Koelschip Monnikbier

Brouwerij het Koelschip
Brewed at Maasland Brouwerij
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Almere, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass

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2008 Vintage Huge, undulating brown-cream head over fully opaque dark redbrown beer. Sourish-vinous nose, as Oud Bruin, lactic acid, ripe red fruit. Jumble of flavours: lactic acid, sharp metallic bitterness, woodstripper, fruity esters and vinous character. Medium bodied, very discreet alcoholburn; retronasal not an explosion, but a gradual full deployment of all the inherent flavours. Let’s be candid. My first idea was: "infected", immediately followed by "but they had full mazzel with it ". Gradually, I became convinced they had attempted ànd succeeded a classical Flemish Oud Bruin. If only. If only it weren’t for that never-away metallic bitterness, as well as the caption on the label, claiming to be brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot . Flämisches Alt for crying out loud???

(30cl bottle thanks to bu11zeye) rich copper color with a thick tan head. Nose of cherry, light and funky, caramel and cream. Taste of cherry, vinous, lightly tart, nice linger. Creamy and fruit linger on the palate.

Dark, reddish clear body. Small quickly dissappearing head. Malty, slightly sweet, and fruity.

Dark red brown with a lively off-white head. Aroma of brown sugar, chocolate and dried fruits, with strong delicious brett. Dry and slightly tart flavour with strong brett and a little chocolate. Based on the other ratings it’s not infected on purpose, but the result is quite nice.

(Bottled, 8% ABV) Hazy dark brown with a large, firm but quickly descending head. Vinegary-tart nose with caramely maltiness. Flavor is also somewhat tart (infected?), but the caramely maltiness is quite dubbel-like. Not too sweet, but maybe some vegetably notes. Medium body, soft and low CO2. One could call this spoiled, but in some strange way I found this quite enjoyable. 4255

Bottle 30 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear orangey brown with a beige head. Very lively - a slow gusher. Leathery Brett aroma. Medium body, notes of black currant and dried fruit. Astringent and leathery Brett accents. Clearly another infected Koelschip beer - but somehow they manage to come out quite succesful with their infections! 031009

Bottle 33cl.
Clear medium brown color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, dark berry notes, moderate yeasty, brett. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and roasted, caramel, brett bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Clearly a infected beer - but somehow it manage to come out quite succesful ! [20091003]

Bottle courtesy bu11zeye. Slightly cloudy orangish color with a very small amount of carbonation. Aroma is a bit of slight soured apple with a tart raisin scent. Flavor is a mix of sweet raisins and plum with a tart grape flavor as well. Finishes grainy wheat and tart.

The color is beautiful dark red mahogany and the head is creamy. The aroma has notes of sour yeast, barnyard, malt and fruit. The flavor is slightly sweet, sour, yeasty with notes of roasted malt and light fruit.

German Ulfborg tasting 09. Bottle. Pours cloudy brown with a creamy white head and lacings. Dust, tart, brett, caramel. Medium bodied. Infected in a positive direction.