Bush de Nuits

Brewed by Dubuisson
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Pipaix, Belgium

750ml bottle, 2008, with a huge thanks to ygtbsm94 for the chance to try this! Pours a hazy light amber with a moderate off-white cap. On first smell I can already tell I won’t be able to adequately describe what I’m experiencing here, and tasting it only drives that point home. Wow, excellent, excellent stuff, even though I have no ability to capture my thoughts on this one, so I’m not going to try. To call it impressive is an understatement, thanks again Brad, and apologies for an all but worthless rating to actually describe my experience.

Shared by mreusch, thanks a lot Matt. Pours a hazy orange-ish, reddish, copper, color. The head is small but stays around. Aroma is wonderful at first a very lightly sour, sherry-like cherry aspect, which I just love. Its very nice and has a very light barrel aspect, which is so light and works great (which is hard to say for any barrel brew). In general very earthy, lightly sweet, just faintly alcoholic, and all well melded. Taste is very similar with that shining lightly sour, sherry-like cherry thing. The alcohol is extremely well hidden. There is a little woody flavor at the end. I know there aren’t a lot of descriptors but its so simple yet so awesome. It has a medium body that has a light tingling, but everything evaporates nicely. Lightly sweet and light cherry aftertaste. Beautifully melded, great beer. I was highly surprised by this beer, I did not think Dubuisson could make a beer this good.
750mL cork and wire , generic tulip glass, again thanks a lot Matt.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours a deep amber with off-white head. Aroma of funk, citrus, and alcohol. Flavor is tart with some citrus and wood. Mouth feel is medium body with fizzy carbonation. Good stuff!

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Amber in color with a small off-white head. Aroma is tart with notes of hay, grain, yeast and leather. Taste is tart as well with notes of earth, hay, lemon and wood.

Courtesy miketd. Dark brown with an off white head. Rich malt, subtle aromatic spices, belgian yeast, candi sugar, lightly vinous oak. Great combination. The palate on this was perfect- silky smooth with plenty of soft carbonation to carry the flavors. Full body. Great belgian strong ale.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours an orange sort of mahogany color that swirls around and is topped with a white foamy head. Nose and taste are very similar. Lemon, alcohol, dryness, sweet brown sugar. Dry well-balanced sweet mouthfeel.

Big thanks to bu11zeye for this. Cuvee Speciale 2008. I thought it was Prestige at first (that’s a bit what the bottle looks like). Best Before 2011. Pours with a hazed brown body and a light brown head. Aroma has some sourness, very dry with champagne, brett, read wine and CO2. Taste is slightly sour with a bit of alcohol, tons of dryness and earthiness. A bit of red wine rounds out the flavor. Dry with light alcohol presence. Very solid!

Bottle. Medium horse blanket, apple skins, gets a little sweet as it warms, good Belgian yeast esters, clean. Well done.