Van Den Bossche Buffalo 1907

Brewed by Van Den Bossche
Style: Belgian Ale
St. Lievens-Esse/Herzele, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pours a clear darkbrown to ruby beer, a fine white to beige head. A very sweet and fruity smell. Hint of caramel and coffee. A pleasant mouthfeeling, just enough carbon to counter the sweetness. Tastes a little sweet, brown sugar, that changes to sour with hints of chocolate, coffee and cherries. A sweetsour aftertaste, again with a note of cherries in it. There’s a sweetness to it, but it’s not a sweet beer. Very well balanced.

spruce, chocolate, coffee, basement aromas, herbs, rotten eggs, smoke, ginger, skunky, butterscotch, brown, sparkling, brown foam, medium sweetness, very bitter, heavily sour, umami, full body, creamy, oily feel, flat, long finish, bitter,

Ruby, brown to black body with an off-white (tad brown), creamy head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, malts, liquor and also a bit sourish. Moderately bitter, lightly sour flavour. Very nice and interesting.

First up, a lower alcohol version of Buffalo from Brouwerij Van Den Bossche. It pours pitch black with a dense and creamy tan head. Smells of fruity dark malt, sweet and with a hint of some metallic aromas. Sweet in the mouth with just a hint of roastiness. Lovely balance that I wasn’t expecting. Mocha and hint of dark chocolate. Underpinnings of ripe dark fruit. Medium-bodied with a sweet finish and a uncharacteristically clean finish. Very flavorful but smooth and drinkable. A good start!

beer with great commercial potential, for instance against Leffe dubbel. This dark colored beer, has little nose but is very full bodied with roasted malts and soft tannine-style bitters in the aftertaste. It's sweetesh aroma is inviting not overpowering.

Bottled. A stoutish aroma with some milkiness like a sweet stout. The beer is very dark, almost black and has a good off-white head. A bit of a herbal taste with more clean, sweet stout notes. Very tasty and drinkable.

Bottled. Very nice surpise. Aroma of vanilla, pear and licorice. Dark brown color, small beige head, good lace. Light sweet, vanilla, pear and licorice in the flavor as well, smooth. Not complex but great drinkable beer.

Bottle at the Beer Circus, Croydon, London.. Dusty aroma. Slightly roasty, chocolate, coffee,. malt, fruit & bitter finish. Quit alcoholic.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a fast-dying tan head. Bunches of bubbles rise from the bottom and sides, but are tough to see wih the opacity. Aroma of fresh malt, hops, sugar, yeast and a good amount of chocolate. Medium-bodied; Very effervescent; Strong assertive roasted malt with a candy-like sweetness following soon afterwards. Aftertaste shows more sweetness, chocolate, light pit fruits, yeast and a bit of malt coming forward. Overall, a pretty good and very sweet beer for the style. I was impressed with this one and I was glad I bought it! I sampled this 25 cL bottle purchased from Beer Mania in Bruxelles, Belgium on 17-November-2008, sampled at home in Washington on 04-February-2009.

UPDATED: SEP 2, 2007 Bottle form Uto. This beer has a smart appearance, sort of regal. Not exactly what you expect from a bottle with Buffalo Bill on the label. Burnt mohogany in colour with a creamy mocha head. Spotty lacing. Nose of roasted malts, toffee, caramel, maple syrup, banana and coffee with a hint of berries. Taste to match with the addition of brown sugar. Sweet and spicy. Not too much, not too little.