La Binchoise Brune Tradition / Cistercienne Bruna

Brewed by Brasserie La Binchoise
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Binche, Belgium

Very dark brown with a huge lasting tan-coloured frothy head. Bready aroma, dark toasty malts and plum/date fruitiness. Like drinking fruitcake. Spicy character up front as well. Flavour is rich and well-balanced, sweet caramel/molasses up front before morphing into a toasty warming finish. Nicely done.

Toasted malt aromas, clear dark brown color. Toasted, even roasted malt tastes. Slightly sweet with a tobacco end. The 8.2% ABV is really hidden and you wouldn’t have guess it has some much alcohol. Decent, interesting brew.

Dark dark brown amber with a nice spicy liquorice aroma. Flavour is complex with a malty spciyness, liquorice, dry.

This beer is really yummie. Strong aroma of malts (caramel/chocolate, roasted), some fruits, salmiak and honey. Great. Hazy, brown-red coloured with a lasting brownish, creamy head. taste initially is malty-sweet (caramel/chocolate) and becomes more roasted towards the finish. Salmiak, fresh fruits and notes of spices. Good body. Much in this beer. Smooth, balanced taste and palate. I could drink dozens of this stuff.

Belgianbeerweekend,Brussels 2004: Hazy brown color, sour nose, roasted sour taste, but stale. Ok

Very dense, huge, creamy-brownish head; dark brown beer, slight reddish shine and quite hazy. Chocolate, dark malts and/or dark grain, bit of mint aroma. Chocolate, roasted malts, touch sourish, stout-like. Main taste is sweet, virtually no bitterness. Very slight smokey touch, liqourice-sweets. Rather light mouthfeel, certainly for its ABV, grainy, even powdery texture. There is a slight burning sensation, but not one I link to the alcohol, which remains hidden. This is actually a good session beer - if it weren’t for the ABV. For somebody not searching for the beery extasis, however, this might be a pleasing alternative.

Pours a medium head of mostly lasting lacing with a hazy brown colored uncarbonated body behind. Its aroma was mildly malted with some roasted notes, slightly smokey. It had a smooth mouthfeel. A unique taste of something smokey, perhaps a woody taste. Its hard to figure out what it is. A nice beer.

Bought a bottle in 2003, I think in Denver at the GABF. 75 cL. The aroma contains ginger and coriander-like smells. The spicing is very dry and the flavor is almost lager-like in its low malt profile. Good beer.