Abbaye dAulne Val de Sambre 6 (Ambrée)

Brewed by Brasserie Val De Sambre
Style: Belgian Ale
Gozée, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Fluffy, disparate off-white head, fast gone; chestnut coloured beer. Bit of cookies/white bread, VERY subdued nose, whiff of cigarette ash, dishwater (the glass?). Slightly bitterish, bready taste, getting more vegetable in the finish. Some vague toffee flavour, but not very sweet. Almondy warming up. Quite watery texture, retronasal maybe some slight slickness. Tastes for all the world as a watered-down beer. It’s as if some high-gravity beer has been diluted to a sad beverage.

The beer after its excavation from the 330ml brown bottle sets in my glass luminous gold color with a portly bright white head that is creamy in texture and after its demise the lace forms a thin sheet upon the glass. Nose is sweet malt, citrus like in its crispness also a hint of yeast; start is sweet with a nice malt presence, the top light. Finish has a light to moderate acidity and the hops sparing in their spiciness, very dry aftertaste that lingers on, a drinkable beer.

Pretty clear golden-copper coloured beer with a small head. Weak light fruity aroma. Rather thin character with a light maltiness. There is an odd taste I cannot pinpoint. Light bitter finish. For a Belgian beer it is below par.

Pours a clear regal amber with medium size shortish lasting head. Light butterscotch eggwhite and stalish hop aroma. Light thin yet moderately carbonated body. Medium hop bitterness and lightly sweet malt becoming slightly stronger in teh finish.