Ambrel

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Belgian Ale
Melle, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottled (BBE 09/2004)
Hazy dark amber, small off-white head. Dark burnt malty, plums and alcoholic flavor. Roasted malty flavor, chestnuts. Hoppy bitterness and coffee in the finish. Quite alcoholic too for only 6.2% beer.

Huge, very dense head, off-white and very persisting; dull amber beer. Alcohol, caramel - and apple. As caramelised apple in the oven, the cinnamon forgotten. A bit of vanilla instead. Sharp burnt/roasted taste, scorched caramel, Huyghe all over. The apple has been burnt, leaving a bit of acidity besides. Alcoholwarming, medium bodied, creamy, slick, burning sensation. Pff; the Duwac original didn’t gain prices neither.

Orange/brown colour with particulates. generous, frothy off-white head. Sourish aroma, with cherries, cheese and yeast. Flavour has bread and syrup, sugar, spices, pepper and a sour and sweet finish. Very nice Belgian Ale.

Bottle, also best before 2002 Murky, brown (or even gray) body. Off-white, small (due to the age (?)) head. Nose of citrus, vinegar. Moderately bitter, heavily acitic initial flavour. Lightly bitter, moderately acitic finish. Warm flavour. Medium to fully bodied. And I still like it in November 2004! :)

UPDATED: MAY 11, 2004 Thank You extended to RastaCouere for sending this one… Dave Rocks!

Pale dusty brown body and a towering and rich cream colored head. Aroma is rather tart and venous, really reminds me of a Flemish Sour. Abundant notes of: wheat, tart cherries, green apples, and a touch of blue cheese. The flavor brings hints of sour dough bread and extra green apple, along with some tart suggestions of green grapes and a nodule of black pepper corn. This reminds me of a VERY-VERY subdued version of a bottle of Cantillon Vigneronne I once had… Ambrel is slightly barnyard - horse blanket but very enjoyable… very pleasant… and the bottle certinaly has some age on it ….. BEST BEFORE: October 2002… HAHA, but I like it in May 2004!!!

Best before end of Oct 2002: Cloudy copper amber with a thick lacing head. Nice bready Belgian malt and yeast aroma with a hint of candi sugar. Body has a good thickness and is well balance with toffee sweetness. Seems to have held up quite well in the bottle. A very enjoyable Belgian ale, courtesy of Rastacouere.

Thanks to Rastacouere for another great beer! Pours a clouded orange-brown with a medium tan head. Aroma is laden with fruit, sugar, alcohol and sweetened malts. The taste is very sweet. Ripe fruit, sugar, and light spice. Very smooth palate and some light sweet notes in the finish. Very good and very drinkable.

hazy gold with floaties, white head. complex aroma of fruit cocktail, icing sugar, white grapes, melon, yeast, caramel and pepper. the flavour is good, but didn't seem to follow through as well. still very good.