Bottle. Frothy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy very sour aroma. Light bitter and sweet flavor. Average slightly sour finish. faro like. Maybe too sweet. Oily palate.

Clear reddish brown colour, beige head. Belgian oud bruin aroma, light sweet, sour notes, malts, caramel, red fruit and wood. Light sweet flavour, light sour touch, vanilla and wood. Finish caramel, light wood and pronounced red fruits.
(From 33cL bottle @ Noa’s Brasserie, Koksijde)

December 2008: from BA. This bottle is one of three (different beers) I have from this beer company. The problem is, the labels all claim the beers are brewed by someone else! This brown was brewed by Verhaeghe-Vichte, the Amber by Du Bocq and the Triple by Van Steenberge (that should be good). Anyway the brown 25cl bottle (5.4%) had just under a years life left when I broached it. Poured into a La Chouffe tulip. Good clear mahogany red/brown colour with a tan head that faded quickly to a collar and wisp. Sweet smell, which follows into the taste. Treacle and malts fill your nose, but there is a darker sour flavour in the mix too. Agreeable to my palat, the sweet and sour elements complimented each other very well. It appeared to me like a combination of an Old Brown, a Young Brown with a hint of a Flanders Red thrown in to give some umph. This was a lot better than I thought it would be after I read the label. I must wear my glasses when buying stuff!

Bottle: Clear, amber coloured, cellary balsamico nose sith sweet fruity caramel in the background; moderate sweet-sour flavour, pretty light bodied; sweet-sour finish, followed by a touch of hops in the aftertaste. O.K, but not earth-shaking…

Bottle. Clear maroon color, small tan head. Aroma of sour cherries, citrus. Taste is more sour than sweet, with vinegar toward the finish.

Draft @ Delirium. Ambrée/cuivrée, col épais beige. Arôme aigre-doux léger laissant une effluve minime fruitée, malt caramel, sucré/grains. En bouche, le profile reste plus centré sur un sucre roux laissant un caramel doux prendre un peu le dessus. En parallèle avec un léger fruité aigre, le côté balsamique de cette ’veille brune’ est en retrait et je ne note aucune pas de présence de vieillissement en foudre de chêne. Reste une belle bière pour le style, facile dans son approche qui garde un profile aigre minime.

Draught at Delirium Reserve Akasaka. Lovely crimson and brown with a tall, super-fine head. Tart, acid nose, cherry, yogurt, light vinegar. Sweet-and-sour flavor, cherry, yogurt, vinegar. Ok sour edge, could be more. Clean, refreshing, not too sweet. Very drinkable and tasty.

33cl bottle. Rubi colour with a decent tan head of fine lacework. Aroma is fruity: crerries and apples are present and sourish Flavour is fresh, sour, with apples hints and a final moderate vinegar. Carbonation is lively. Body is light

Appearance: Dark brown, nice tan head. Aroma: Sweet, slight cherry. Taste: A bit on the sweet side. More cherry. Info: 330ml bottle, 13/6-2011

3rd March 2008
Sharp sour brown beer in the Duchesse du Bourgogne mode. This beer is sweeter and with a herby medicinal note in the finish. Very nice.