9 Ladies Dancing
The Bruery

Copenhagen 18/1 2026. 37,5 cl heavy glass bottle from DrikBeer web-shop. Label in he Bruery's usual design in a brownish, burgundy version.

Pours clear mahogany with a red hue. Big off-white head. A bit bubbly. Settles as a thin but unbroken layer of foam just covering the surface of the beer. Clinging to the sides of the glass. Moderate lacing.

Aroma is intense with a sweet and sugary malty odor mingling with alcohol and a bit of sweet spice. Sweet caramel, toffee and brown sugar. Lactose. Cocoa and vanilla.

Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, soft, a bit viscous, almost flat texture.

Flavor is intense with a strong sugary sweetness followed by a moderately strong bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet with a distinct touch of alcohol. Lingering. Finish is sugary and a bit dry.

A very sweet take on a Belgian Dark Ale.

 

Dark brown pour with a gorgeous yellowish head. Aroma’s all caramel malt, cocoa, vanilla, and dark fruit. Flavor is rich and malty with a fruity twist and that Belgian yeast vibe. Smooth, tasty sipper—easy to enjoy.

 

 

 

Bottle into a tulip glass. Pours garnet-brown with a finger of tan foam. Smells belgiany with hints of bubblegum. The flavor is chocolate, spices, and a little coffee, one again with some bubblegum undertones. Medium bodied.

2024 vintage. Poured from 12.7 oz bottle into snifter.
A: Pours a thick brown hue, but as the 2-3 inch tan head develops it turns a clear ruby hue. Excellent retention of the frothy tan head.
S: Dark red fruit, coffee, vanilla, cacao, and soft milk chocolate. Hint of earthy spice.
T: Smooth milk chocolate, fresh strawberry, vanilla, toffee, and a hint of coffee.
M: Medium heavy body. Malt, fruit and chocolate sweetness. Soft and coating feel.
D: A nice holiday brew. A well-focused beer with a handful of good elements, but overall not too complex which serves it well.

750 ml bottle from Jeremy. Dark, ruddy brown pour, thin beige head. Aroma is smoky and dark pit fruit. Sweet taste, plums , prunes and raisins, chocolate, ashy

Bottled October 2016 - how long it sat on the top shelf of a local bottle shop, I have no idea. Rescued it a few weeks ago.
Poured a murky chestnut color and a huge light brown head, which considering the age and storage, is amazing.
The taste is a melange of dark fruit and caramelized brown sugar, a touch of banana and cloves. No bitter edges, no idea if any ever existed in this.
The feel is a delight of soft carbonation and gentle viscosity. I may finish the bottle in one night.
OA, wish I could have tried this when it was fresh, but we all know what wishes are good for.

Review: 1993
Name: 9 Ladies Dancing
Brewery: The Bruery
Location: Placentia, CA
Style: American Strong Ale
A.B.V.: 11.3%
Date: 06 Oct 2016
I am drinking 9 Ladies Dancing today using a tulip glass. I served it at 46 degrees. Prying the cap off, this seven-year-old beer emits a lovely hiss of carbonation. The pour created a creamy, foamy, two-fingered, light tan head with above-average retention. The color is brown, with reddish hues, charting around S.R.M. 30. The beer is semi-opaque. The slow dissipation left little lacing on the glass. The appearance is above average for this style.
The initial aromas are caramel, bready, chocolate, and floral. There are a few off-flavors in the beer; I noticed oxidation and cardboard. Nosing the glass, I pick up earthiness, toffee, leather, dried cherries, and light herbal notes. The off-flavor aromas are not potent but noticeable.
That is good because the oxidation and cardboard are minimal in the taste. Flavors in the beer are floral, dried cherries, leather toffee, caramel, toasted malts, malty sweetness, light raisins, yeasty, chocolate, and bready.
The mouthfeel is astringent and finishes tannic and warm. The body is medium-plus, and the carbonation is medium as well.
I love discussing Bruery beers; however, this one must be revised. It is well-made, but nothing is unique for a 12 Days of Christmas beer. So far, from what I have seen and tasted, the other beer has a place, and this one fell short. When I think of 9 Ladies dancing, I conjure up two scenarios: something sultry and sexy or spicy and loud.

750mL (packaged 10/14/2016) into a tulip. Pours a deep mahogany brown with a khaki head.

Aroma is fruity and sweet. Ripe berries, bing cherries, toffee, leather.

Taste is likewise fruity, complex, seems a little muddled. Hard to pin down any distinguishable flavors. It’s fine, it’s just hard to describe. Brown sugar, molasses, Tootsie Rolls maybe. Maybe a slight sourness on the finish.

Mouthfeel is medium, a bit sticky.

Overall it’s good but not my favorite. Maybe they were going for Christmas sticky buns/caramel rolls?

Rating the rebrew. Pours a murky dark brown, brief 1.5" tan head that recedes to a collar of foam, spotty lacing. Nose is coffee, cinnamon, dates, prunes; almost like a hyper-sweetened black coffee. Taste is roasted coffee beans, prunes, and dates; could be convinced that there is vanilla in there, but it's very light. Mouthfeel is good - decent weight with a bit of carbonation, full without being heavy. This is pretty interesting - I think the coffee is pretty well done, and while I don't love the combination with dark fruits, it is definitely worth a try.

 

 

 

The beer pours a off-white and creamy head that dissipates quickly. The beer itself is a hazy brown red color that looks really nice.

The smell is good. It has a variety of spices surrounding the dark fruit note, which is the strongest and central note. The dark fruit note is a ripe plum. The central is then followed by a combination of cacao nibs and a light coffee note. There are some light lactose notes that blend well with the coffee notes.

The taste is good. It has a more unified and complex mix of the different notes and more strongly resembles tiramisu. The dark fruit note isn't there anymore and is replaced by a coffee mixed with lactose and a light vanilla note. The cacao nib comes out as well but is really light and gets lost in the coffee.

The feel is good. It has a heavy but thin body with tingling carbonation.

Overall, one of the better and indulgent beers in the series. This is good after being aged for a year but would probably have been better fresh.