Deca Vleteren Alt

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Mildly sweet and big malt possible decoction mash. Malts are Big roasted and somewhat tannic with a bit of a portlike note. Plums, Grapes, Leather, Marzipan, Toffee, nuts and earthy malt body. Very mild hopping and a clean but heavy finish.

(Bottled) Muddy darkish brown with a medium, beige and creamy head. Slightly sour and wineous aroma with toffee, plums, pepper, tobacco, leather, some alcohol and tannic hints. Sweet-caramely, very malty flavor with rye-pudding and a dryish, roasted and slightly alcoholic finish. Quite full-bodied, warming palate with slightly too strong and fizzy carbonation. A very enjoyable and balanced, imperial stout -like brew for sipping it down slowly. A very pleasant surprise, and quite unbelgian!

Dark brown, cloudy color. Nice beige lasting foam. Mildly vinous, chocolate, spicy and slightly alcoholic aroma. Flavor has chocolate, sweetness, mild spices and dries nicely in the end. Medium to full bodied, nice lace in glass. Mild alcohol comes up in the end.

Bottled 25cl, different label than in RB (BB 06/2005)
Hazy nut brown, medium tanned head. Lively carbonation. Aroma of coffee and plums. Medium-bodied. Flavor is roasted, hoppy, malty with dark chocolate. This one has strong late bitterness and warming alcohol.

Pours a cloudy brown beer with a normal creamy head. The aroma is malty, nutty, faint soft spicy and dry caramely. The taste is well balanced and has a outspoken accent of nuts, malts and dry cookie’s.

An unclear brown beer with a huge light brown head. The aroma contains notes of coriander, oranges, yeast, wet cloth, and is a little sour. The flavor though is sweet with notes of yeast and coriander and a dry hoppy end.

Bottled. Amber and hazy colour. Spicy(almonds, raisins) flavour. Richly malty. Dry finish.

UPDATED: SEP 2, 2009 Bright brown body. Little head. A lot of chocolate chip cookie dough but also with brandyish fruity character. Thin, like malt extract homebrew.

Sweet malty, raisin. Mincemeat. Good aroma, very addictive. Cloudy brown with lacing head. Medium body with light carb. Alcohol warming. Nice malty start, raisin, alcohol, light acidic. Finish is pumpernickel or all-grain sour bread. Bread after.

Earth brown, cloudy beer with really nice lacing and a small off-white head. Yeasty nose with hints of caramel and spices. The flavor is toffee, caramel sweet in nature with a slight tart bite on the end. Yeasty as well and an alcohol presence on the finish. Nice, complex, and a little strange.