Halve Maan Dobbele Java

Bierbrouwerij de Halve Maan
Brewed at Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Belgian Ale
Hulst, Netherlands

30cl, Dutch brewery, from Bier-winkel Oudehaske, complex brew, balanced, cloudy, small head, nice brew

metallic aroma with a nice foamy head and amber colored. Beer’s not very special, the ingredients promise a lot but it doesn’t deliver immediatly. Get’s slightly better when warmer.

Bottle, bought @ ’t Arendsnest, Amsterdam.
Pours muddy brown with a small, creamy, off-white head. Aroma is sweet, rye, lightly tart and coffee. High carbonation, a bit watery. Flavour is sweet, chocolate, lightly roasted, maybe a tad of coffee. Boring.

Tasted with DavidBles @ Boeres, Wezemael. Dark brown (some reddisch shine) color, with beige head. Aroma sweet, dark chocolate. Medium body. Taste some spice, dark malts, little bitterness. Dry finish. A regular abbey brown beer.

Bottle. A very sweet aroma, malt and caramel, also some honey. A medium large head, light creamy and beige with a medium duration. The body is red. The taste is very bitter with a short duration, a strange medicinal aftertaste. The body is medium strong, creamy with a lot of carbonation.

On tap at Arendsnest. Amber body with thick head. Sweet nose of caramel and honey. Cloying mouthfeel. Nice and sturdy beer. Taste of malts, sugar and caramel. Oily texture. Warm in the finish.

Tap @ ’t Arendsnest. Amber colored brew. Caramel, sweet aroma. Malty, sticky flavor, some caramel and coriander. Some yeast.

From tap at ’t Arendsnest. Pours almost clear and deep amber brown with a small off-white head. Light yeast fruity aroma with a mild malty note. Flavour is yeasty, dark malt towards breadish and caramel. Distinct metallic note too. Fruity and yeasty finish.