Abdij van t Park Bruin

Bottle.33cl. Dryed fruit aroma, and some hay, red, a minimal head, medium sweetness, lightly bitter.

Bottle 33cl @ [ Tasting in Ulfborg ].
Clear medium to light dark amber red color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, vegetables, brown sugar, light to moderate yeasty, sulphur. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. (110708)

Well, here’s me committed to completing a week off the sauce (managed 2days), and then Big JW goes and presents me with one of his Belgian finds. Mahogany with beige suds receding to a halo. Sweet, peppery, coriander and clove-laden snout more like a Blond. Leffe springs to mind. Then, as it warms, a sprinkle of Trappist yeastiness, nutty chocolate and dark cherryish fruit comes creeping out. It’s a spiced blond, then it’s a dunkel, then it’s a Flemish monk. Interesting. I’m thinking Westy shandy? Wheat, caramel, spice and very faint chocolate followed by a buttery, cereal-accented aftertaste. Just a trace of sweet dried fruits, but edged out by the sugar and spice treatment. Not very dark or dubbelish, it’s more that kind of sweet generic spiced abbey blond taste, but you won’t find a better beer in Aldi.

Courtesy of Fonefan. Red-brown with a huge, nice and creamy head. The aroma has notes of vegetables, a little smoke, spice and malt. The flavour is sweet and rather thin and watery. It has notes of coriander, fruit and malt. It’s not bad, but it’s a bit uninteresting.