Ciney Brune

Brewed by Alken-Maes (Heineken)
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Jumet, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

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(bottle) Red to amber body with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is quite musty, vinous and a bit sour. Sweetish flavour, medium bodied, soft carbonated. The taste is malty, slightly fruity with dry plums, a bit sour (vinegar), but also sweet, which is all well-balanced and makes this beer an experience. The high ABV is not detectable.

Bottle. A sweet dried fruit aroma. Dark brown color with small head. Nice complex flavor - raisin/plum jam and molasses. No bitterness or nasty sweetness to the beer.

Bottle. Weak malty, sherryish aroma. Brown colour. Unstable light brown head. Dark malt flavour, a bit like Vitamalt. Øllebrød flavour notes and mouthfeel. Sweet finish.

(Bottled) Very dark amber / brown color with a medium, beige and lacy head. Sweetish aroma of raisins, malt and some salty soy-sauce sourness. Sweetish, toffee-malty flavor with salty rye pudding hints. Medium-bodied, slightly sugary palate with balanced carbonation. A not very full-bodied, quite straightforward dubbel - but with some interesting qualities.

UPDATED: FEB 2, 2006 Good beer, always I have taste a Blegian beer who has the blond and the brune versions, I have a good impresion with the Brune one.

Brown colour with a baige head. Sweet dark bread prune aroma and a sweet fruity taste. Medium body and a sweet finish.

Bottle: Dark red brown with a foamy head that quickly disappears. Bitter chocolate, malty, sweet smells. Taste is bittersweet with notes of dark fruits and noticeable traces of it’s 7% alcohol content. From mid bottle on the taste is much lighter and less complex. I prefer the blonde Ciney.

nice roast with rasins and bananas somewhat bread like and fruity malts with a bit of spice and a nice balanced bitterness.

Nice chesnut color with a creamy beige head. Smooth malty aroma’s with hints of dark malts, roasted nuts, brown sugar, wood and cigarcase. Full round taste with a good nutty accent and a faint fruityness that gives it balance. In the afthertaste soft malts and a little chcolate bitterness in the end.

Nice looking dark Belgian beer with a very fruity aroma, and a very fruity, slightly fizzy strawberry flavour. Overall a beautifully palatable and satisfying beer.