Tilburgs Dutch Brown Ale

Brewed by De Koningshoeven (Bavaria - Netherlands)
Style: Brown Ale
Tilburg, Netherlands

Aroma is a very nice blend of walnuts, bark, and caramel. Traces of chocolate are also found. Brown color, clear, with a thick viscous head. Nutty taste, only slightly sweet. Weak but nice berry finish. I’m quickly becoming a big fan of EBAs.

Bottled. Pours a really nice brown with red tints. Smells of malt and nutty caramel, but pretty lightly. Absolutely delicious malt to chocolate and caramel with almost a hint of berry. Goes down smooth with a perfect bite. Will definitely buy again, if only to get a second chance to figure out the image on the label.

A bit sweet, caramel and molasses with some malt. Interesting beer, but not great.

Bottle. Pours mahogany with big beige head. The aroma isn’t very assertive, but contains caramel, molasses, and straw. The flavor is rich, sweet caramel, with some light spiciness and straw. Mainly sweetness, though. A pretty straightforward sweet brown.

Bottle. Heavy malt aromas of nuts and cereal with prune, ruby port, brown sugar, pepper and perhaps bourbon after it warms a bit. I noted a hint of mustiness I supposed was yeast. Head is small, fizzy, off white with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is clear red/brown. Flavor starts moderately sweet and finishes a little tart. Body is medium, between watery and creamy with lively carbonation. I was surprised how much depth was in the aroma of this beer.

Honestly, Tilburg’s Dutch Brown Ale has been one of my favorite beers for awhile now. I revisited it last night, and I still love it. It doesn’t have quite the hoppiness or alcohol content that I’m used to tasting in great beers, but it’s just so damn tasty (chocolate, caramel, brown sugar)! It seems to me that the biggest criticism would be that Tilburg’s is too syrupy sweet, but I haven’t read anything to that effect; it seems way underrated.

very smooth. neat picture on bottle of a bird-man with a pot on his head eating a human with smaller bird’s coming out of the ass.

Pretty damn good! I was not expecting much after pouring due to minimal aroma but what a surprise. Flavor not too sweet too shock the palate but leaves enough sweetness (raisin?) to want more.