Corsendonk Pater (Abbey Brown Ale)

Brewed by Du Bocq
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Purnode-Yvoir, Belgium

330 ml bottle. Dark ruby red brown colour. Big flake floates. Medium-sized fine-laced creamy off-white head. Definitive Belgian yeast character. Powdery chocolate aromas. Gentle roasted notes. High carbonation level. Crisp malts and sharp carbonation. Yeasty. but still very approachable. Quite nice, and inoffensive even though there are a couple of defects.

Bottle/tap? Almost black body. Nice pale brown head. Sweetish aroma, ok. Moderate sweet flavour. Pleasant. (I de gamle gode tider, Brüssel, 15.12.07)

Pours a clear dimmed ruby with brown edges and has a off-white creamy foamy head, effervescent, creamy lacing adhered to the sides of the glass, aromas of dark malt and dark bread, raisin with dark fruit, brown sugar sweetness and some yeast, a sip brought flavors of dark malt and dark bread, fruit and some brown sugar molasses sweetness, malt sweetness diminished quickly to leave a loosely sticky bread-fruit flavor on the palate, leaves some pepper on the tongue, some faint alcohol tingle in the nostrils , there were a few really faint smoke flavors detected here and there when the ale was left to warm to room temperature, this has a good dry finish, I found this to be a dry Dubbel ale and not as sweet as some other Dubbels, has a light to medium mouth feel, sort of bubbly and creamy in the mouth, a nice drink.

Think I drank this to cold but a very good beer, similar to Corsendonks triple, but even more balanced and a hint of dark malts.

Not a big fan of Belgians so my score may be a bit low but I like to try everything I can get my hands on. Much darker than I was actually expecting, almost a reddish tint to it. Nice foamy head, smells of fruit and yeast. I can smell the raisin influence as well. Tastes pretty similar to most other Belgians, but has an underlyig darkness to it that is actually quite nice. One of the better Belgians I’ve had but I still aint a fan.

Pours a dark brown with some dark red coming through when held up to a light. Had a rich, creamy, tan head with a solid lacing. The aroma is of yeast, strawberries, and other fruit. The taste was quite pleasant, I found many various things inside. Started off with some nuts and fig, finished dry with some vanilla and spice. Mouthfeel was medium bodied with a strong carbonation, was also nice and creamy mouthfeel. This beer hides alcohol like it isn’t even there, serve cool and notice differences as it warms.

Pours a mahogany brown sugar colour with a creamy head that dies to nothing. You get a mild sweetnes in the nose along with dark fruit and fig and sense of sourness from the Belgian yeast. Very balanced in that you get the sour yeast, you get the sweet malt and you get the fruit but its all subtle and blends nicely. Medium in the mouth and very drinkable

Bottle, poured dark brown with cherry red highlights. Nice creamy tan foamy head that disapated fairly quickly. Everything about this beer was mild. The aroma was nice but not outstanding. Nice carbonation. Had a creamy texture. Light chocolate flavor appeared and a hint of a peppery spice. All in all it was a nice beer, but nothing really jumped out flavorwise to make this something really special.