 emerica56 (477), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Jan 12, 2008
After dumping this inot a trappist glass it foamed up and then thined out still leaving a thin tan head. The color is rather the same for all beers from this brewery. It is a redish brown with a ton of suspended particulate yeast matter. You can taste them as they flow over your lips which is rather nice. The aroma is very floral and has hints of candy malt with some traces of hops. As it warms and i take my first sip it is very full bodied and has a great bitter and sweet texture as you sip on it. There are some hints of brown sugar and some dark fruits. It is a very smooth and refreshing beer considering its alcohol content the booze is not that noticeable.
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 (1128), 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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