Bolivar Bruin

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Melle, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

Bottle 33cl. @ [ Ulfborg Tasting ].
Clear medium amber brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, brown sugar, moderate yeasty, coriander, licorice - anis - anis seed. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20081202]

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.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear reddish brown with a rough beige head. Aroma of dark dried fruits and friendly phenols. Solid body, raisins and brown sugar yet with solid balancing hops. Nice alright. 150610

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.

Bottled. Very dark brown opaque colour with big brown creamy head. Aroma is slight alcohol, some fruits, and sweet rice. Flavour is caramel, sugar and some slight soapy notes.

Bottle, 7.5% at the Snuffel Hostel in Brugge. Hazy brown colour with small floaties. Small, stable, creamy light brown head. The flavour is slightly sweet with a quite bitter roastedness. Seems to get a little sourness from the hops. Hint of yeast and alcohol in the aftertaste.

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.

Dark amber color; nice head. Quite nice malty aroma. It tastes really like a homebrew stuff, with too much yeast impression; there is also a lot of caramel, it’s pretty dry. At the end the alcohol burns too much the tongue; the bitterness is high.