Gulpener Sjoes

Brewed by Gulpener Bierbrouwerij
Style: Traditional Ale
Gulpen, Netherlands

An amber beer with a huge beige head. The aroma is sweet spicy with notes of oranges. The flavor is very sweet with notes of honey and a dry end.

Bottle 30cl. @ home.
Clear medium amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dusty, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20081127]

Bottle at Frederikshavn øl- og vinfestival 07. Slightly refreshing flavour, a little sweet. Not sour like I expected. Swelling mouthfeel, but in a good way. Pilsner aftertaste.

Dark golden with a nice, creamy head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel and pilsner plus a very light sourness. The flavour has the same notes, but the Oud Bruin drowns in the pilsner. The result is smooth, easy-going and slightly boring, but it’s very easy to drink. 2442

The sweetness of the oud bruin pushes away the pilsener bitterness. Not surprisingly, ’cause Gulpener pils isn’t very bitter. Creamy, even a bit honeyish but also a bit thin. Not too bad, except for the caramelly bitterness in the aftertaste.

Bottle, bought @ YNWA, Kolding.
[vintage 2006]
Pours a clear deep amber with quite a large frothy white head. Aroma is mild, rather pilsner-ish, with sweet pale malt, and a little bit of ’wet dog’ hops. Surprisingly oily mouthfeel. Flavour is much more sour than the aroma. But not much. As Maria puts it, the Oud Bruin almost drowns in the pilsner. Easily drinkable, but nothing special.

Malty, bready and caramelly aroma. Very sweet and mild flavour. Unfortunately there is also a faint note of vomit. Quite thin. What you could except from a mix of pilsener and oud bruin.

Bottle: Amber, clear, small foamy off-white layer; grainy-dusty and sweet-fruity nose; mainly sweetish flavour, light bodied, a bit fizzy, empty MF; light sweetish-sourish finish. Not really convincing........