La Ferme Au Chene Marckloff

Brewed by Brasserie La Ferme Au Chene
Style: Belgian Ale
Durbuy, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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(Bottled, 0.75l, bought a year ago, no BBE marked) Hazy dark copper with a small, bubbly head. Aroma of caramely malt, citrusy hops, graininess. Yeast brings peppery spiciness and anise into the aroma. Flavor is caramely, somewhat dull, lemony-fruity, mildly hoppy. Light to medium body, feels somewhat watery for the ABV, low in CO2. A quite dull, Bière de Garde -like brew.

June 2009: Finally got round to drink this .75cl green bottle purchased at the brewery in 2008 purely to review at home. I poured the bottle into three different glasses, in one pour, wanting the sediment to stay within the bottle until the final glass. The first glass held a bright amber beer with a large white foaming head and showed good carbonisation, with a lively stream of bubbles rising up through the beer. The second glass held a slightly duller looking beer witha wispy head and very little in the way of carbonisation. The third and final glass held only a small amount of beer, it was sludge like, a dirty dishwater brown. There were hints of malts and hops from the first two glasses, the third was all yeast smells, as I expected. All three glasses tasted tangy and sharp, it was also a little bitter, unusual for any Belgian brew I’ve come across before. The third glass had more of everything and I’m sure it ’Aided my digestion’ the following morning! I struggled to come to terms with this beer. Not a Love-Hate dilema but not far off. I wasn’t overly impressed with it at the brewery (on tap there) either. Can’t be cruel but this doesn’t ’float by boat’ at all. The third glass however, the one containing the sediment and grimbly bits was fantastic, even though it loooked disgusting.

bebida en tirador en la cerveceria. Color dorado con buena retención de espuma,sabor abrutado con carácter de levadura.un poco dulce. Refrescante si estas en verano de paso.

750 bottle-thanks to jtclockwork for sharing–pours a retaining light tan head and hazy amber color. Aroma is bready-light/medium malt. Taste is bready/caramel-light/medium malt, light fruit-pear, some spice hops, ginger root. OK/soft carbonation.

Bottle. Pours reddish brown. White head. Nose/taste of bready malt, yeast and grain. Taste also has ginger root bark and caramel.

Bottle at Yespr - Thanks. Cloudy brwon - white head. Roasted, chocolate, fruity, peppery, herbal, wheaty notes, grassy, citric, light off notes, caramel. OK.

Bottled. Amber coloured. Unclear. Dense beige head. ARoma of fruits, spice, light chocolate. Flavour of fruits, light caramel and spice. Quite4 thin bodied. Dry fruity end.

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and caramelish to breadish roasted malt. Caramelish and mild sweet malt flavoured. Roasted and caramelish into a medium dry finish.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a cloudy amber with some floaties and an off-white head. Fruity nose. Medium body, fruit and brown sugar, a little herbal also. Very timid finish with hardly any bitterness. 240610

Thanks to sebletitje for the share in Miami. Pours clear gold with off-white head. Nose is malt, sugar, caramel, yeast, and some slight citrus. Flavor is similar with sugar, malt, and citrus. Medium-bodied and lively. A relatively sessionable Belgian Ale: there is a noble concept.