Tommie Sjef Wild Ales Oud Bruin

Oud Bruin

 

Tommie Sjef Wild Ales in Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱

  Flemish Red / Bruin Regular
Score
7.16
ABV: 7.1% IBU: 15 Ticks: 25
Our take on a classic style of beer. A blend of fresh and aged Flemish brown Ale. 60% of the blend was aged for over 1,5 years in a red wine foudre and after that the beer was aged for another year in bordeaux wine barriques. We also blended in a few bourbon barrel aged brown ale to give the blend a hint of American oak
 

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7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

A hazy orange brown beer with a beige lacing. Aroma of tart red berries, dark malt, brett. Taste of sour red berries, grapes, dark malt, caramel.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2025 at 18:09


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

nlbottle at Borefts 2025 Friday ..brown ...thin tan lacing ..soft funky earthy fruit bose...gunk sharp tart fruits ..dru berries funk fruit

Tried on 19 Sep 2025 at 16:16


5.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Mild säuerlicher, trocken herber Beginn. Wenig würzig, konstante Säure, Essig. Mittellanger Nachhall. 11/8/9/8//8

Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2025 at 16:09


8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Tap at Winter Affair '25. Notes are brief. Very well made, with dried fruits on top of the character, raisins, prunes. But overall sufficiently complex, very nice.

Tried on 16 Feb 2025 at 16:35


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

At Winter Affair 2025, humm... actually thanks to others who brought it to the table, so not 100% sure if it was bottled or on tap, but it seems it might have been 0.75l bottle looking at pics from there. Anyway, hazy red body, some off-white head. Creamy aroma, berries, berry flavored gum in a way. Lean, dry, tart taste, some berries, gum, bit grainy somehow, fresh and not terribly complex but quite drinkable - okay 'nuff!

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2025 at 11:55


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from bottle @ MBCC 2023 red session (finally adding my notes). Hazy copper brown with small beige head. Slightly toasted with mild funk.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2025 at 13:24


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Hazy deep amber. Oxidation, wine, funk, red fruit, wood, sourish, sweetish note.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2024 at 19:42


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

0,75l from bottle at the brewery. Bottled 24-03-2023. dark brown color, small off-white head. smells dried fruits, marzipan, earthy, lightly fruits. nice to very nice smell. full body, super smooth carbonation. tastes berry notes, cherries, marzipan, dried fruits, earthy, lightly citric, subtle funk, subtle acidity. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of marzipan, cherries and berry notes. very nice one, rather impressed by this one, usually not my kind of style, but this one drinks great and super smooth.

8, 7.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5

Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2024 at 09:57


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Color: Murky reddish brown, beige head. Aroma: Tart, red wine, hints of Bourbon. Taste: Medium tart, red wine, oak wood, hints of Bourbon and vanilla. Indeed tasting pretty much like a Flemish Brown Ale. Dry finish. Medium body, below average carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2024 at 15:23


4.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4

Review based on the BJCP2021 guidelines (style 23C). Bottle 75 cl - Batch undeclared (BB: 24-03-2033). AROMA: medium-high acetic/vinegary aroma with a old wet wood character. APPEARANCE: light brown and hazy with a murky appearance. medium-low beige head, creamy, with good retention. TASTE: initial medium-high sourness with a vinegary character. low wet old wood background. complexity from aged malt absent. medium-low bitterness with a dry and sour finish. MOUTHFEEL: medium-low body with medium carbonation. tanninic astringency present. OVERALL: a beer that seems to be a non controlled experiment that was bottled as it was, no matter the result with excessive barrel maturation. will never understand whats the appealing of acetic acid marketed as beer by these so called post-modernist brewers, backed up by snob beer-geeks unable to distinguish between acetic and lactic acid but detecting everything else like a walking gas chromatograph...

Tried from Bottle on 08 Apr 2024 at 15:33