Zulte Oud Bruin

Brewed by Brasserie Union (Alken-Maes / Heineken)
Style: Sour Ale
Jumet, Belgium

The aroma is sweet malty with notes of grain and caramel. The color is brown and it has a fine light brown head though fast collapsing. The flavor is very sweet malty with strong caramel notes and a somewhat sour end. But not nearly as sour as I had hoped for taking the style into account. This is not a special beer in anyway but it is OK though.

(Bottle 25 cl) Brown with a ruby-red tint. Some caramel flavours that are rapidly erased by the dominating sourness. Sour ales are always refreshing in small quantities, this is no exception. 070893

Bottle 25cl. [ Vintage 1988 ].
Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark bread, roasted, caramel, raisin, sour notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate acidic with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20081212]

Bottle. Aroma of caramel/bonbon. Dark brown colour with red hue. Unstable head. Thin, acidic/sour flavour. Sour aftertaste.

Bottled (fresh Oct 2005). Brownish ruby coloured, beige foamy head. Sweet berries and fruits in aroma. Gooseberry and red currant in flavour along with hoppy notes. Dry mouthfeel and a bit sticky palate afterwards. 6 3 6 3 12.

Bottled (BBE 1990 in Dec 2009). Brownish ruby colour, minor head., Aroma is sweet malts, some berries and wood. Flavour is wood, sweet malts and some rather earthy notes. Slight smooth sourness. Has aged quite nicely. 7 3 7 4 14.

Bottled. Red brown coloured with a fast disappearing beige head. Acidic aroma with notes of fruits and wood, but not much aroma at all. Fruity flavour with notes of bread and wood and some acidic notes. Watery finish.

Dark brown colour with no head. The aroma is of plums, figs, dark malts and port-soaked wood notes. Light body. Slightly acidic finish, but the flavours overall are quite sweet with notes of plums, brown sugar and wood. A little bit uneventful, though - this is a simple beer. That said, still pleasant and perfectly drinkable.

(bottle, best by 9/9/06) Clear, dark red-brown body with small beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, light anise, some metallic. Taste is very sweet, raisin, caramel, some cherry. Watery medium-full body, some stickiness.