Achel Extra Bruin (de 3 Wijzen)

Brewed by Brouwerij der Trappistenabdij De Achelse Kluis
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Hamont-Achel, Belgium

Bready candy caramel Belgian aroma. Small head, brown and murky. Not too sweet, smooth malty dark fruity raisin.

75cl bottle shared with my father hazy brown, offwhite or light brown head. aroma ofdark fruits, raisins, and spices. overall mild aroma, well blended. flavor is fiant dark fruits, licorice, alc. much more potent flavor than aroma. overall a well blended belgian, but alc seems to be perhaps a little bit too high for the brew.

750 mL bottle at St. Veronus. Dark ruby brown with a two-finger beige head. Aroma is quite spicy, with some caramel, prunes, and candi-sugar. The flavour was deliciously spicy as well, with all the aromas continuing into the flavour and balancing nicely. Some bitterness at the end seemed to be hop rather than alcohol based. The alcohol is actually very well hidden. Excellent beer.

750ml bottle
9.5% ABV
I tried this beer on September 24, 2009 at "The beerbistro" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured out a murky brown colour with reddish hues and a thin white head. The aroma was malt, yeast, and plenty of dark fruit tones like plums. The mouthful was fulkl-bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was plums and licorice with a hint of hoppy bitterness. An excellent beer.

750ml bottle. My bottle may have been a bit off, but I was not hugely impressed. Pours hazy dark brown with frothy tan head. Great aromas of plums, yeast and spice. Flavour is complex, with dark fruits, toffee sweetnes, with creamy body. Lingering bitterness in the finish not too enjoyable.

Small gusher upon opening the chilled bottle. Dark, nutty toffee aromas. Flavor is just perfectly lightly sweet with roasted hazelnut notes. Vivid carbonation and fine bubbles coat the tongue. This is stellar.

Big frothy biege head a dark ruby red plum like pour,aroma dark fruit yeast wine cherry spice,plum,flavour yeast raisin,port wine,liccorice,bitter very smooth,a nice tangy fizz,sweetness,plum,prune,creamy note candy,strong flavours throughout,delicious Bruin,good caramel flavour,finish smooth but strong flavours a creamy touch,bitter fizz.

Bottle. A real gusher which poured dark copper with a beige head that lasts well. Aroma is a nice combination of sweet and sour notes: ripe berries (raspberries, blueberries), malt, dark fruits (raisins, prunes), blackcurrant and toffee. Flavour goes along similar lines although the sweetness is kept well in check by the more bitter notes as well as the addition of some subtle vinous notes into the mix. Light to medium body but with a long dry finish and the alcohol very well hidden, this is a very well constructed, well balanced quad that can hold its own with the best of them.