Corsendonk Pater (Abbey Brown Ale)

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

Brownish colour with a light brown head. Fruity aroma with notes of plums and some caramel as well. Flavour is sweet and somewhat yeasty. Stand upp well to a chocolate dessert.

(on tap at Léon de Belge in Essen/Ruhr) Dark amber colour with a small tanned head. Sweet malty aroma with lots of dried fruits, yeasts and coriander spice. Initially sweetmalty taste with an almost refreshing slightly sour fruitiness turning into a spicy (pepper, coriander) and sweetbitter finish with hints of grilled red paprika. Medium body, the alcohol is well integrated. A very tasty Dubble !

Nice dark colour and fine light brown head. A very fruity beer. Banana, candied pineapple, plums and some mango in the aroma. Alcoholic and yeasty flavour with notes of port wine and fruit. Rather complex and good.

Bottled, 33cl. Cloudy, red-orange with a beige head. Light citric, yet sweet and malty aroma. Candi-sweet flavor with bitterness. Full-bodied and with a bitter finish. Rating: 6-4-8-4-16-3.8 (060328)

Bottle, 33cl. In my head, I had memories of a slightly hazy beer, but this time it was translucent. Deep, reddish brown body, with a nice, creamy, beige head on top. Good retention and pretty lacings. Dried fruits, some fresh fruityness, a hint of yeast and a good sweetness in the aroma. Some chocolate as well. The flavor is sweet and sugary, but the sweetness is far from alone. There’s a very present flavor of dried fruits, and also a nice bitterness that lasts. It has a slightly warming mouthfeel, it’s quite sticky and full-bodied. A weak note of cocoa is also present in the flavor. As the beer warms up a bit, a subdued sour note appeares in the aroma, but it’s far from spoiling the experience. I like this one, but I don’t think it would be fair lifting my score any further. It suits the colder months best, and it gives me a little christmasy feeling. Pity it’s so unavailable here in Norway, even though it’s available at Vinmonopolet. (071204)

Agressive carbonation nearly smothering the light molasses in brandy…Nutty apricot sweetness and roasted malt bitterness mingle with the lemon and wood pudding…Satisfying for a quaffer, disappointing for a rich dubbel...

750 ml bottle. Corked and caged. Best before 14/02/07. Dark brown beer with a thin tan head. Sweet malty aroma of toast, brown sugar, molasses, sweet caramel and a strong spiced rum component that I’m really digging. Sweet plum and cherry. Creamy texture. Very sweet and malty with a complex maltiness. Toast, rye, plums, rum and molasses. Light herbal hoppiness help to dry it out and keep it from becoming cloying. Lightly charred/smokey flavour. Great malty complexity. Yeast is quite subdued letting the malts shine. Very different from most dubbels I’ve had and an excellent brew.

33cl bottle
Nose of toasted cinnamon bread, caramel and brown sugar. Spicy and toasty nose. Palate is oily and slick, texture shows high carbonation and is mostly fizzy. Has a stale old bottle flavor, along with a cinnamon and toast malt flavor.

Almost like a wine with a foamy tan head. It pours a rich brown color with a dried fruit - plums, raisins, etc. - aroma. The taste is sweet/sour, the fruitiness coming through heavily. There’s also a solid sweet maltiness to it. Has a nifty bitter aftertaste. And, I got a free Corsendonk glass with the drink!