Corsendonk Pater (Abbey Brown Ale)

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

Draft in the logo tulip at Bilbo Baggins, Alexandria VA. Black like oil with light little bubbles along the glass rising to a tan foam. Pretty ligiht body and very bare flavors ... glimmers of smoke, espresso, chocolate malt, effortlessly seamed together. Quality brew.

Bottle : A good, not great beer. Very deep amber to ruby brown coloring. Aroma of earthy malts which coinsided with the mainstays of the flavor. Given its pushing 8% abv, I will say its masked well.

Bottled. Dark amberish ruby colour with huge beige head. Lacing. Aroma is caramel, citrusfruit malts and sugar. Slight alcoholic hints also. Flavour is yeast, hops, grass and some caramel. Felt kind of "watery" and empty while being cold, but once it got warmer it got very smooth and pleasant.

VEyr good. NIce dark colour and it is storng in ABV but not in tatse. I like the sweetness of the aroma.

beautiful chocolate brown large foamy head. much darker than the pic. i smell the raisins soewm bread. very ligth on taste some smoke characterslightly sweet. bot bad but just not long on taste

Dark reish brown color with a thick white head. Malty and spicy notes. Medium body. Slightly sour, bitter finish.

Pours a dark brown with a thick white head. Aroma of vanilla and malt and a bit of yeast, very faint. Light sweet flavor of malt and fruit. A bit too light for this kind of beer. Alcohol is definitely present, more than expected. Balanced finish.

From the bottle, it’s own glass (as pictured) at my favourite haunt in Brugges, Belgium - the Dolle Dries.
Poured a muddy, gritty brown (unlike ’as pictured’). Head couldn’t wait to say hello and erupted forth spewimg out all over the table. Iit was definitely excited to see the light and managed such a wickedly firm, two layered, continuously reproduced, pad of tannish foam that did lace well. Warming, mellowing and deeply earthy, peaty, generously fruity and malty aroma wafted endlessly from the glass. It also showed traces of smoke, cinnamon and cloves, also some of that alcohol as far as spice. The aroma was one of enticement and allurement but hey, it’s got to be palatable. In the mouth it’s vinous, short of being ’big’ and the carbonation, which holds out, is sadly fizzy and annoying. It yields some rich malts and a strong serving of pale fruitcake-like flavours that give it just a little depth. Firmly, thickly malty in the back the bitter fruits grasp just shortly before a generally dry, ’hot’, warming, spicy and fruity, vinous swallow. Nice depth and length, but it just doesn’t accomplish much. I liked parts, I disliked parts. Another beer, down a few €, but it was worth it!!!