Brunehaut Abbaye de St Amand

33cl, brew with juniper, from De Bierloods Adegem, complex brew, not balanced, cloudy, good head, nice brew

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a slowly diminished white head. Mild spiced and towards dry in the aroma. Mild sweet caramel malty base flavour with a mild yeasty touch and light spiced. Smooth and towards mellow. Light fruity before a medium dry and light spiced note. Smooth and malty finish.

Bottled. Hazy orangeish amber colour with mediumsized off white head. Leaves nice lace. Quite lively carbonation, as the beer tried to flee the bottle. Aroma is fruits, spices some mild earthyness. Flavour is quite the same, with some very mild hints of juniper. Alcohol is quite warming.

Orange-ochre, clear beer with good and very dense & fine off-white head, very persistent. Nose with lots of candi sugar, spicy, some citrus & toasted. Alcohol is very obvious, more than the declared 7% would suggest. Toasted taste, dry mix of citrus, herbs and alcohol. I must confess the balance impresses me no end. FInish is even more dry, to the point of MF dustiness. It conveys the impression of genever, which is pretty curious, as only the berries, not the spirit are added. Dry, alcoholwarming. 7% in ABV, but strong ale in character. As said, impressive balance - one to try.

Clear orange-gold beer with a medium creamy white head. Good carbonation, a bit gushing when I opened the bottle. Fruity aroma. Also fruitiness in the mouth but not overwhelming. Very mild. Almost no bitterness. Average beer.