Brigand Xmas

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ingelmunster, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Draught (Shared with KB, thanks!). Orangeish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is toffee, fruits, hops, herbs and caramel. Nice floral notes as well. Flavour is sices, yeast, mild alcohol, fruits and some toffee in a nice balance. Quite longlasting and burning alcohol in the finish.

This is one hell of a brew. And quite a kicker too. Take 2 and you’ll get woozy for sure :) I got this labeled as Xmas and "Wintervriend". Since the latter doesn’t exist i’m guessing it was the Xmas. Got it from tap. This one was riped for a year as well, giving it that bit of a extra ripeness to it. Any proper bar does this. It’s a full on sweet malty flavor with some spices balancing out the typical belgium yeast like flavor to keep it’s own character. The belgium yeast can get quite boring and overpowering, but this one really has it’s own character, balancing those typical yeast flavors out. Together with some deep ripe tropical fruits and some dark slighly sweet en little hop bitter kick makes it a highly recommended beer. If you come across it, try it, you won’t be dissapointed! If there was a downside, it might be the slight metallic after taste to it. Other then that it’s perfect.

Poured a clear golden amber with a medium frothy head. Aroma of sweet malt and some spice.. Medium body, flavour of the aroma with cloves.

csakajosor.hu Szép aranysárga színe van, amin egy közepes méretű, krémes, tömör és kitartó hab terül el, mint egy hótakaró. Illata tipikus belga élesztős, fűszeres, korianderes, malátás és gyümölcsös. Íze dettó. Elég testes, apró buborékokkal telt és nem érezni túl erősnek, alkoholosnak. Utóíze keserédes, élesztős. De vajon mi ebben a karácsonyi, talán az ára? Mindegy, nem rossz de nem is emlékezetes.

On tap. Clear orange golden colour, creamy white head. Fruity nose and aroma with apples, honey and bread underpainted by distinct alcohol. Slick texture. Warming and tart citric, spicy finish. Good one.

The nice thing is in the aftertaste, raisins and some orange liquer. Percentage is too heavy for the flavor but agreeable.

Licht fruitig sinaasappel aroma, subtiel. Smaak is krachtig op de tong, wederom sinaasappel, kruidig, licht zuurstokje, die wat blijft hangen. Desondanks niet zoet genoeg om traditioneel kerst bier te zijn. Van de tap @ de Klep.

33cl draught. Nice foam with rings on the glass, you can feel only fruit especially tropical. Just at the end of the beer can taste some malt and hop and smoke. Very pricy.

Van de tap. Slechts een slok geproefd als test of ik zelf een glas zou bestellen. Ziet er goed uit goudkleurig met een mooie kraag. Fruitig aroma met wat sinaasappel. Smaakt gistig met een vleugje sinaasappel, weinig zoet. Deed me in de verte aan een hoegaarden grand cru denken. Ik heb er zelf geen meer besteld dus dat zegt genoeg...

Draught at Csakajósör, Budapest
Clear golden ale with a medium foamy white head. Aroma of malt, fruity raisins and honey, coriander, vanilla. Typical belgian taste, sweet fruity character with spicies.