Flanders Oud Bruin
Oud Bruins, not restricted to, but concentrated in Flanders, are light to medium-bodied, deep copper to brown in colour. They are extremely varied, characterized by a slight vinegar or lactic sourness and spiciness to smooth and sweet. A fruity-estery character is apparent with no hop flavor or aroma. Low to medium bitterness. Very small quantities of diacetyl are acceptable. Roasted malt character in aroma and flavor is acceptable, at low levels. Oak-like or woody characters may be pleasantly integrated into overall palate. Typically old and new Brown ales are blended, like Lambics.

Average alcohol by volume (abv) range: 4.0-8.0%
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Bellegems Bruin 5.5° - 1/4L - 8.4fl.oz

A typically regional beer. The Master-brewer uses barley malt, wheat, hop, water and malt caramel to manufacture a beer of low fermentation. This one is then cut with lambic (beer of spontaneous fermentation) 18 months matured out of barrels of oak to give rise to this brown typical of South of theWestern one. Its taste is characterized by a balanced acidity which one hardly perceives. Very quickly, the papillae make one second pleasant discovery: a delicate bitterness followed by a suspicion the marrowy one.
 

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Petrus Old Brown 5.5° - 1/3L - 11.6fl.oz

Top-fermented beer with a deep dark red colour. This beer ripens for 24 months in oak barrels. This gives Petrus Original (in Flanders called “Oud Bruin”) its vinous, noble taste and slightly sour in character. The mild alcohol content makes this beer the perfect thirst-quencher.

Simustaniously sour and sweet with a nice brown head.

 

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Pilaarbijter Dark 6.5° - 1/3L - 11.6fl.oz

Dark Ale fermented in the bottle. Yellow brown head. Vanilla, bit of chocolate malts. Later more herbal, nearly piney. Dark malts prevail in the taste but the beer is neutral rather then sweet bitter.

Aftertaste is a late bittering onset, slightly hoppy in character.

 

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Queue De Charrue Brune 5.4° - 1/4L - 8.4fl.oz

Dark red color. it pours a nice brown creamy foam that last for a while. Nose of accid apples, coriander, fennel. Spicy. Taste is very acid but pleasant, refreshing. Fruity, with apples and most of  all cherries. It makes you ask for another.
 

Vondel 8°-1/3L - 11.6fl.oz

... a poem on your tongue... A dark amber coloured through roasted malt and caramel and flavoured by a little coriander and aniseed. Vondel is a perfect night cap and it is often used in beer dishes. Vondel is also the name of a famous Dutch writer.
The color is a very deep brown with hints of red, the appetizing aroma is sweet and spicy with hints of citrus and hops. the flavor is sweet with a spicy hop finish. A very satisfying and tasteful beer.