Bolivar Bruin

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Melle, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

Dark brown and hazy. Has an off-white head, diminishing. Aroma is malty, caramel, and faint fruity. Flavor moderate sweet, faint acidic, finish light bitter. Creamy texture.

chocolate, coffee, roasty, brown, hazy, minimal head, light sweetness, lightly bitter, lightly sour, light body, creamy, fizzy, long finish,

Bottle from Oxfam shop Brussels. Dark brown body with tan, rocky head. Nose of caramel and malts. Texture quite prickly. Sweet and watery. Some dark fruit flavours. Gets syrupy sweet in the finish and warming. Not bad.

Het schuim van dit fair-trade bier was wandklevend, maar sloeg snel plat. Zowel in geur als smaak waren suikers (karamel) prominent aanwezig, zonder dat dit storend werkte.

Clear deep dark brown colour, small beige head. Sweet roasty caramel spiced dark malty breadish aroma. Ok mouthfeel. Sweet strangely spiced roasty caramel and malty flavour with some dark fruits. Quite sweet.

Bottled. A deep red beer with a bubbly brown head. The aroma has strong notes of fruit and phenol as well as lighter notes of apples, caramel, spices, and bread. The flavor is very sweet with a slightly acidic edge and with notes of apples and phenols as well as lighter notes of bread and caramel, leading to a dry finish.

Hazy brown with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, fruits and caramel notes. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, caramel, phenol, apples and yeast. Finished sweet. No friendly phenols here.

33 cL bottle, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours hazy brown with a deep red glare and a small tan head. Aroma is spiced, fruity, yeasty and dark caramelish. High carbonation. Spiced yeasty, dark malty and caramelish flavoured. Mild bitterness into a dry malty finish.