De Ranke Noir De Dottignies

Brewed by Brouwerij De Ranke
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Dottignies/Dottenijs, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Medium yellow-beige head, dense, over red-brown beer. Very chocolatey nose, bit of solvent, light lactic acid, dry pine needles. Roasted-burnt character, burnt grains, overlying lactic-chocolatey underbuild. Persistent point of acidity. Chocolate, burnt, remaining on the palate. Rather well-bodied, alcohol discreet; slick. Problem I have with this not undeserving beer, is that it tries to pull into two directions at once. Lactic Oud Bruin notes are clashing with the burnt dark malts specs. Or, another failed attempt at reconciling Walloon & Flemish...

From bottle, served in branded snifter glass at Biercraft on The Drive. Fruity nose. Thin head. Very dark brown, not black in color. Flavor is fruity, nutty, rich, like a very flavorful stout. Some aftertaste. Very nice!

Bottle. Hazy deep brown body. Frothy, tan head, mostly lasting. Aroma of cookie, toasted malt, bread, herbs, mustiness. chocolate, licorice. Hint of pepper. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture turning velvety in the finish, lively carbonation. Lingering bitterness with notes of anise in the taste balance the sweet malts. Tastes of mint and clover are noticeable. Lacking a richness that one would expect in a 9% Belgian strong.

Tap in Moeder Fontainas. Brown colour rather than black. Lovely full malty character, with spice and a bit of booze, but they must have loaded the hops in here as it still finishes dry, bitter and long. Lots of flavour - an excellent beer.

750 ml bottle - pours dark brown with red hint - steady 2 finger head. Aroma of dark malt and caramel, some citrus hints as well. Medium to full body with a nice baalnce between sweetness and freshness. Combined this with crued milk cheeses and the combination gave a nice chocolaty finish to the beer

(Bottle) Dark reddish brown colour with rich, creamy, beige head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of liquorice, toffee, dried fruit, raisins, dark chocolate and burnt/caramelized sugar. Malty, roasted taste with chocolate, tobacco, dried fruit, candy sugar, soy sauce and liquorice. More than medium body, fairly sweet, with a gentle citric bitterness. Tasty and well balanced. Nice one.

Poechn, Brussels, B. Bottled, 200312. Amber with white head. Aroma of yeast and malt. Flavour with berries and esters.

750ml bottle from Bierzwerg. Dark brown colour with enourmous head, maybe bit off? Aroma is roasted. Flavous is yeast, spices.

Bottle. Had this after dinner, was great. Looks ruby red to dark brown in the glass, with a medium sized, creamy, tanned head on top. Aroma of coffee, licorice and roasted malts. Some caramel present as well. Flavour is sweet, with coffee tones defintely coming through here. Great to have after dinner.

Bottle, 75cl corked. A minimal sized off-white head sits on top of an unclear, brown body. Sweetish caramel nose with dried fruits, some alcohol and a touch of spices and hops. Sweetness, caramel and dried fruits in the finish. Full-bodied and nicely carbonated mouthfeel. Pleasant finish with European hop flavor and bitterness. Wouldn’t mind having more of this one. 110826

From back log

Head: Creamy, medium, off white
Colour: almost black
Smell: lots of malts, licqourice , bit of anise, chocolat, coffee , roasted
Taste: almost like a strong stout , only thing is that it’s less roasted , but very nice malty flavour ( if you like that ) with chocolat , coffee and chiqory as main flavour , bitter dry end , nice !