La Binchoise Brune Tradition / Cistercienne Bruna

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

Pretty tasty. Typical brune with pitted fruit, hops, and apricot specifically. Pours golden brown with a rich frothy head.

75cl bottle from Willow Bend Liquors (Tampa, FL). Pours a dark brown to black with a one finger tan head. Aroma is sweet malt, candy sugar, molasses, dark ripe fruit, yeast, bread. Flavor is sweet malt, caramel, earthy ripeness, dark ripe fruit, yeast and bread. Medium-body with a light sweet finish. Nice dubbel.

Bottle: Poured a hazy deep brown color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma consists in light candi sugar notes with a light fruity ester and a nice Belgian malt backbone. Taste has a nice mix between a caramel malt backbone with some light candi sugar notes and some fruity yeast ester. Full body with great carbonation and no alcohol was detected. Very well done for the style and very refreshing.

Aroma:chocolate and caramel(butter scotch).. Appearance:Hazy cooper brown,good lacing head... Flavor:butter scotch,chocolate..

Hazy brown. Beautiful chocolate and orange peel aroma. Spicy, musty flavor with some lightly toasted cocoa notes. Impressive brew.

Bottle @ home.
Light light unclear medium amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, alcohol. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. (Bitternes is citrus sour). Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (120508)

0,33 L bottle from Bieropholie, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass.

App.: A lovely shade of copper, clear on first pour, small yellow-tan head. Aroma: Starts with a bit of yeast and fruit, there is something really deep and very present, but I can’t quite identify it...like very dark burnt sugar or toffee, almost oily...?, roasted graham cracker?, a bit of coffee with sweet dark syrup in it; regardless, it is a very sweet and malty nose. Palate: Medium body, moderate carbonation, a bit sticky. Flav.: Not as interesting as the nose; the malt is dialed right back and there is a touch of cardboard; a bit of orange peel and coriander shows itself, light nuts and dried fruits, a bit of alcohol, a touch of hops; off-dry with barely a hint of bitterness and a finish of sherry missed with burnt sugar and a touch more hop leaf.

The dudes on the label are hilarious – I want to know their story.

Brown bottle, 0,33 best before 14/11/08, via Importations Privées Bièropĥolie, savoured on June 16 2008; eye: amber with a caramel hue, clear, good effervescence, voluminous beige head that remains, no lacing; nose: caramelized malt, unknown unpleasant odour, candied fruits, basement, earthy, light burnt; mouth: caramelized malt, light molasses, candied fruits, unknown unpleasant savour, basement, earthy, light ash, short finale in caramelized malt with a good presence of hops, fizzy, dry, mildly sweet, lightly bitter, medium body, vinous texture, rather carbonated; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 0,33 l, meilleure avant 14/11/08, via Importations Privées Bièropĥolie, savourée le 16 juin 2008; œil : ambrée avec une teinte caramel, claire, bonne effervescence, mousse beige abondante qui demeure, pas de dentelle; nez : malt caramélisé, odeur inconnue déplaisante, fruits confits, cave, terreux, léger brûlé Malt caramélisé, léger mélasse, fruits confits, saveur inconnue déplaisante, cave, terreuse, finale courte en malt caramélisé avec une bonne présence de houblon, pétillante, sèche, moyennement sucrée, légèrement amère, corps moyen, texture vineuse, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : correct