The Bruery Black Orchard

Brewed by The Bruery
Style: Belgian Ale
Placentia, California USA

Bottle courtesy of hophead22. Thanks Tim! Pours dark brown with a sudsy off-white lace. Nose is belgian spices, yesy, floral hops, roasted malts, nuts. Flavor is more yeast, nutty and roasty. A bit over-carbonated.

bottle by way of the dirty_martini...great packaging reminds me of the burgundy grand crus... gushes out to reveal a cloudy opaque almost black woody brown. it’s topped by a tan head which lasts exactly fourteen seconds before becoming just visible carbonation. aromas of musty wheat, wet burlap sack, grain, black raisins and other sweet dark fruits, spice, lots of floral hops (and flowers, i guess) and a light smoky char akin to a sweet smelling campfire. flavor is strange as it doesn’t taste as good as it smells... roasty grain, some banana, lemon, tartness from CO2, flowers and floral hops and smoke in the aftertaste. light body with an over carbonated prickly mouth feel. interesting but weird... kinda reminds me of papago’s bridalweisse only not as good.

Bu à la Fête Bière et Saveur 2009, le 5 septembre. Brune très foncée, mince collet. Arome de malte chocolaté fruité. Goût de malte cafiné très roti, beaucoup d’amerturme avec une finission sucré. Une bière au café belge!

Bottle. Pours a dark brown with a thick light tan head. Aroma of spices, yeast, and light sweet fruits. Flavor is also quite spicy upfront (definite peppery, can’t identify the others), a touch of roasted malt, roasted nuts, and yeast. Interesting beer and pretty tasty. 7/4/8/4/14 (3.7/5)

(Draught) Poured black with medium sized white head. Aroma had blueberry and general berriness. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Berries, malts, fruitiness, lightly roastedness, bitterness and hops could be found from the taste. Malts, hops and bitterness remained in aftertaste.

Dark brown in color with a small off-white head. Aroma is of yeast, roasted malts, and spice. Taste is of spice, raisin, and yeast.

Thanks Rencelas! A very dark brown colored brew with a large tan head that fades steadily but requires patience. The last pour found a good amount of yeast in the glass. I don’t get wit aromas but rather roasted notes and light chocolate with some yeast. While not big the nose is pleasant and interesting. On the other hand the flavor does have notes of wheat and coriander. I also tasted anise, over ripe apple, sour vegetable, and dark Russian bread. Warmer temperature helps and maybe the solids of yeast do, too. But not enough. Perhaps this beer tries to break new ground and perhaps it just tries to do too much. Either way it falls short of expectations. A beautiful bottle and label can’t save a mediocre beer.

750 ml bottle of possible infection or subpar beer, I’m hoping it’s the former. Poured a deep dark brownish/black with a ridiculously large beige frothy head that started to overflow from the bottle, hence my hint of a possible infection. The aroma had that classic, I’m sour and have vinegar notes but they don’t belong. The remainder of the aroma was notes of cereal grains, mild chocolate malts, spices, and sour milk. The body on this one was screaming infection...complete and total foam shooting up for almost two minutes upon opening. The flavor has lots of vinegar, moldy old bread, old chocolate, soy and lactose. God dammit where on my profile does it say send me infected beers?? I love beer but it seems lately I am getting way too many infections.....seriously.