Liefmans Abdis (Capucine) Bruin

Formerly brewed at Riva Brouwerij (Moortgat)
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Dentergem, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

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(Bottled) Nice dark red color with almost no head. Sweetish, malty aroma with lots of dried fruit. Slightly sour, bitter and acidic, roasted-malty, dried-fruity flavor with a mildly ashy finish. Medium-bodied, sweet-sugary palate with some alcohol burn and not much carbonation. Too sweet to be enjoyable, too sour-ashy to be easy or refreshing. Who is this aimed for??

330ml Bottle (Shared by FatPhil) - Dark brown with red tinges. Fruity and vinous aroma with caramel and dried fruit. Rich,fruity and sweet taste with notes of caramel,nuts and fruitcake.

head: none
colour: brown
smell: chocolat, malts, yeast, irony, bitter, sweet
taste: very sweet malty start, irony, chocolat/cacao , bitterness, yeast, grassy, hopy flavour in end

Bottle. Brown pour, small head, large flocks of yeast. Aroma is winey, caramel and fruits, seems past it’s due date. Flavour is sweet, sugary, caramel and some fruit. Very poor, seems past it’s due date.

Bottle at tasting, thanks for sharing dEnk! Hazy brown pour with a very small head and a lot of floaties. Aroma of fruits, sugar and a tiny hint of licorice. Flavor is watery, too sweet, a hint of sourness, some anise. Very low carbonation, watery texture.

33 cl bottle. Pours dark brown with a small off-white head. Weak malty aroma.Moderate sweet taste, some light roasted malts here, but thats all.

Bottle 33cl. @ home.
Clear medium brown color, with medium to large size body particles, a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, chocolate, vintage, moderate roasted, caramel, nutty, fruity. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090314]

<b>In short: </b>Minimalist sweet fruity Belgian dark ale
<b>How: </b>Bottle 330ml, about 1 year old
<b>The look: </b>A very small tan head over a clear dark mahogany with a lot of big chunks.
<b>In long: </b>Shy nose of dark jelly bean. Taste is sweet, liquorice candy, dark fruits concentrate, somewhat sweet, no hops presence. Moughtfeel of a soda-pop with chunks of yeast. Minimalist taste. More boring than offensive which is a slight improvement over some of their other products. Abdispensable.

Brown bottle, 33 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on December 23 2008; eye: mahogany with burgundy reflections, opaque, voluminous beige head that falls but leaves a good sheet on the beer, slight lacing; nose: lots of caramel malt, slight spices, lightly oxidized, light fruity; mouth: lots of caramel malt, slight spices, light fruity, finale in caramel malt with a good presence of ash, foamy but also syrupy texture, quite carbonated, medium body, rather sweet, medium body, a bit thin; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 23 décembre 2008; œil : acajou avec des reflets bourgogne, opaque, mousse beige abondante qui tombe mais laisse une bonne couverture sur la bière, très légère dentelle; nez : beaucoup de malt caramel, très léger épices, légèrement oxydée, léger fruité; bouche : beaucoup de malt caramel, léger épices, léger fruité, finale en malt caramel avec une petite présence cendrée, texture mousseuse et aussi moyennement sirupeuse, pas mal carbonatée, assez sucrée, corps moyen, un peu mince; en résumé : correct

A clear dark brown ale with diffuse floaties and a thin moka head. Aroma is musty and sweet, caramel, lightly oxidized, and vinous. In mouth, a sweet candy sugar with aniseed, light orange peels, a bit short. Medium bodied. Overall, a nice bruin.

Bottle bb Mar 2008, courtesy of and shared with heavy (thanks!)
Lovely red-brown body with a medium sized off-white head. Pleasant malty and spicy nose, just a little dusty and sourish. Very, very light malty taste, slightly sweetish. Caramel and some weak weak spice and. Ok nuff, not offensive but needs more taste.