Koelschip Oerbier Donker

Brouwerij het Koelschip
Brewed at Maasland Brouwerij
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Almere, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass

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Bottle from De Bierkoning. 2008-2009 vintage (brewed only once per year), ABV 8.5%.Now this is interesting stuff.Pours dark reddish brown with a big tan head. Vinous aroma with hints of caramel. Woody and sour berries flavours, some caramel. Very complex, getting close to its namesake from Esen, and that is a compliment.

Bottle, 9,5% on the label. Pours an enormous head. Raisin and molasses in the aroma. Sweet sugary alcoholic fluid with grape juice, brown sugar and roasted malt. Medium bodied. Good recipe, but the execution could be much better.

Brewery started brewing again in 2006, so this is not retired. Clear dark brown color, short creamy head. Aroma of oak wood, some ripe fruit like prunes, dark malt. Slight sweet taste, again with the fruit and the wood, some whisky notes, bit dusty and chalky though. Palate is more bitter. Flavors are not bad, but it is difficult to finish a bottle.