The Bruery Black Orchard

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

750 ml bottle From Holiday Wine Cellar: Dark brown, almost black with small fading off-white head. Aroma of black cherries with some belgian spice. Flavor is dark fruit (raisin, plum, cherries) with a peppery bitterness and fruity dry finish. Light-medium body is thin with very lively carbonation. Kinda Trois Pistoles like.

In short: A black Witbier. No kidding. And pretty good beer on top of that.
How: Bottle 750ml, drank soon after receiving it from jjpm74, thanks a lot John.
The look: Very dark brown body topped by long-lasting tan head
In long: Nose of coriander, orange peels and such. Blind tasting I would have never guessed this was a black beer. Taste has a light ashes/burnt malts sensation but overall it’s still the orange peels, coriander, lemon skin and such that dominate the taste. The aggressive carbonation could have been more mellow. Nice lemony tartness. The roastiness takes away a bit from the drinkability of a “normal” witbier but dark beer is still a surprisingly nice thirst quencher. A black beer on the outside but a white beer on the inside. I’m sure the mean stouts are calling it Oreo.

Bottle at Mekong on 07/19/2009. Dark black body with a large rocky off-white head. Sweet chocolate aroma with light roast and spice. Big chocolate flavor with some faint roast and a good spicy background and a dry finish. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 7/5/8/3/16 - 3.9 Bottle on 07/18/2009. Hazy dark brown body with a large frothy off-white head. Sweet fruit, light yeastiness, and some dark malt aroma. Sweet raspberry and roast malt flavor, some dark malt. Medium body with moderately high carbonation. 7/4/7/3/13 - 3.4 Bottle on 11/30/2008 at the 3rd Annual Richmond Industry Gathering. Murky dark brown body with a medium tan head. Big spice and fruit aroma. Sweet caramel and dark fruit flavor with some light chocolate. Medium body with moderately high carbonation. 7/3/7/3/14 - 3.4

Draft at the brewery. Dark pour with a decent head. Some wheat flavors but more citrus and some spice. Decent but not as good as the White.

Bottle shared by Dickinsonbeer. Big peanut brittle aroma with light euro hops. Malt sweet flavor with no sugar. Mellow marshmallow and peanut. Dryish and balanced. A bit fizzy.

Pours nearly black with mahogany edges. Thick, creamy off-white head. Fruity aroma comprised of apples, apricots, and orange peel blended with holiday spice and spearmint. Intersting, complex taste. Brown bread, orange peel, cinnamon, and heavy with darker fruits (plum, raisins). Slight woodiness with an earthy quality. Balanced well with a licorice sweetness as the beer warms. Initially, this was very easy to drink, but it tended to "build up" making it a bit sticky and too sweet in the finish.

nice looking bottle, classic ... first sip, hmmm has a weird spritz to it ... Ranger McFriendly? .... dark, a dark witbier .. intresting ... pours a cark brown with a medium stable head, lacing is good too ... has tar, molasses, spice , is abit tart too ... an interesting brew to try..

Pours a dark, black body with a pretty substantial tan head. Aroma is dark malts, spices, wheat, dried fruits and spices. Flavor is that dried fruits flavor, spices, notes of spices, wheat. Lacing is pretty nice along the sides of the beer.