Campus

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Melle, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Amber cloudy with white head. Sweet balanced with spice. Medium smooth

Bottled at Pater Marcus, Budapest. Belgian Strong Ale? Mmkay. Poured a bronze body with a small, sligthly off white head that went away fast. The nose is light, sweet maltiness, cherries, some alcohol and maybe chocolate. Interesting but sounds better than it really is. The taste is very light and subdued, some soft cherries carrying some sourness too, a bit of dust.... meh, just too light for its own good.

bottle at hope ... copper ... thin white lacing ... salty spiced yeastnose...bitter fruits ... little dry ... some toffee ... very soso

Amber coloured beer with some average carbonation and an average but diminishing off-white head. Refreshing malty (caramelmalt) light fruity hinted aroma. Full palate. Finish is bitter dry, malty and light herby with some light alcoholic hints on the background. Medium, not bad.

Bottled(330ml). -Dark amber coloured, medium to big off white head, fruity coriander nose. Fresh and pleasant fruity and spicy taste with notes of caramel and yeast. Soft mouthfeel. I’m very satisfied with this beer.

Bottle, bought @ Boysens Vinhandel, Odense.
Pours orange-brown with a fine, smallish, creamy, off-white head. Aroma is quite fruity. Some raisins and raspberries, coriander, ginger and vanilla. Light oranges as well. High carbonation, a tad underwhelming mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet and malty, some caramel, okay ginger. Long, lingering aftertaste with spices and yeast. Fair enough, but nothing really special.

Best By December 2007; Sampled February 2009
An easy pour into my 25cl tulip glass produces a three finger thick, amber tinged, light tan colored head. The beer is a red-plum color that shows a brilliantly clear, bright red, copper highlighted hue when held up to the light. As I pour this aromas of raisins are noticeable; a deeper inspection reveals a very sweet smelling nose that is a mix of fruit and sweet spices. Ample cherry aromatics, mahleb, fenugreek, candied orange zest, grenadine, a touch of ginger, some white pepper and some clove aromas. The sweet fruitiness is so big here that it almost seems artificial.

Surprisingly dry tasting for such a sweet seeming aroma, though this does have a touch of sweetness to it. The finish is where that artificial fruitiness from the nose comes into play as this lingers on in the mouth with notes similar to cherry extract, blackberry flavors and a touch of cider notes. This has a sort of nuttiness to the finish that seems like it is a bit stale or perhaps even rancid (though this last part is subtle). As the beer warms up it becomes a bit more sweet, but again with that artificial sweetness to it. The beer is pretty light bodied for a beer of this strength, though it does have some heft to it.

Interesting, to say the least, I really wonder where this artificial fruit and sweetness is coming from here. Still it is a little too much and there isn’t enough other things going on to provide any sort of balance to these flavors.

33cl, from the brewery, complex brew, not balanced, hazy, good head, nothing special