Bière Darbyste

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

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.

(Bottle 75 cl) Golden with a gigantic head and the typical Blaugies super carbonation. Lovely dry with some undefinable spices - none that appears very fig-like though. Actually this is more down Orval alley, although without the refined complexity of this beer. But still a nice one. 111097

Bottled. Cloudy golden with rich head and lots of sediment. Fruity,lightly raisiny aroma. Sweetish with pleasant malt and yeast character. The body is however a bit thin, an the character of the fig juice and hardly noticable. Subtle, and a bit lacking in body.

ZBF2008: From tap. Pours hazy deep orange to brown with a dense light orange head. Light spiced and caramel malty aroma. Dry to light sweetend. Ends dry and spiced.

Bottle. Clear medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, fruit - tart - acidic, light to moderate yeasty, light vinegar notes. Flavor is moderate sweet, light light acidic and moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to lively. (180208)

Bottle, 5.8%. Very weak aroma, slightly cellary, moldy. Muddy orange colour, small floaties. The flavour has a little citric fruitiness with a hint of mold and cellar. A quite subtle beer, but good. Very well-balanced, even though I would prefer it more acidic. 7 3 7 4 18

Bottle, 5.8%. Slightly tart aroma. Cloudy dark orange, some floaties. Small white head. Good citric flavour, lemony. Not powerful flavour, but quite nice. 7 3 7 3 16

Bottled. Very lively beer with hazy nutty orange colourand huge white foamy head. Aroma is barnyard, sour fruits, earth as well as mild fruityness. Flavour is barnyard, mild woodenness along with a lot of yeast and earth.

Draught at ZBF 2008. Hazy golden coloured with a white head. Fruity aroma of spices, bananas and yeast. Fruity flavour of spices and yeast with notes of bananas.