Bière Darbyste

Brewed by Brasserie de Blaugies
Style: Traditional Ale
Dour-Blaugies, Belgium

Cloudy light brown body, not much head. Tart yeast, mandarin orange, pale malt aroma. Brett tartness, lemon peel, grass, and sugar wafer sweetness. Great combo of tartness and Belgian-y sweetness.

Cloudy amber with a large white head. Light nose with yeast, black pepper and toffee. Tart flavor, medium sweet with fruity notes, grapes, apple, yeast. A bit overly effervescent.

Pours dirty orange with huge white head. Tons of sediment floating around. Sour/tart lemon aroma, very yeasty with some barnyard funkiness. Flavor much the same with faint hint of sour cherry, very drying mouthfeel/finish. Will agree with others, couldn’t detect any fig whatsoever. Maybe masquerading as cherry?

Dark orange body with a big foamy white head. Yeasty aroma with some dust, dark cherries and a touch of barnyard as well. Lightly tart, some wheat, cherries and figs. Finishes dry. I detected more cherry flavor rather than figs, but either way this was very enjoyable.

Milwaukee YEHa!05, brought by MIBRomeo. Murky burnt orange body, thin persistent off-white head. Nice spicy aroma, but also sourish, with hints of grape (gotta be the fig), wood, and even a bit of cheese rind. Tart, estery body (fruits in abundance- orange, lemons, etc.), and a bit spicy, but mostly a tad sour and herbal. Rather tannic, too. Soft, tea-like body with just the right sour kick. Unique and quite tasty.

Aroma is celery-ish aroma with some sour cherries some minerals, nice. Cloudy, straw yellow with a thin head. Sour, tart and lemony with a citrusy sharp flavor. Slightly musty and very interesting. Dry finish with a hint of spice. Thanks to Chuck and Blake.

Very hoppy (Flemish hops, maybe) and fruity aroma. Pours a huge white head, persistent, but not very compact. Amber in colour. Mouthfeel is dry and a little sour, medium bodied, lightly bitter and flavour is hoppy and spicy. I didn’t notice any fig note. Delicious, indeed.

Another explosive beer from Brasserie de Blaugies. When opened it just came foaming out, which gives it a huge head when first poured, but the head collapses only leaving slight curtains on the glass, but there are yeast specs in the off-white head. And the beer is an unclear orange. The aroma is quite sweet and quite fruity combined with hints of spice and yeast, but also a touch of dustiness. The flavor is sweet fruity combined with a slight acidity like a grapefruit, and is quite spicy with coriander and cloves. The end is very dry - spicy and woody. I don’t pick up the figs.