Boerken (For Den Ouden Advocaat)
De Proefbrouwerij

 

 

 

 

Decent Belgian ale, dark brown orange with beige head and good lacing. Slightly sour with some sedimentation present. Aroma and taste of dried fruit, oak barrel, and malt.

 

 

Brown beer with beige head. notes of bread and caramel, but also slightly bitter. Not bad at all.

 

 

 

 

 

A "Strong brew with sweetish aftertaste" Dark brown brew that is hard to see through. Really nice heavy barley malt flavor. The tan head has some major sticky lacing. The roasted character comes through nicely with a surprisingly noble hop spicy finish. A really nice beer that I wouldn't mind having again. This was a decent find at a pub in Bruges with a ton of beers to pick from.

"Boerken" (farmer) bottle served into Boerken stem-tulip at a bar in Belgium. 9.5% ABV confirmed. Cost was 3.00 euro. Reviewed from notes taken June 2010.

A: Pours a four finger head of soft delicate cream - very fluffy - excellent thickness, and amazing retention. Colour is a dark amber-red. Nontransparent.

Sm: Very hoppy, actually. Peach fruit esters. A moderate strength aroma. Pleasant and inviting.

T: Peach fruit esters, floral hops, caramelized malt. Rather complex and pleasant. Some vanilla and cream, even. A bit imbalanced, but built well.

Mf: Thick - overly so. Coarse and wet. Not at all suitable for the flavours, unfortunately.

Dr: Priced excellently. Drinks decently and is of fair quality. Give her a spin, but don't expect greatness. Hides its ABV well.

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Very nice 33 cl bottel poured into my cantillon tulip glas

A :Dark reddish brown colour with brief, beige head.
S : Malty nose with notes of dried fruit, caramel and dark cherries. T :Malty sweet taste with caramel, dark bread, dried fruit, raisins, prunes and a bready, bittersweet finish.
M : More than medium body, fairly dry. Well balanced and tasty. Nearly no alcohol in the taste ( 9.5 alc ???? )

Very nice beer !!! Well done !

Pours a dark rich brown into a tulip glass, from a stopper topped bottle, that opened with an audible "pop". Great big amount of head with liberal lacing.

Aroma is rich and malty, keeping with the color.

Taste is surprisingly mild, with a good bit of oak in it. A lot of reviewers find it bitter, but I did not.

Feels very good in the mouth, nice balance between carbonation and thickness, goes down very easily, which could be dangerous at this abv.

tastes like a rochefort 8 but smooth and a little less complex. I love rochefort but this beer is more drinkable - not a sipper. Not sure why the other review are not that great - could have been the batch my bottle came from. I really liked like this beer and it is more complex than your dubbel and more in line with a west 8 or roche 8.