Brøckhouse Esrum Kloster

Formerly brewed at Brøckhouse
Style: Traditional Ale
Hillerød, Denmark

Date: August 29, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: clear dark ruby red, wispy fine grey head
Aroma: huge floral aroma on slightly sweet caramel malt, light spicyness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, balancing floral spicyness leaves a bit of bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

bottle thanks to bullzeye. Pours amber, cream head. Aroma of fruit jelly and sugar. Flavor is kind of chemical, overyly sweet, with some spice. Good rate if not a good beer.

Bottle from Wine and Cheese Place. Pours reddish copper with a fluffy beige head. Very spicey aroma. Medium body with smooth carbonation. Flavor is spice, caramel, and chocolate. Finish is mildly sweet and rather spicey. It’s a lot better than I’m making it sound.

Bottle 50 cl. pulled from the cellar - this brew witch I back then considered for the best one (I could think of) from this brewery. Poured in an original WestVleteren glass (Thx Mikkel ;-) ) because of the abbay-sound of the name. It honours the monostary near Esrum and I can´t help thinking, that it will try to emitate the classic belgian brothers. The pours is dark reddish brown with a tiny tanned head. The nose is abbay-like, with notes of chocolate, some mild laqurice, vanilla and spices that is similar to danish cough mixture. The taste again calls childhood memories of mums forcing caugh mixture in ones mouth - when that impression is over I also taste the malt notes with the alcohol clearly present. There is a minty laquirice taste like in "Poletter", some hops and sugar. The finish is some how mild bitter with some spices. Not as good as I remember A shame that this brewerie who was a part of the kickstarters of the beer revolution in Denmark.

Sampled on 10/2/2009. This traditional ale pours a medium brown color from a 50cl swing top bottle. Small sized white foamy head. The aroma is malt, spices and sweet. A medium bodied traditional ale. The malts are fruity and sweet. The hops are earthy. Spices are ginger and lavender. Nice balance. A touch on the sweet side perhaps. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. The smell is gingerbread, spices, malts, euculiptus, and ok. The look is clear, brown, with a whitish head. The taste is malts, spices, and decent.

Appearance: Pours a clear, garnet-hued body with a hearty, whitish head. Smell: Sweetish nose of sugar-coated, toasty malts with distinct notes from the lavender, juniper, and anise, with the juniper being the most prominent of the bunch. Taste: Oven-toasted bread crusts sprinkled with table and brown sugar. Then, in comes a slight juniper berry fruitiness and floral lavender traces. Moderate spiciness. Drying, spicy, finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium-low carbonation. Drinkability: A tasty, enjoyable beer, though, with the brewery long gone, does it really even matter?

Bottle. Pours an amber beer with a tan head. Ginger with some coriander and anise. Spicy with a prickly carbonation and a hint floral.