialty Beer, Christmas / Winter Beer.


The Beer

The first reach-out beyond Bush Ambrée for Dubuisson, making its appearance in 1991, the Bush de Noël (Scaldis Noël) is a warm Christmas beer intended to liven up the dark days of winter. Although this beer isn't easy to find, produced in only limited volumes, the Bush de Noël is considered by many as an international benchmark for Christmas beers.

Such 'holiday' beers tend to be malty, top-fermented beers with a substantial seasonal generosity, gifting the supper with their high alcohol content. Christmas beers are often dark or amber-coloured, and typically have herbs added to the brew.

However, the Bush de Noël keeps things a little simpler, leaving out any additional herbs. Instead it has a rich complex of malt, hops, candi-sugar and yeast – enough to balance out its weighty 12.0% ABV tag. During the production of this beer, the brewer will typically add hop bells (as part of its maturation), so as to make sure that the hops have their say.

The name of this beer is somewhat cleverer than it first seems, making for an amusing pun in French. That's because ‘Bûche de Noël’ is the name of the traditional Yule log, usually made of a thick butter cream enveloped in sponge cake. It's hugely popular during the Christmas period. And Bush de Noël certainly lives up to the rich, full flavour of its namesake.


Alcohol

12% ABV

Fermentation

The Bush de Noël is a 100% filtered, top-fermented beer.

Ingredients

Water tapped from beneath the brewery, candi-sugar, barley malt, hops and house yeast.

Colour & Transparency

The Bush de Noël owes its copper-red colour to the use of roast caramel malts, its mistiness to the in-bottle ferment.


    Serving Temperature

    Bottle: 10 - 12 °C / 50 -56.6 °F On tap: 7 - 9 °C / 44.6 - 48.2 °F

    Serving Glass

    Bush de Noël is served in the hand-blown, artisanally produced Bush chalice with its typical 'craquelé' (cracked) pattern.


      Character, Tastes & Aromas

      The Bush de Noël derives much of its rounded character from the use of roast caramel malts. The hops are carefully balanced with these, added in just the right proportions to develops its subtle hop aroma. There is also a robust fruity character, with the overall taste pleasingly consistent.


        Culinary

        A strong Christmas beer like the Bush de Noël cries out for chocolate. If you want to try this pairing, your best choice is dark and slightly bitter chocolate, one with its own pronounced taste, and so able to stand up to richness of this beer. Also perfect in combination with desserts that make generous use of melted chocolate.


        Keeping and Storage

        Bottle: 24 months
        On tap: 18 months


        Availability

        Bottle ✔       On Tap 

        Bush de Noël is available in 33cl bottles and on tap (20 l barrels).


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