Deca Vleteren Alt

Brewed by Deca Services
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Woesten-Vleteren, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle at Kulminator, Antwerp, Belgium
Deep brown body with an off-white head. Excellent lace. Nicely balanced aroma of malts, spices - a good complexity. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter flavour which is also very nicely balanced.

Bottled. Hazy brown. Small, bubbly and beige head. Sweet, almost sugary, aroma and flavour. A lot of sweet fruitiness; apricots and licorice. Warm alco-feel.

Part of a bottle. Hazy, dark brown with white head. Aroma of candy! Caramel and herbal medicine. Some notes of plum and toffee. Medium body.

Bottle @ 3-små rum. Göteborg: Hazy red colour,flat head. Aroma of a mix of sweetnes and sournes.Dust,malty alc ending.Whata mix! Flavor has a more balanced mix of malt,sugar,citric,flowers. Medium body, and anice medium citric,flowery finish.

Bottled at Tre små rum, Göteborg, Sweden. Opaque brown, small off-white head. Spicy and candyish malt aroma with notes of burnt sugar, and some herbal hop notes as well. medium bodied and smooth. Ok balance.

(25cl bottle, best by 12/04) Murky brown body with medium beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, plum, brown sugar, light herb, coffee. Taste is moderately sweet, grape/raisin, some molasses, vinous, nut, earthy, light herb. Medium body.

(Bottle, BB 12/04) Pours a murky reddish-brown body with a thick frothy beige head. Aroma of earthiness, toffee, funkiness, dark fruit, and grape juice. Flavor of toasted malt and dark fruit with a bit of a chaulky finish.

25cL bottle. No it’s not the famous Westy from up the street but I thought this was a great beer, especially for the price. I would recommend trying this beer. Best place to buy is the drive-through beer barn in Woesten.

A Mes rate: 25cl bottle from Quinns. Lovely spicy with hints of alcohol and hops but with a fantastic note of germoline. Opaque cloudy golden colour with a thin white head and plenty of lace. Malt and alcohol in the flavour with some biscuit and cream. Nice hoppy balance for the finish but sadly the alcohol shows through just a little too much for me. Good beer though.

What a great expectations I had when I found this beer. Another beer from the Vleteren area close to Ieper in Belgium (I guess everyone have heard about the great Westvleteren). Unfortunately it’s not like the West neighbours. Yeasty and fruity nose and the flavor is fruity and quite alcoholic.