Lozen Boer

Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Lochristi, Belgium

I was surprised to look of De Proef and find that they brewed many more beers than I thought - many I had tried but never connected back to its proper source. So I approach this Lozen beer with a certain mindfulness, knowing now that these folks have made so many other previously enjoyed but uncited beers. A thick foamy tan head rises up to greet the mouth of the bottle, pushing along a creamy and smooth aroma: a slight hops, nuttiness, a dark wood scent and plenty of dark fruits like figs give this beer a shadowy substance well before I even get a chance to see the color of the beer. It’s dark brown, by the way. Supplementary aromas include extremely well kiled chocolates, which end up tasting like a mix of milk chocolate shavings and sheer malts. I go for a sip, eager to paint my tongue in a dark coating of flavor, and I’m assaulted by a combined force of carbonation and alcohol. Once that subsides, though only slightly, I get a slight hops spiciness, but mostly a moderate woody flavor, semi-dark chocolate and layers upon layers of alcohol, lapping onto my tongue like the sea to the seashore. Later, before the aftertaste, the alcohol mitigates itself, but even then it’s still simply too much. In fact, all these flavors combined makes for something of a bourbony beer, and even when that’s the case the alcohol is simply just too much. Apparently this needs a little more aging before it can be properly enjoyed.

bottle. chestnut pour with foamy head. aroma strong with alcohol, dark fruit, light sugars and rich malts. this would be a good winter beer. alcohol warming. large maltiness, baked bread, substantial dark fruit. very tasty.

Pour is a dark red with a average tan head. Aroma is nice with some dark fruit and candi sugar with some alcohol. Flavor is caramel with some more dark fruit and a heavy breadyness. Alcohol is no problem and does not get in the way. A pretty decent beer and there is nothing really wrong with it but there still are even better quads out there.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown with a small tan head with nice lacing. Sweet malty aroma with raisins, brown sugar, yeast and notes of dark fruit. Flavor was deep and rich with caramel, dried dark fruit, raisins, brown sugar and a touch of light spices. VERY NICE

pours brown with tan head, aroma is brown sugar, oatmeal and chocolate but no fruits which knocks the score down a bit. It has a decent malty flavor with tons of alcohol also get a bit of hops somewhere in there. overall good but i prefer trappist quads like rochefort

75cl bottle from World of Beer (Largo). Pours dark brown with a white-tan head that produces a one-finger head that is well retained throughout consumption. Aroma is sweet candy sugar with notes of oak, honey and syrup. Taste is malt, bread, yeast, chocolate, toffee, brown sugar, and molasses.

Garden-party tasting, from LIC, Aarhus, DK. Bottled, 300508. Dark brown with small head. Aroma of malt, and complexity of dried fruits . Flavor of malts, fruits, cane sugar and fructosis. High carbonation and balanced bitterness

750mL bottle. Pours a deep, dark honey-brown color; light tan head with patchy, fine-bubbled lacing. Caramel maltiness, brown sugar, and plenty of sweet honey in the aroma; pleasant nose; a slight abrasion from the brown sugar; minimal alcohol. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: chewy, viscous brown sugar, honey, caramel, and dried dark fruits; the honey is the most apparent and surprising note upfront: sweet, viscous honey and floral notes throughout; good levels of carbonation and chewiness; minimal alcohol; dense, flavorful and enjoyable beer. Medium finish: dried fruits, caramel, and honey.