Braven Apostel Kerstbier

Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Lochristi, Belgium

A deep red beer with lots of sediment floating around under a brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of berries, fruit, wood, and malt. The flavor is seet malty with primary notes of berries, but also lighter notes of wood towards the end - which makes the end dry. The alcohol leaves a slight burn behind.

(Bottle 33 cl) Pours a slightly hazy orangey brown with a small, dense, off-white head. Port like aroma. Solid and full body with notes of roasted malt and dried fruit - like raisins in rum - and then again these accents of sweet dessert wine. Very discreet bitterness. Neat. 280906

33 cL bottle, Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen/Belgium. Pours slight hazy orange to brown with a lacing white head. Oldish malt aroma. Flavour is dried fruit on top of a nice malt bed. Sweet and filling. Finish is much like dried raisins, dried without being too dry. Nice finish.

Bottle @ Kerstbierfestival 2006 in Essen, BE. Clear amber color with a small white head. Aroma is vey malty with notes of licorice. Flavor is long sweetnes and biiternes in good balance. End nice bitter dry.

Bottle. Bready aroma. Dark brown colour, tan semi-stable head. Bready, malty flavour.

Bottled. Deep amber colour, small beige head. Nutmeg and sweet malts in the aroma. Flavour is also sweet malts, some fruity hints and slight notes of nutmeg and spices.

Bottle. Hazy orange coloured with an off white head. Sweet aroma of malts, fruits, caramel and spices. Sweet flavour of malts, caramel, cookies and spices.

Hazy deep amber with large off white head. Sweet aroma with loads of fruit and caramel. Flavor likewise with roasted malt and toffee notes. Ends sweet with warming alcohol.