Abbaye dAulne Brune des Pères Sur Lie

Brewed by Brasserie Val De Sambre
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Gozée, Belgium

33cL bottle (BB Mar/08). Head is initially average sized, frothy/fizzy, light brown, mostly lasting. Body is hazy medium to dark brown, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (cookie, toasted bread, caramel), lightly yeasty (cobwebs, basement), with notes of orange zest and coriander. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Quite dry in the finish, more so perhaps than the malt can withstand comfortably. Some aromatic similarity to des Rocs brews (orange-coriander character, whether spiced or not).

From a 750 ml bottle recently purchased at John’s in Iowa CIty. The body is dark brown with ruby high lights on the edge. The head is very large with a light khaki color. The aroma is rootbeer with some plums. There are also some peanut notes. The taste has some prunes with anise and some floral notes. The finish has a hint of roast with tea. The body is fairly thin with a low amount of carbonation. A decent and interesting dubbel.

Bottle. Brown/ruby. Spice/yeast. brown sugar, caramel, vanilla. very inexpensive bottle.

Malty, above average mouthfeel treat. Not complex, like a Belgian chocolatey brown. Malty aroma. Recommended to serve just under room temp.

Bottle. [Courtesy of yespr, thanks buddy] Average creamy beige head that mostly lasted. Fair display of lacework. Light cloudy light brownish colour. Aroma of ice tee peach, yeast, fruit, grain. Over the palate came brown sugar, caramel, sweet fruit and light toasted malt. Quit nice Abbey Dubbel I thought. Medium bodied with an average carbonation. Moderated sweet flavour light bitter and acidic. Sweet caramel like finish.

Bottle. Nice head with medium duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are malt, fruits, spices and caramel.

(Bottled, "Brune des Peres sur lie", 6% ABV) Dark, reddish brown with a small, quite tight and lasting head. Quite mild, sweetish-malty aroma with dried fruit and orange-peel. Bitter-sweet, malty flavor with orange, plums and raisins. Not quite as sweet as the aroma suggests. Medium-bodied, slightly thin, bitter-sweet palate with a bit foamy carbonation. A quite decent, but plain and a bit characterless brune.

Bottle pored a clear reddish brown with a large lasting tan head. Aromas of carmel, spice, fruittiness and brown sugar. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of carmel, vegetal notes and hints of spice with a crisp semisweet finish.
This is a very dissapointing Belgian beer!