Paulus Oud Bruin

Brewed by Bierbrouwerij Leroy
Style: Sour Red/Brown
Boezinge, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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(bottle) pours a clear copper-ruby colour with a frothy beige head. aroma of cherries, rice crackers, rotten peaches, cardboard and strawberry syrup. flavour is mostly brown sugar, melted butter and herbal hops, with a light sweetness and notes of fruit cake and cherries, slightly bitter in the finish. medium-bodied with lively carbonation.

Bottle. Pours clear copper brown with negligible off-white head. Dark, vinous aroma with sweetish notes. Sourish, vinous taste with a touch of wood. Watery mouthfeel. Smoky belches. Needs rerating.

2007 Vintage. 25 cl. bottle @ Kulminator. Traditional Old Brown according to the bottle. I must say in advance that although according to the menu this beer is from 2007 – if I were to guess, I would give it at least 15 and not 5 years. Pours a clear reddish copper with a disappearing, small white head, vintage appearance. Smell has that oxidized, sweet iron thing going on, was this beer previously a sweetened one? It sure seems like that, also getting watery herbs, cough syrup, light old fruitiness. Taste is all oxidized, iron, tad metallic, old sweeteners flourished but light, syrup but overall this is watery, watery herbs, tad watery cherry, light bitterness in the back. Watery & oxidized body. They probably shouldn’t be blamed due to the age, a traditional Old Brown should be able to handle age but this was most likely a pasteurized & sweetened commercial beer previously. Not to many heavy hitters so far from Leroy it seems.

was warned by my bartender at the horse hangout seller that this was not good, so settled with a small glass .. . maaan! this beer smells, what a pong! .. . leather and old cherry skin .. . light tartness .. . not even worth it .. . . You know, I really don’t appreciate being called a narc. And that poncho is filthy! Let me dry-clean it for you.

Clear reddish-brown with a beige head and nice lacing. Aroma pretty weak for a sour; fruity With a little vinegar. Taste is sweet with a very mild tartness and some strange unnatural flavor as well. Medium bodied.

Plum with white head. Nose is light balsamic and cherry, Brett b and heavy sugar but balanced. Flavor similar, off note in minor tea, bit watery by comparison with more cherry presence. Thick and creamy, pleasant and sweet with low acidity.

On tap at The Hay Merchant. Pours a clear amber with a small frothy white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is fruit and white wine. Thin mouthfeel with a sour grape and light boozy finish. Easy to drink a decent sour.

If you've never had a sour, this might be a good intro. If you have, look somewhere else. Flavors are all muddled and nothing really stands out. Little aroma. No tartness either. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tap. Pours hazy amber with a small, frothy white head, short retention with light lacing. Aroma is skunked malt and adjuncts with sugar notes and light fruit. Flavor is light malt with aspartame and faintly sour fruits and a dry finish. Light body and low carbonation.

Tap. Pours clear, light brown with thin, creamy off-white head; short retention and spare lacing. Aroma is balsamic vinegar, sour fruit, caramel malt, and plastic. Flavor is watered down vinegar with a hint of sweet malt; finish is a confusion of flavors but dissipates into a bland, dry aftertaste. Light body, medium carbonation, and low warmth.