Abbaye de Malonne Brune

Brewed by Haacht
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Boortmeerbeek, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Aroma:yeats and dark fruit... Appearance:Dark brown,huge beige head.... Flavor:raisin and plum,light caramel....

Beers of europe. What can i say i love dubbels, and heres another great bad boy to put me to sleep for the nite. Aroma of malty, dark fruits with some cashew nuts in there. Taste is similar with some great flavours kicking about, increadably easy to drink with a long sweetish finish to coat the mouth nicely. Excellent, though could keep its head better.

Dark brown with a fine, frothy beige head. Aroma had yeast and an array of fruits. Taste was very satisfying: fruity sourness and malty sweetness combining well. Could have done with a little more bitterness, but overall yet another wonderful Abbey Dubbel.

Pours with a huge beige head on a very dark body which has a red tinge. Mine had a sour, vinuous aroma and tasted quite sour, unusual in a brunne. Maybe mine was spoiled. Thin but warming

Bouteille de 330 ml obtenue par importation privée via Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur de caramel, de pain et de fleur. Apparence: Couleur brune presque opaque avec présence de lie. Large col beige mousseux. Forte densité des bulles. Large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel, d’épices et de raisin. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût de caramel brûlé. (Rating #260)

Dark brown color with a thin light brown head. Aroma of malt, yeast and caramel. Flavor of malt, yeast and caramel, maybe spices too. The body is light to medium with an oily texture and lively carbonation.

(Bottled, BBE 02/2005, extremely dusty bottle from BeerMania, "SPRL B.MARCHAL") Dark brown color with a small but lasting and lacy head. Very malty-licoricey aroma with dried fruit - almost exactly like Gouden Carolus Christmas. Licoricey-malty, slightly smoky and fruity flavor. Medium-bodied, slightly wineous, sweetish palate with quite high, foamy carbonation. This must be quite and old bottle, and it seems to have developed a distinctive Gouden Carolus licoriceness over time (as nobody else seems to have made notes of that). A quite pleasant and balanced, although foamy-carbonated dubbel.

Dark brown body with a solid tan head. Dark fruit sweet nose with hints of yeast. Malty and sweet flavor with a roasted note and some dark fruit. Faint caramel hints in the finish.

Dark reddish-brown hue, with tan-colored foamy head, with lancing, yeasty, fruity, dark raisins, chocolate, spicy, nutmeg, roasted malt, sweet malt aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with yeasty, toasted malt, brown sugar, dark malt, fruity, chocolatey note, spicy, leading to a sweet toffeish malty finish.

Tasted this after downing the Blond and found this to be a little more enjoyable. Maybe just a bias towards darker beers as it similarly lacked depth of flavour in the mouth, but it was quite balanced and appearance was once again 100%. Poured from the bottle into a short tulip glass, a lasting thick tan head formed from the pour and laced rings down the glass. The beer itself a deep ruby brown and almost opaque. Toffee and vanilla nose with a light hint of biscuity malt. Had a noticeable alcohol spice to it, peppery, similar to the Blond. Pleasant mouth feel, light bodied and overly subtle in flavour. Light spritzy carbonation assisted all it could in awakening the biscuity malt, sweet sugars and nutty-yeasty flavours, but to little effect until it was almost luke-warm. Short in the swallow with little aftertaste and only a dryish feeling from the alcohol, it showed a little more character than the Blond but still lacked any defining traits. Not that bad a beer, just a little too subtle.