Brasserie de l'Union
Regional Brewery
in Jumet,
Hainaut,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by
Brouwerijen Alken-Maes
Established in 1846
Closed in 2007
In 1935, in London, she received the gold medals at the International Exhibition in London. With the purchase by the Alken-Maes Group in 1978, the production facilities were modernized with a production of 350,000 hl.
In 2004, production was reduced to 280,000 hl with a staff of 20 people.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled (BBE 05/1991, thanks for sharing Vilho!). Deep reddish amber colour with a huge foamy off-white head, that leaves good lace. Aroma is sweet malts, some nutty notes, mild burnt sugar as well as some slight alcohol sweetness and plum. Flavour is dried fruits, sweet malts, nutty notes, some rye as well as burnt sugar and some mild alcohol tones. Quite nicely aged, although quite much on the sweet side of things.
Convair880 (6992) ticked Zulte Oud Bruin from Brasserie de l'Union 3 years ago
Convair880 (6992) ticked Grimbergen Roussa from Brasserie de l'Union 3 years ago
theplanck (7492) ticked Rubens Goud from Brasserie de l'Union 4 years ago
Drunk as hells quessuends gambit . Put i it it z drink mornif it I’m so drunk. I’ll have to try again.
Bierkoning (17700) reviewed Grimbergen Roussa from Brasserie de l'Union 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cherry aroma. Buttery taste with cherry, a hint of tartness and oak. Hopbitter aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Raisinny aroma. Sweet flavor. Roasted malt, raisin, pear. Re-rate: up a few points. It is a very nice beer, although not very complex. Found some chocolate and tropical as the beer warmens.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Converting ticks to ratings. Had this back in early 2000's or so, at Café Gollem. 25cl Bottle. Dark brown beer, beige head. Sweet, malty, dark fruits, some chocolate, forest fruits. Medium bodied. I really enjoyed the Ciney beers back then, this was imho their finest, but wasn't widely available.
Borresteijn (12473) reviewed Grimbergen Roussa from Brasserie de l'Union 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Converting ticks to ratings. Had this 10 years ago or so. 33cl Bottle. Amber colour, white head. Aroma of caramel, some iron, sweet. Flavour is sweet, light malty, tobacco, grain, caramel, metal. Light bodied. Not great.
Gripweed57 (8835) reviewed Rubens Rood from Brasserie de l'Union 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
From old tasting notes. Cloudy reddish copper color. Even, creamy beige head. Sweet, perfumy malt nose. Fruity malt flavor hints at tangerine and chamomile. Subtle spicy hop finish.