8 Bruin
Brouwerij Loterbol in Diest, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.13
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A darker, slightly sweeter beer than its blond counterpart, Loterbol Bruin is a delicious strong Belgian ale, brewed in tiny batches at Belgium’s smallest brewery. Highly drinkable, even at 8% alcohol, this beer lives up to its name, which translates roughly to ’prankster.’…
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7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl Bottle from Achelse Kluis. Deep dark brown colour, big thick dense creamy beige head. Aroma of sweet malts and dark fruits, musty yeast. Flavour is sweet malts, dark fruits, grapes, yeast, light tart, some chocolate, some alcohol, light bitter hoppy finish. Medium bodied, firm but subtle carbonation that tingles the tongue. Has some St.Bernardus Abt qualities, tries to be that beer imo, but fails unfortunately. Doesn’t make this a bad beer, on the contrary, just not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2009
at 12:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
6th May 2008.
Brown beer with mixed caramel and coca cola notes. An underlying bitterness that is quite subtle. Drinkable.
1st December 2007
Mild malt and creamy fruit with a zesty sourness. Dry and lightly bitter finish. Milk chocolate tones. Complex and tasty.
24th January 2014
An old bottle, ~ 10 years old or so. Hazy brown with a small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, decent fine carbonation. Slightly sweetish malt, caramel. Trace of dust. Mild tangy fruits and a little spice. Light semi dry finish. Tasty and drinkable, ages well.
Brown beer with mixed caramel and coca cola notes. An underlying bitterness that is quite subtle. Drinkable.
1st December 2007
Mild malt and creamy fruit with a zesty sourness. Dry and lightly bitter finish. Milk chocolate tones. Complex and tasty.
24th January 2014
An old bottle, ~ 10 years old or so. Hazy brown with a small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, decent fine carbonation. Slightly sweetish malt, caramel. Trace of dust. Mild tangy fruits and a little spice. Light semi dry finish. Tasty and drinkable, ages well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2009
at 13:53
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is grainy malt, vegetables and herbs. Sweet, yeasty and herbal flavour
Tried
on 15 Jun 2009
at 14:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
33cl bottle @ DHVL. Pours dark brown with a large fluffy and creamy white foam and lacings. Taste is rotten vegetables - probably the yeast. Caramel, earth and something which reminds me of smoke. Quite rotten and bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2009
at 09:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2006 vintage. Pours brown with tan head. The aroma is amazing and big with sweetness coming from caramel, brown sugar, berry goodness, sweet apples, sugar coated prunes and cherries. Wow, all blended together to the point of smelling silky smooth if that is at all possible. The taste is sweet to start with brown sugar mixing with Belgian dark candi sugar, prunes, plums and slightly bright berry notes. Nice. It seems to also have vaguely muted tart notes too.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2009
at 08:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
[33cl bottle] Hazy, reddish amber colour with a big and beige foamy head. Yeasty, moderately sweet and toasted malty aroma with anise, dried fruits and a touch of spicy and herbal hops. Light-sweet flavour with hoppy bitterness, medium body impression with a smooth carbonation. Toasty malty and slightly fruity taste of figs and prunes. Toast-malty and moderately fruity, slightly spicy finish with a delicate hoppy blend. Well-rounded brew [20.I.09].
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2009
at 17:25
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 ml bottle courtesy of Ken and Rich at Über in Seattle. Murky dark brown with lively light beige head. Aroma of caramel and must. Sweetish sourish flavor with some pine and peanuts in there somewhere.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2009
at 14:18
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy brown with large beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and hints of chocolate. Sweet flavour with with roasted malt and ripe fruits.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2008
at 06:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Bottle, Akkurat, Stockholm) Dark reddish brown colour with huge, firm, beige head. Fruity nose with caramel, dried fruit, raisins and prunes. A touch of acidity in the aroma. Fruity, malty taste with notes of dried fruit, raisins, prunes and slightly sour hints of wild berries. Bittersweet finish with a hint of alcohol shining through. Not overly sweet, balanced bitterness. Nice beer. In short: tart and spicy berries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2008
at 17:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy and dark brown with a huge tan head. Sweet caramel and mild fruity aroma. Flavour is sweet too, holds a nice light roasted malt flavour this providing a rather smooth caramelmalt impression. Light yeasty touch following and a mild bitterness going along into the finish. Lasting caramel malty finish. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2008
at 09:43