Adriaen Brouwer Finest Dark

Brewed by Brouwerij Roman
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Oudenaarde, Belgium

Bottle. Pours a dark amber/brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma. Fruity malty slightly yeasty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

Bottle at Den Tatoverede Enke. Cloudy orange red coloured with a medium sized off white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, dried fruits and cookies. Fruity flavour of caramel, dried fruits, metal and yeast. Yeasty finish.

Sampled from the bottle in a greenhouse during a thunderstorm in the dark. The drink happened to fit the mood perfectly (though I wasn’t able to appreciate the appearance of the brew as much as I would have liked). Malts are caramel, with a slight metallic vibe, fruity and sweet but dark. A solid (though not fabulous) beer.

Bottled (from thebelgianbeershop.com). Murky ambery brown colour with mediumsized beige head. Some lace. Aroma is caramel malts, some alcohol, mild herbal notes as well as some yeast. Flavour is caramel malts, some yeast, fudge, mild herbal notes as well as some slight alcoholic burning notes. As it warms up it gets some rubbery/metalliclike notes. I prefered this one a bit colder.

Bottle@Home. Nice aroma, caramel, light malty, light spicy. Dark brown colour, beige head, good lace. Sweet, light bitter, malty, toffee, herbal/spices. A little warming.

bottle, dark brown/ dark reddish colour, small head fading away fastly, very strong metalsmell and the smell of overripe fruit, tastes very sweet, yeasty. Also notes from alcohol, metal, raisins, dried plums. Nice bier but misses some body

Bottle @ Den Tatoverede Enke, Cph.
Pours a nice red brown with a small, creamy, beige film head. Fair lacing. Malty aroma, some rye bread, yeast and caramel. Medium carbonation, fine mouthfeel. Flavour is a bit metallic at first. Turns to caramel, light sweetness with good yeast. Light vinious. Okay, but not much more.

Call yourself Belgian? Pah! Poor really. Not terrible, I love this style but metallic and thoroughly average. Can’t stress the metal presence enough. More metallic than drinking Tiger Beer off a spoon. Very let down.