Brunehaut Abbaye de Saint-Martin Brune

Brewed by Brunehaut
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Rongy, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

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Bottle. Clear medium red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, berry, sugar, light yeasty, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. (160208)

Bottled. A chestnut colored beer with a small tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt, nuts, over ripe fruits, and brown sugar. The flavor is sweet with notes of brown sugar, over ripe fruit, nuts, and herbs, leading to a dry roasted finish where notes of spices and over ripe fruits.

(Bottle 33 cl) Pours a hazy, dark, amber golden with a beige head. Spicy aroma with some overripe fruit, yeast and alcohol. Rather full-bodied with sweetish, fruity notes, plenty of spices and a vague, metallic edge. Some warming alcohol in the finish. Quite lovely. 160507

33 cL bottle. Pours deep amber and with a diminished off-white head. Deep berry fruity aroma. Berry fruity and dried fruity sweet flavour, complex. Ends with a lingering sweet note and a mild bitterness.

Bottled. Ruby reddish brown colour with big beigeish brown head, lots of lace. Aroma is caramel malts, sweet fruits, alcohol and also some yeastyness. Flavour is caramel malts, some fruits, alcohol, wood and mild herbal notes. Aftertaste is berryish and fruity.

Bottled. Nut brown. Sweet, rich and malty. Roasty, woody with lots of almonds. Hoppy, salty finish. Excellent!

Bottle at home. Hazy orange brown coloured with a medium sized off white haad. Sweet aroma of caramel, dried fruits, cookies, chocolate and fruits. Fruity flavour of dried fruits, tobacco and caramel with notes of yeast. Yeasty finish.

Bottle, 8%. Gusher. Sweet and sugary aroma, brown sugar and a little butter. Clear dark chestnut colour. Big unstable brown head. The flavour starts off rather fruity, turning sweet and sugary. There is some brown sugar again, a bit of caramel and a distinct alcohol note. Not entirely harmonious, but the sweetness and alcohol balance each other out.

Name: Saint-Martin Dark
Date: August 21, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: dark brown with ruby edges, frothy beige head, bits of lace
Aroma: sweet and fruity aroma, dark fruits, caramel sweetness, light spicyness
Flavor: rich and fruity flavor, malty sweetness brings out the dark fruits, light spicyness adds depth
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Dark brown color. Strong malty aroma, herbs, blue cheese. Good malty body, spicy, candi sugar, candies. Very good.