Ølfabrikken AA

Formerly brewed at Bryggeriet Ølfabrikken (Gourmetbryggeriet)
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Roskilde, Denmark

Bottle. Creamy white fair mostly deminishing head. Black colour. Powerfull aroma and flavor. Long bitter finish. Oily palate.

So I do a trade with the esteemed Papsoe of Denmark and I go to the post office to collect the box. The lady behind the counter takes my ticket and disappears behind a door for a veeeery long time. When she finally emerges, rather than carrying a box she’s dragging a clear plastic bag containing what looks like soggy brown mush. My heart sinks. She slops the bag onto the counter and hands me a pen to sign for what’s clearly a disaster. I take the reeking bag home and find that thanks to brutish baggage handling and in spite of Henrik’s immaculate packing, there’s one broken bottle and this one has haemorrhaged a third of its contents through the swingtop somewhere between Denmark and Australia. Fuck. One gone and another almost certainly oxidised. So I’m about to chuck this in the trashcan with the shards of a Malheur 6 when I think, well, let’s have a taste just in case. And sweet mother of Christ, it’s perfect! If there’s a God, He likes good beer and wants us to be happy (but possibly not drink Malheur 6). And what a fine beer this is. It’s a dense teak colour and poured with a huge marshmallow head. The aroma is soft and sweet, with chocolate notes, cherry cake and pineapple. Couldn’t pick the 8% abv in the aroma. Lovely soft mouthfeel, medium bodied and creamy. Quite tart, with the alcohol prominent from the first sip. Sweet with chocolate, licorice root, port and clove. Quite spicy in the swallow. Some piney hops and a salty finish complete a very special beer. As others have noted, it doesn’t sit comfortably in the "dubbel" class - an old ale may be nearer the mark. Thanks, Henrik for another champion Danish brew. If you lads ever take to the longboats again, send us your brewers! (By the way, multilinguists may appreciate the irony of a beer called "Malhuer" or "Misfortune" breaking in transit... Ho ho.) (50cl bottle from trade. Best before Sep 1, 2007)

Bottled at Söderbärke Mikroölfestival. Dark ruby, rich creamy head. Aroma of coffee and pineapple with evident notes of alcohol. Medium, bodied, sweet with and vinous with burnt malt, lingonberries and wood. Dense mouthfeel, salty finish. Very complex, but perhaps the alcohol is a little bit too visible.

Bottle. Dark brown colour with a large longlasting tan head. Sweet malty slightly hoppy aroma. Sweet malty hoppy bitter flavor. Malty finish.

Port-like aroma. Prunes leather, a warming finish. Very similar to an old ale. Low carbonation, but otherwise a nice ale.

(Bottle 50 cl) Unclear dark brown with a small, beige head. The aroma is almost vinous with dried fruit and roasted malt. Very fullbodied and alcoholic with lots of good stuff like prunes and other dried fruits as well as plenty of sweet, roasted malt. Dry, lightly hoppy finish. Appears almost like an Old Ale with wooden accents. 081006

Unclear brown body, huge creamy beige head; The nose is a great mix of malty sweetness and a hoppy bitterness: Huge soft carbonation, on a soft textured body, balanced a bit sweet; Long sweet and bitter finish with lots of chocolate sweet aromas.

tap. brown color. sweet malt aroma. extreamly creamy. lots of spice. very thick. complex fruityness.