Corsendonk Pater (Abbey Brown Ale)

Brewed by Du Bocq
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Purnode-Yvoir, Belgium

Bottle; Had a mediun sweet and chocolate malt aroma. Black body with tan head and some lacing. Flavor had a good chocolate dry malt with some added sweetness and moderate bitterness. Left dry coco mix and cigar aftertaste on palate. Good Brew.

From C&C 750. Pours a dark brown with orange tints. Nose of yeats and dark fruits and brown sugar with an herbal earthiness. Very smooth palate that brings forth most of the nose, with a smooth bitterness at the end. Very good.

Bottled(330ml). -Deep brown coloured, medium sized tan head, fizzy. Nice spicy nose. Aroma is malty and spicy with caramel, chocolate and honey notes. Spicy, subdued yeasty and slight sweet finish. To be honest I was expecting much better beer.

One of the most drinkable Belgian ales I’ve tried. By that I mean this is not a beer to be sip and ruminate over, it’s not that complex. Just a solid, dark brew. Something I’d want to drink every day.

750ml bottle, best by 01/09/07 - Pours dark brown with a huge, billowy head. It has a fairly light aroma with yeast and some maltiness. The flavor is a bready malt with some yeast noticeable and a metallic twinge. I can still taste the latter a little bit in the finish. I’m not sure if this is just my preferences or there’s something wrong with this bottle, but it’s not as good as I expected given a rating here that puts it in the top ten of Abbey Dubbels. It has a surprisingly light flavor and a mouthfeel that verges on watery. It’s also pretty one dimensional, so the descriptions here that make it sound so complex make me wonder about my bottle. I’ve had the whole large bottle to myself, so there’s plenty by which to judge and it’s not getting any better. It’s drinkable, but at $10 for the bottle from a liquor store, it’s absolutely not worth it. Disappointing.

Cloudy red and tons of foam. Spicy metallic aroma. Spiced flavor, lots of cloves, some fruit and a bit of metal. A bit tangy and interesting mouthfeel, but not great, and medium bodied. Slightly unpleasant aftertaste.

Pours dark amber with a large creamy light off white head. Aroma is complex, Malt: heavy , bread, cookies, chocolate, mild coffee. Hops: light, pine Yeast: moderate, dough, leather, earth, prune, cherry. Flavor starts well balanced moderatly sweet and bitter. Malty and roasted, prunes finishes balanced and light. Medium bodied creamy softly carbonated and a hint of metallic in the finish.

(Bottle) Pours nytty brown, redish with a medium head. Plumy, fruity, creamy aroma with spicey notes and small hints of perfume and fainted roses. Mild, marzipan-ish flavour with yesty tones. Medium sweet, light bitter and high carbonation level. Pretty one dimentional but clean. Small to medium body.