Moinette Brune

Brewed by Brasserie Dupont
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Tourpes-Leuze, Belgium

This beer would likely be better if the bottle were better cared for. There was a STRONG skunk and metalic flavor/aroma that really spoiled this one for me. Other than that there was a nice banana and light chocolate aroma with a caramel and hop aroma with a firm bitterness that did not linger. I really need to find a better cared for beer as this had great potential but was ruined by the liquor store that carried it.

Hazy amber with a large head. Sweet aroma of malt, vanilla and honey with some yeast and Seville oranges. After that the taste is a bit disappointing: sourness predominates with some rather alcoholic sweetness in the background. Dry ending. I’m sorry to say I haven’t really got on with the Moinette collection.

Bottle. Dark amber colour with a medium creamy head. Aroma and taste of malts, fruits and spices with a alcoholic finish.

Thin head of fine bubbles. Very good carbonation keeps a thin foam on the surface. Excellent aroma with cookie dough, apricots, black cherry, sweet malts, brown sugar and some caramel. Damn this aroma is good. Just hope that the flavor stands up as well. Color is a hazy dark orange. Malty, yeasty with a little fruit and some spices. Simple yet very good. Quite refreshing. Hides its alcohol pretty well. Finish is a little pasty and malty with a little lingering yeast and spice. A damn good dubbel! Got to find me this one locally. Boy I really like these Dupont beers.

On tap @ Anam Cara. Pours a dark brown with some red glow in the light. Aroma is wheat, yeast, and a bit of malty fruits. Taste is semi-sweet fruit and yeast. Finishes a bit sharper. Good stuff. Brasserie Dupont friggin rocks.

750ml bottle dated 01/03/2004 via trade with Duane! Thanks!! Shared after thanksgiving dinner - Pours dirty amber with a nice frothy belgian tan head. Aromas of caramel, candi sugar raisin, yeast, and some other fruity notes. Flavor is caramel, raisin, candi sugars, and yeast. Medium body and pretty dry on the finish. Smooth soft mouthfeel. Nice brew..

Draft at the Flying Saucer. Poured a dirty looking brown, with a half inch bubbly off-white head. Very cloudy. Aroma was kind of tough to detect on behalf of the smokey bar. However, the taste was nice and strong. Started with some dried fruit (plums, prunes) and some ginger tastes. Also, some light bread and grain tastes. Fairly sweet, almost candylike at times. Fruit flavors lend to an overlying tartness. Finishes with a pear taste, and then dries out immensely due to that classic Dupont yeast. Med/light mouthfeel, but creamy, and the carbonation is not QUTIE as carbonated as the Vielle Provision. Good stuff, fruitier and less malty than other abbeys I’ve had.

The aroma has cola, yeast, vinegar, and fruit. The appearance is cloudy purple brown with a nice foamy head. The flavor is sweet and bitter without being too strong or too weak. The palate is average for the style. Overall it’s pretty much what I have come to expect from Belgian ales.