Oscar Bruin
BCB (Formerly known as Brouwerij Eutropius) in Menen, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
6.09
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
The brown (dubbel) version of Oscar Blond and the reason why ’Blond’ has been added to the latter’s name. I am happy to read that Cascade has been used in this - it seems more and more small Belgian brewers are applying American hop varieties in some of their beers nowadays. Medium thick, stable, moussy head retaining on the edges of the glass and leaving ’islands’ of very pale beige foam on top of a clear, rusty bronze coloured liquid with calm sparkling. Aroma of (too) strong banana-flavoured bubblegum, peaches in syrup, caramel candy, marmelade, raisins, liquorish, hay, hazelnuts, raw red cabbage, dried flowers, ginger powder, cloves, some forest floor and a fair amount of iron, but still feeling quite ’natural’ (haemoglobin), which cannot be said of the faint but still noticeable plastic-like odour (probably a vague whiff of DMTS). Sweet onset, lots of banana ester (isoamylacetate), yellow plum, gooseberry, medium carbo, smooth and lean, somewhat thin body, very caramelly maltiness, sweet with a light nutty touch and some residual candi sugar which persists till deep into the finish. There is a mild herbal and floral, earthy hop bitterishness in the end, but not enough to balance the sweetness and lacking in the citrusy aromas and bittering power I was hoping for. Last impression is caramel sweetness only lightly balanced with this floral hop bitterishness. Typical sweet Belgian dubbel: I don’t really mind the banana ester flavour as much as many other (mostly foreign) tasters do, but in this case it becomes really ’bubblegummy’ to the point of being obnoxious and it also has to be balanced with hops, which is not the case here. I guess the aim is still to cash in on the Leffe and Grimbergen merchandise, too bad the Cascade does not really get the opportunity to shine here. If this is the intended flavour profile, then what is the use of throwing in a (too) small amount of Cascade? Could do with more body as well. Close but no cigar - take Westmalle Dubbel instead, or Sint-Bernardus Pater, or Chimay Rouge, or... Enough said.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Botrlz. Pours very muddy, brown, small white heqd.smell is sweet,malty. Taste is very yeasty, dark malts, silky mouthfeel but so damn high carbo. Mild bitterness. Ok beer , better than the view for sure.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled @ Zythos Bierfestival 2015 Trübe orangegoldene Farbe, geringe leicht beige Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht röstmalzig, Karamell. Geschmack sehr malzig, Karamell, nussig, leichte Röstnoten.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Herb malziger, noch leicht würziger Antrunk. Mild hefig, helles Malz, süffig. 11/11/11/11/10//11
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
33 cl bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and caramelish. Toasted malty, sweet and caramelish. Light fruity. Bitter and toasted malty into a caramelish finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
7th Feb 2015: Brugge Beer Festival. Poured a deep amber with a wispy covering. Caramel sweet nose and initial taste, finishing with a mildly bitter and yeasty feel. Slick body and feel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Thanks! Sampled @ BBF 2014. Dark amber, no head. Sweets oily caramel malts, weirdly herbal body. Taste is way too oily, super oily like they put a decent amount of olive oil into it, sweetish herbal, lots of sugar, caramel,.. Far too oily mouthfeel for me. Off-putting for me.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Eutropius Oscar Bruin (by Brouwerij Eutropius):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
7/II/15 - 33cl bottle @ Brugs Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2015-153) Thanks to the Belgian RB crew for sharing today's beers!
Dark orange to amber beer, creamy white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: caramel, sweet, some banana, fudge, sugary. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of banana, some caramel, bit sweet, sugary, nutty, toast. Aftertaste: little sourish, malty, sweet, caramel, alcohol, ripe banana, raisins, nice but pretty basic. Lacking some originality.