 fiulijn (5880), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
Sep 9, 2002 Updated: Jun 2, 2008
2008-05-03, 8-5-7-4-15=39
Cloudy red-amber color, with floating particles, with a rather fizzy head, reducing quickly to a creamy thin layer. Strong malt aroma, mature. It has a good malt and caramel aroma, some sweetness, but possibly some overfermentation ate out some of the body. Not much bitter; the alcohol warms the mouth at the end. Good for lovers of the style, but not complex enough as it is today; gimme more body and more hops.
2002-09-09, 8-5-8-5-17=43
Hazy red-amber colour, persistent collar of creamy foam. Malt aroma, candi sugar, caramel. Rather dry malt taste, hides very well the alcohol content, well balanced by a strong bitterness of hop and burnt sugar. Light liquorice when warmer.
jredmond (621), New Jersey, USA
Sep 28, 2008 Bottle. Pours a hazy brown with sediment. The aroma is apple, malt, and some caramel & dark fruit. The flavor is a bit stronger than I would have preferred. At first, you can taste the fruit (apple, dark fruits) in the mouth - but it ends with alcohol and malt.
MrChopin (200), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 27, 2008 Somewhat of a gusher. Shimmering red-amber with a small white head. Similar to the grand cru in flavor and aroma, but whereas the gc gets bogged down in yeast and pepper, brune soars above on wings of fruit, both dark sweet and lighter citrus. More malt than gc also helps balance the aggressively spicy abbaye profile. Palate similarly avoids the fizzy overkill of gc; it’s a perfectly smooth example of full bodied carbonation. High quality stuff here.
davidpl (403), Santiago, Chile
Sep 26, 2008 Appearance: hazelnut color. Medium head, yellow, dense and lasting.
Aroma: dark malts, intensive smells hints of candy, honey, toffee, "manjar", butterscotch and vanilla. Very light spicy reminiscences of ginger and nutmeg. Fruity aromas like fig, plums, berries and raisins. Yeasty and cookies touch.
Flavor: sweet malty start, like in the nose, the toffee, butter, raisins, berries, plums, honey and vanilla. Also, the toast hazelnuts; spiciness like ginger, nutmeg and aniseed. Truffle reminiscences and liquoriness similar to "cherry liquor" and raisins in rum. Warming final.
Palate: medium to full body, oily texture and medium carbonation.
Remark: aromatic and flavor complexity, sweet but balanced, good body and not excessive yeasty.
thornecb (1130), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
Sep 19, 2008 Pours amber into a trappist glass. Off-white head recedes to nothing. Spicey pit fruit aromas. Sweet from front to back with pit fruit and a dry, lasting finish.
gam (576), brisbane, Australia
Sep 7, 2008 Good head on a dark murky red/brown pour,carbonation ample.Aroma caramel vegemite,soy sauce,plum,wine notes,raisins,malt strong.Flavour dry,plum,soy sauce port or cognac like,each mouthfull is fantastic,with aswetness on the tongue of the raisins plums figs caramel like velvet,brown sugar hint.Finish dry sweet fully flavoured ,lasting.
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