Liefmans Oud Bruin

Brewed by Liefmans (Moortgat)
Style: Sour Ale
Oudenaarde, Belgium

Bottle. Average creamy light reddish head that mostly lasted. Fair display of lacework. Dark brown like cloudy color. Aroma of sour and sweet fruit, raisins and some vinegar like notes. Medium bodied with an average carbonation and light dry texture. Moderated sweet and acidic flavor. Light sour fruity finish.

On tap at Max’s Belgian Fest: Pours a hazy dark mahogany with a spotty lacing off-white head. Aroma of sweet caramel and light fruity esters with a hint of grape candy tartness. Starts with an effervescent sweet grape candy flavor and mild tartness and toffee character before a sweet sugary finish with a hint of funk in the distance. A little too sweet and not sour enough, but enjoyable as a dessert beer.

From Beer Mania, Bruxelles, Belgium. Bottled, 170309. Brown with small head. Aroma sour of berries. Flavor sour too balanced with fruit and a hint of malt.

(25cl bottle) Clear, reddish brown colour with a thick beige foamy head. Sourish and slightly sweet woody malty aroma with a lactic and berry-fruity touch. Moderately sour flavour with an underlying mild malty sweetness, light to medium bodied with an almost crispy carbonation. Slightly lactic malty and berry fruity taste; woody and moderately fruity and tart finish that stays for a while on the tongue. Good (01.III.09).

bottle, thank you pivnizub! Deep dark brown colour with a red glow. Fruity-sour nose. Malty background with good sour notes, fruity sourness balanced off with some caramel. Not too sour, a very pleasant beer.

On Tap at Max’s shared by Mary and Chuck- thanks guys. Aroma is syrupy sweet- almost a jammy fruitiness, loaded with honey and corn syrup- light raspberry adn cherry sweetness with some cough syrup hints. More cough syrupy sweetness , slight prickly medicinal phenolics raspberry jam, and an acetic acid prickly kick in the end. Meh.

Draft at Max’s 72 Hours of Belgium. Poured a mahogany color with very little head and carbonation. Nicely acidic aroma with a medium body that tastes of brown sugar and apples. A bit of Belgian funkiness at the end. Rounded flavor. Good sour.

Presentation: It was poured from a tap into a pint glass. Appearance: The body has a brownish or an old tarnished copper color that is nearly opaque. Near the sides of the glass there is a lot of visible carbonation streaming up to the top of the glass. This constant flow of tiny little bubbles helps to maintain a thick and foamy head, which is off white in color. Head retention is excellent and lacing is very good as well. Smell: The aroma has a tart and slightly sour fruity malty character with just a hint of citrus. Taste/Mouth feel: Its flavor is pleasantly tart with a good solid malty base that is in good balance to its fruity tartness. A mildly tart oak flavor also adds another layer of complexity. The texture is refreshing with a lively carbonation and solid medium body that is quite drinkable. Notes: Overall this was very enjoyable.