Diôle Brune
Brasserie des Carrières

L- Quite deep chestnut brown. Despite having been rested for a few weeks the beer poured with major lumps of sediment; handle/pour with care. Pours with nice 2Cm off-white head.
S- Quite different, distinctive if this were a regular beer of yours. Hard to describe but perhaps quite leathery - more pleasant than that sounds though!
T- That same^ taste comes over in the smell. It's musky>fruity> slightly picquant bright, then the 8.5% ABV zing comes in (OT: 'And all is well with the world tonight').
F- For an 8.5% it is relatively understated on the richness, yet the ABV% comes through notably clearly. I prefer it that way around vs rich/sweet + ABV hard to detect.
O- Nice, slightly different. There is something distinctive in the Taste I can't quite pin down, but I like it! After posting this I'll read other reviews here and see if someone more in the know that me ID'd it.
ps. LOL/oops at the person who added this listing for a Belgian Brune as an American Brown Ale.... I'll alert the Mods to this error.
330ml bottle, bought from BeersOfEurope (UK), BB: Dec-2020