Abbaye dAulne Triple Brune Sur Lie

Brewed by Brasserie Val De Sambre
Style: Abbey Tripel
Gozée, Belgium

Bottle. Clear medium brown color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, caramel, light hoppy, moderate to light heavy yeasty, anis. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (060408)

Sweet fruity aroma with roasted malt, caramel and overripe fruits. Flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, caramel, chocolate and overripe fruits.

Bottled. Aroma has caramel malts, some raisin/dark fruitiness. Hazy, brown coloured with a thin, beige head. Taste is sweet, caramel malty, bit metallic, some raisin/fruitiness.

Bottled. Slight hazy brown color, short brown head. Aroma of caramel malt, slight fruity. Sweet taste, some raisin, bit fruity, some malt.

Pour is hazed opaque burgundy brown with a thin light brown head...smell is musty and sweet with lots of rye/pumpernickel going on...musty dark earth fruits too...taste is dirty dust and musty stuff...like a giant raisin that was covered with dirt and you washed it down with some underattenuated strong ale...

Bottled. For whatever reason I found this stuff to be incredibly good. Lots of sweetness and maltiness. It’s called a tripel but it’s not really a tripel. ANyway I found it better than most.

Bottle and label says 9%ABV versus the 8%ABV shown on this site. Small fizzy tan head, fair amount of lacing, transparent, fast rising carbonation, and a reddish brown hue. Nose was malty, spicy, sweet, and dark fruits. Flavor was malty, spicy, some clove, some citrus and finishes dry. Tingly, dry mouthfeel and medium in body.Quaffable and very mild tasting, but nothing special going on here.

750ml bottle, marked 3/17/07. Pours a deep ruddy brown with cola-like fizzy head and no retention. Very oxidized metallic nose, with hint of spiced fig fruitiness beneath; thin and brittle on the palate, with somewhat cloying dark honey sweetness and unchecked yeast tang. Hops remain in the background, vaguely wooden. A bit of a wild card, probably won’t waste my time with the others.