Det Lille Bryggeri Dark Ale

Brewed by Det Lille Bryggeri (Roskilde Øl)
Style: Belgian Ale
Viby Sjælland, Denmark

Bottle 50cl.
Clear medium to dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lancing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, licorice. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (170508)

Bottle at Ølfestival 2008, Århus
Cloudy dark brown color; creamy head. It has a quite nice malt and chocolate aroma. Good body, good chocolate and malt flavor. A sweet Imperial Stout, not complex, but easy to drink.

Bottled@ Aarhus beerfestival 2008. Aroma is quite fruity with prunes and strawberry. Some licorice. Clear, dark coloured with an off-white head. Taste is sweet has some roqsty bitterness, some coffee, licorice and prunes. Nice beer.

Bottled @ Aarhus beerfestival 2008. Dark color. Aroma of strawberry yoghurt. Taste also has it, but combined with dark bitter malts. Quite sweet.

Clear dark brown with medium short lasting head. Aroma has roasted malt and liquerice. Flavor is sweet with roasted malt, liquerice and and coffee. Ends light bitter.

Bottle, bought @ Kolding Vinhandel. Pours a very muddy dark brown with a fizzy, bubbly off white head. It settles as a 1cm thick head with medium bubbles. Aroma is powreful, sweet, chocolate and dried fruits and light hazel nuts. Mouthfeel is okay. Flavour has a heavy yeast presence, a clear chocolate edge with a slight sourness on top of it. There is some berries in there as well. It is actually okay - but mostly because the chocolate makes it feel a little ’fat’.

Bottle. Light nut and grass aroma. Deep brown color with a beige head. Sweet nut flavors with a smooth light palate. Rather plain.

An interesting and kinda unique, candied dark belgian-style ale showing obvious yeastiness that never quite gets complex in front of generic caramel/earthy malts. A noting feature is its lollipop sweetish component. Tart on the palate, which feels a bit awkward paired with the malt’s toastiness. It creates an astringent finish that reaches its maximum as leafy hops kick in and make it dry. That’s unfortunate, because it had felt successively pancake-like, blackberries-like and grape-like on its way to this disaster. Train wreck ultimately.