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@ 2018

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

75cl bottle (6%, BBF: 02/05/2021 and bottled 02/05/2018) from Etre Gourmet web shop. F: medium, egg-white, average retention. C: gold, almost clear to hazy with finishing the bottle. A: vinous, woody, citrus, grapes, apples, funky, bit caramel. T: medium body, a lot of woody, funky, dry fruity, gooseberries, vinous, earthy, long lasting bitterness, medium carbonation, quite complex and enjoyable.

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Drucken på fat på Malmö Brygghus Belgian Craft Beer Festival i Malmö, Sverige. Smak och doft av trä, toner av te, torr, stram med fruktiga toner. Speciellt men gott.

7.4

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Oak aged ‘bitter ale’ by Brabant, 75 cl bottle from Etre Gourmet. Strong gusher as feared, with the beer streaming out of the bottle during opening. Medium thick, off-white, lightly lacing, relatively stable head, hazy warm golden robe with ochre-ish hue, deeper and almost beige-ish with sediment, becoming all murky. Aroma of dried old lemon peel, dusty old cupboards and rugs, dry parsnip, parsley root, vanilla of the wood peeping through in warming up, jute bags filled with apples, dry earth, fermenting hay, old bread. Fruity, estery onset but not sweet, hinting at red apple peel and dried peach as well as touch of gooseberry, dryness continued in the middle with fizzy carbonation and dry-bready maltiness further dried by a deep tartness (almost very dry white wine-like) and eventually by tannic woodiness and a deep, earthy, quinine-like, long-lasting hop bitterness, dried wormwood- and bitterroot-coloured and well-integrated in the dusty woodiness which weighs heavily on the finish. Ends rooty, dry, complex, tart and earthy. Idiosyncratic saison-ish Brabant ale – this brewery never fails to surprise me. Very enjoyable, if a bit demanding and bizarre in certain respects.

7.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled @ BXL Beerfest 2018. A hazy orange golden beer with a small off-white head. Aroma of tart grapes, orange fruits, citrus, brett. Taste of tart strong grapes wine, wood, brett, dry wood.

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Thanks to the RB crew for sharing! Sampled draft @ BXLBeerFest 2018! Dark amber orange. Nose is dirty grainy, sweet syrup, brett, dirty wine. Fizzy dry spoiled grain & wine, dirty, malty, not perfect but nice & interesting.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Imported from my RateBeer account as Du Brabant Cuvée du Brabant (by Brasserie du Brabant):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5

25/VIII/18 - sample @ BXL Beer Festival - BB: n/a (2018-1178) Thanks to the Belgian and Dutch Ratebeer crews for sharing today's beers!

Clear orange beer, small creamy off-white to yellow head, very stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: brett notes, pretty fruity, acidic, funky. MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: bitter start, chemical touch, hoppy, bit grassy. Aftertaste: very bitter, chemical bitterness.

7.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

At BXL Festival. Slightly unclear golden with white head. Sour grain, citrus peel fruity, elderflower, dank moist. Moderate sweet, medium sour and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

At BXL festival. Slight hazy golden with white head. Spicy yeast, super floral, dank apple notes, lots of wet herbal meadow stuff, spicy white grapes. Loads of herbs and spicy notes in this. Soft bready. Medium sweet and bitter, light tart. Medium bodied.