Bruuveri Valamo 1

Brewed by Panimoravintola Bruuveri
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Helsinki, Finland

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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UPDATED: OCT 29, 2008 (Draught@Bruuveri, 7.5% ABV, served extra chilled) Clear, darkish amber with no head. Mild aroma of fruity, toffeeish malt, and some fusels. Fruity and yeasty flavor with grainy, sweetish toffee maltiness and some alcohol (when cold). Medium body, low carbonation, some alcohol burn. Closer to Belgian ale this time, but still not at all complex or refined - and why is it filtered? (Draught@Bruuveri, 8.2% ABV, was 6-4-6-4-11=3.1) Hazy reddish amber with a smallish, creamy and lacy head. Aroma of neutral malts and vegetables, reminds me of De Koninck brews. Grainy-alcoholic, caramely-malty flavor with vegetables and candy sugar. Medium-bodied palate with lowish carbonation and some alcohol. Quite a disappointment compared to even bulkier Belgian abbey beers. May just be too raw, though.

Draught @ SOPP Helsinki. Pours light amber, no head. Taste is sweet, lingering aftertaste. Aromas have muscatel, fruits, burnt sugars and malts.

Draught @ SOPP Lahti Festival 2010.

[ As Bruuveri Luostari ].
Alc. 7.5%. Clear medium to dark amber color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light roasted. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, malt bitter, burnt caramel - burnt sugar bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20100701]

250 ml bottle @ Graali, Oulu. Reddish amber colour, very small white head. Sweet malty aroma with some nuts and dark fruits. The flavour is also rather on the sweet side, malty, with almonds, toffee and dark fruits. Slick mouthfeel with next to no carbonation. A little too sweet, not really to my taste.

Draught at SOPP. Dark amber colour. Sweet, caramel and malt in the nose. Sweet and malty flavour with notes of yeast and fruits. Quite tasty.

Bottle as "Luostari" @ Bruuveri, Helsinki. Dark amber color, no head.Slightly yeasty aroma with underlying hops and alcohol. Metallic hoppy flavor with a lot of alcohol and some roasted notes. Very low carbonation, medium body. A curiosity, but nothing I’d buy a second time.

UPDATED: OCT 25, 2009 Draught at HBF2009. As Bruuveri Luostari (7.5%). Dark copper colour. Sweet, malty, very Belgian Ale and some caramel aroma. Flavour is a bit mild and thin for a 7.5% Belgian Ale. Sweetish. Somewhat warming.

250 ml bottle. As Bruuveri Luostari. 7.5%. Panimoravintola Bruuveri, Helsinki, Finland. Clear reddish amber colour with small white head. Sweet malty aroma with some spices and dark fruits. Sweetish flavour with some alcohol and hops. A bit thin and watery.

Draught a small glass tasted at Bruuweri Helsinki. No head. Copper coloured. Mild nose. Sweet taste. A the end some hops. Some hints of apples and toffee in the taste.

Draught at Bruuveri, Helsinki. Bright copper to amber color with almost no head. Sweet raisiny and figgy aroma. Sweet, raisiny, toffeish and warming flavor. Medium to full bodied but still kind of watery. The abbey character comes mostly from malts, some belgian yeast flavors would add complexity.

Draught (~ 7%)@Bruuveri, Helsinki. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is mild sweet fruits with some syrup, toffee, hops and yeast. Flavour is caramel malts, sweet dry fruits, some grass as well as yeast and raisins. Yeast and dark berries gets stronger as it warms up.

UPDATED: OCT 8, 2009 7 2008 small @ SOPP -helsinki. alc. ~7% Small beige head -lots of lace. hazy dim amber. Full bodied strong syrupy and very strong cellar flavor and aroma. (not so pleasant) a bit watery, very dry, sticky, acrid. re-rate HBF09: clear cellar aroma and flavor. seems more balanced than last year. positive progress