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Aarschotse Bruine 2.97 10

Aarschotse Bruine


Percentile
43
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Sour Ale

Melle, Belgium

bottling
unknown

on tap
unknown

distribution
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
103.1/5.02.97/5.04%6.2Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Formerly brewed by De Biertoren in Kampenhout.
 Bloekie (165), Belgium
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/518/20

Sep 7, 2009  
Aged bottle from 1980, brewed by Tielemans, tasted at the Kulminator, Antwerp. Clear amber, small head, aroma is sour, taste of sour Palm-beer. Huge succes!

 Ungstrup (15436), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/59/20
Mar 5, 2006  
A hazy orange beer with an off-white head. The aroma is primarily of oranges, slightly over ripe, combined with light metal notes, and so is the flavor, while the body is a bit thin.


 Jeppe (2638), Ølbutikken, Denmark
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/59/20
Jan 27, 2006  
Vintage bottle (old, dirty with a rusty cap) courtesy of Joris - thanks!!
Thin white head that lasts well, hazy orange golden body. Fruit, berry and wet woody aroma with a sourish edge - rather old and fusty. Extremely dry and woody flavor probably helped by the age - with a fresh sourness to back the dryness up. Quite thin and watery body. Definately over the top but still drinkable.


 duff (5475), Surrey, Greater London, England
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/59/20
Nov 2, 2005  
Bottle. Sweet stale caramel flavours, and slightly on the sticky side of the scale, ever so slight sourness. This tasted old/gone to me.


 GarethYoung (1110), Glasgow, Scotland
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/510/20
Oct 27, 2005  
[bottle at LCRBM] smelled slightly herbal, some sherry notes. Don’t know hold old this was but it tasted too old, had a thin body and generally wasnt my cup of tea. Interesting stuff though.


 Magicdave6 (5559), London, Greater London, England
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/103/517/20
Oct 18, 2005  
No#76. What an unexpected find. Aroma is fruity with a alround well balancedness coming off it. Taste is very similar though thin and the slight sourness gives it a great refreshing character.


 Papsoe (15172), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jul 10, 2005  
(Bottle 25 cl) Hmm, label doesn’t say Huyghe anywhere, only Biertoren. But since the latter closed in 1993 and this bottle was bought in 1998 I reckon it’s the Huyghe version. I believe it was a blending beer originally (Speciale & Lambic?) but don’t know if that’s still the case. Dark, reddish brown - not much head, or carbonation for that matter. Very quenching acidity but a lot less sharp and metallic than other sour ales. Vinous and very light-bodied with some roasted notes from the malt. Very interesting. 150298


 JorisPPattyn (5193), Antwerpen, Belgium
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/514/20
Jun 17, 2005  
Pretty aged bottle, might well hail from Biertoren in Kampenhout Good ochre head, not lasting; slightly hazy amber beer. Caramel, artificial sweetener or cassonade nose, and a very, very faraway acidity (which was the hailmark of the original Aarschotsen bruinen), yoghurt and some nuttiness. Much more lively acidity, metallic and probably lactic acid, yoghurt again, and some biscuity-nuttiness. Light bodied, not thin however, rather refreshing. Metallic aftertaste. Nice, but nowhere up to the stuff of old (Tielemans,...)



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