La Gauloise Brune

Brewed by Du Bocq
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Purnode-Yvoir, Belgium

750 ml bottle. Dark brown colour with a foamy beige head. Malty aroma with notes of some fruits and toffee. The flavour is sweet, malty, fruity, slightly spicy, some alcohol, toffee and liquorice. Quite smooth and medium-bodied.

A malty aroma of dark bread, some dry red wine, later on a little bit sour. The head is small white and creamy with a short duration. The body is dark brown. The taste is very malty, also some red wine in the taste. The body is light to medium strong with a lot of carbonation and is dry and malty. The finish is medium long

75cl. Dark chestnut, strongly foaming lasting beige head. Sweetish candi sugary aroma, little orange pralines, sweet carrot and nutmeg. Flavor is similar, just stronger, some alcohol, candi sugar, hint of liquorice, mild herbal bitterness. Medium bodied, strong soft carbonation. Sugar feels in the teeth, that tells enough of the brew. I hoped to find some roastiness in there, but it’s just dark sugar.

Bottle. Pours clear dark reddish brown with a long lasting tan head. Aroma is of malt, currants, raisins, toffee, spice and a whiff of alcohol. Flavour is also a little boozy and quite malty, overall quite similar to the aroma but stronger, especially the spiciness. Medium body, highly carbonated and with a long sweet, spicy finish. Highly enjoyable.

[Bottle] Pours reddish amber with a beige head that is quite small. Aroma is huge on concord grape upon opening, then pear, kiwi, and finally caramel after warming. Taste is grape again, yeast, good malt balance, fresh cilantro, dinosaur fruit snacks, light lemon meringue pie, and restrained alcohol. Pretty good mouthfeel, smooth, medium-short length finish. Overall, a beer that I quite enjoyed. Very dessert-like and something that I could drink a lot of.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with tan, creamy head. Fair lacing. Nose of yeast and malt.Sweet flavour with brown sugar, malt and raisins.Full bodied. More dry finish with a little bitterness too. Nice.

75 cl bottle. Dark brown to deep ruby beer. The head is rich, creamy, lacy, light beige in colour. The flavor is deep, powerful and delicate. Malty, slightly roasted backbone. Dark fruitiness of dried dates and raisins. The yeast has some banana and bubblegum. Light spiciness, maybe coriander. Dark belgiand candy sugar/syrup is used. Very gentle, almost nutty roastedness and rummy character in the finish with a touch of dark chocolate and alcohol. The flavor is typically Belgian: rich, deep, sweetish estery and still surprisingly light in maltiness. Very digestible. The palate is medium bodied, heavily carbonated, estery and lingering. Very enjoyable stuff.

On tap in Paris. Small head, ambercoloured. Full texture, slightly bitter. Nice beer.