Corsendonk Pater (Abbey Brown Ale)

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

Pour is a brown with a large tan head. Aroma is wine like with notes of cherry and wheat. Flavor is apple and raisons with some chocolate and spice. It reminds me of a chocolate covered strawberry. Sweet but and underllying tartness. Very tasty and worth the price.

Bottle, best before 24/08/08. Surprisingly clear; dark brown with red highlights. Humongous and lasting light-brown foam. Aroma is spiced bubblegum and pepper. Taste is raisins soaked in dry sherry, with slight bubblegum; some brown sugar and alcohol aftertaste. Palate is surprisingly flat, medium-light and dry. Good beer, but the alcohol takes a little too much of the spotlight for only 7.5%.

This beer was very rich I thought. Which is a good characteristic of the beer. The beer was kind of salty to me, but there was a sweet fruity flavor to balance it out. One of the greatest flavors to me is the combination of sweet and salty. The beer had the smell of dark fruits. I would say raisins would be the closest fruit to compare it to. The beer was dark brown and had a nice caramel smell and flavor to it. ABV is okay, I always wish it were a bit higher. Decent brew.

Dark red pour with a thin white head. Deep caramel notes with grape and plum nose as well. Highly carbonated but not overly so as to detract from the beer. Personally finished tied for third out of the 9 dubbels sampled at a blind tasting. For the group it finished second.

12 oz. bottle. Dark ruby brown pour producing a very durable large light brown head and excellent lace. Roasted character to the aroma is supplemented by some yeasty and earthy notes as well as some faint dark fruit. Palate is mildly astringent and dry with a medium body and carbonation. Sweet, burnt caramel flavor is held nicely in check by a spicy bitterness. This is not as fruity as some of the dubbles that I’ve had. It leans toward a drier, more bitter finish, which isn’t all bad as far as I’m concerned.

Sampled at a blind abbey dubbel tasting hosted by tennisjoel on 4-14-07, along with eight other beers. This was the fourth beer that we tasted. It finished in second place in my rankings, and it was second place in the group rankings. Originally poured from a 750 mL bottle. The overwhelming winner of the night was ’t Smisje Dubbel, with Corsendonk Pater finishing a strong if distant second. <P>Wheat-like, smoky aroma featuring sweet tobacco and fresh lemon juice scents. Almost reminiscent of a rauch-weizen, although the smoke smell is much weaker here than in an actual rauchbier. Very strong, very good aroma. Pours a remarkably dark amber with a red hue and a very small amount of beige head. Sharp wheat and smoke-like tastes. Tastes like it smells, but I think those elements work better in the aroma than in the flavor. Dry finish. Sour and bitter aftertaste. Medium body. Very lively on the tongue. High in carbonation. When I tried this beer, I figured that it would win the tasting handily. Little did I suspect the awesomeness that is ’t Smisje Dubbel remained on the horizon...

750ml, very nice presentation with cork. Beautiful looking with a nice nutty smell. However, a little dry and bitter. Not very tasty, but a mildly enjoyable brew nonetheless.

750ml Bottle, dark brown , tan head. mild flavor , tastes somewhat dry almost like a wine. as belgians go an..... OK beer. better than a lager but for the price there way better alternatives