Loteling Bruin

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Belgian Ale
Melle, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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A hazy dark red beer with an orange-brown head. The aroma is yeasty combined with notes of alcohol and caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, giving it a sticky mouthfeel.

(Bottle 33 cl) Dark brown, very hazy with a fairly decent head. Spicy, dry tar-like mouthfeel - with some late sweetness. Dried fruits and a hint of bitter chocolate. no hop-bitterness though Excellent indeed. 161297

Bottled. Cloudy red brown coloured with a creamy off white head. Aroma of caramel, spices and alcohol. Flavour of dried fruits, caramel, bread and fruits.

Brown-amber colour, thick head. Very light aroma, not very pleasant. Decent body, but spoiled by un unpleasant sourness.

Bottled, 330ml, aged 4.5yrs. Dark chestnut brown with faint cream head. Sweet and fruity dark beer with noticeable alcohol accent. The fruitiness is likw a sweet Dessert wine, full of grape and pulp, the alcohol gives it a nasal quality. Finishes quickly, worth giving a try.

Bottled at The London/Joet Gathering Chez Chris_O. The first beer of thisexcellent gathering and it looked like a murky mud bath in the glass. The aroma was a bit on the sour chocolate side with a bit of fruit and some hidden sugars. The taste was much better; it was very chocolatey and reminded me of one of those kirsch liqueur chocolates with a whole cherry in. I think the beer may have been past its best although no BBE date could be found. However it was interestingly tasty enough to warrant a reasonable score.

OK, so this had been shaken up on the journey, so perhaps it is understandable that this looked like murky, muddy pondwater. Clearly pretty old (no date indication or best before date on the bottle). Cocoa and chocolate, with some fruit in the aroma. Rather sweet, with very little hop grip. Nonetheless, once I got used to this, I rather enjoyed it. Bottled (not filtered, obviously) at the RB/Joet London gathering, courtesy of maeib.

Dark purple-brown in colour with a diminishing head. Aromas are sweet malts with a fruity sour edge. Flavours are lightly roasted malts with hints of dark chocolate bitterness. Quite earthy and dry with a bitter, dry finish. A bit sticky on the palate. I didn’t taste any of the sourness that my fellow raters did, some fruitiness perhaps but nothing acidic. Not the richest of brunes but pretty decent.

Bottle. Red brown colour with a small baige head. Sweet dark fruits aroma and a sweet fruity taste. Medium body and a sweet finish.

No#48. (1984). This bottle was in terrible shape, i had serious doubts that it was still good, how wrong i was. Aroma is sour, with a decent amount of malt kicking about, nice agedness. Taste is Oh soo good, its turned to a flemish sour ale by this time, the sour malt is juicey with good dusty wood characters making it amazing. Dry finish finishes this off excellently. A very unexpected winner of a beer. This was my favourate beer of the whole trip, and hope dirk doesnt run out before i come back for more.