Vieille Brune
Brasserie Thiriez

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From:
Brasserie Thiriez
 
France
Style:
Flanders Oud Bruin
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
82
Avg:
3.51 | pDev: 15.38%
Reviews:
14
Ratings:
26
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 22, 2021
Added:
May 17, 2011
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  6
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Ratings by brentk56:
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Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina

4.18/5  rDev +19.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
2010 bottling; bottle no. 460 (purchased at La Cave à Bulles in Paris)

Appearance: Pours a ruby-highlighted cola color with a massive head; excellent stickage and lacing

Smell: Red wine vinegar, oak, caramel and barnyard funk

Taste: Oaky at the outset, with a vague hint of vanilla; a layer of caramel is quickly supplanted by the barnyard funk and red wine vinegar flavors that develop through mid-palate; after the swallow, the sour elements, oak and caramel converge and linger into the finish; herbacious and medicinal in the aftertaste

Mouthfeel: Medium body but just a touch over-carbonated

Overall: A really interesting Oud Bruin, unique in its woody complexity; too bad this is not imported but I plan to be on the lookout for some of the Brasserie Thiriez beers that I have seen around the US
Oct 02, 2011
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Reviewed by Suds from Missouri

3.89/5  rDev +10.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
From a wine bottle shaped 750 ml, this beer is nearly black, with a tall and lasting tan head. The aroma has a charred, woody, barrel aged not, underneath a firm malt scent. Medium body and well balanced with chocolate and toasted malt flavors. Nice.
Mar 22, 2021
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Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois

4.19/5  rDev +19.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Lot VB04 BBD: 01/2024

Mahoghany brown tone, nearly black in the glass. Ample creamy tan foam that cascades in lacing down the sides of the glass, lasting surface skim.

Aroma is restrained, some woody barrel notes and toasted malt, not especially acidic or funky. A hint of dates and raisins.

Mildly tart, smooth and creamy. Roasty malt, chocolate-covered dried cherries, a touch of dry oak in the finish. Clean and flavorful, full bodied with a nice creamy texture, rounded edges from the wine barrel. Easily drinkable and very smooth, the restrained acidity strikes a nice balance with the roastiness and dried fruit flavors. Overall very nice.

Flanders Oud Bruin #93
Oct 15, 2020
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Reviewed by SABERG from Massachusetts

3.94/5  rDev +12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from an undated bottle into the test glass.
A - Dark mahagony color, hides the active carbonation. Creamy tan froth cap stays for quite some time. The bottle opned with strong pop and a small gush, then setttled down.
S - Dark plum, almost Quad like, the wine barrel plays an outsized role here. With time spent there are elements of shade tobacco, grape skin, tannin, earthy grains, balsamic all in the mix.
T - Ripe plum, jumps out, then a lovely series of cross threads, Cote du Rhone, black pepper, hint of anise, again a nice earthy thread, some cola, balsamic, and dark cocoa.
M - So delicate, the feel is velvety, with the carbonation prancing across the tongue. Semi sweet start then a bit of acidity winding up on the neatral side. The finish is rich, and fruity.
O - A delight on the palate, soft feel, the barrel treatment must be the driver on this front. Aromatics hint toward the offering being acidic, but that never really transpires. Dark fruit and the balsamic play so well.
I wish there was a date on this. If you can certainly seek this out.
Aug 16, 2020
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Reviewed by Bruno74200 from France

3.72/5  rDev +6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
2016 vintage

Gushing

Then quite on the nuts and dates, a bit of acidity from the barrels but no sourness whatsoever. This is not a Flanders Oud Bruin as you think it is
Jun 01, 2020
 
Rated: 3.34 by Chico1985 from Massachusetts

Feb 19, 2020
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Reviewed by aleigator from Germany

3.55/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
BXL-Beerfest Version

Pours black with a big, foamy, mohagony colored head.

Smells of funky basement, mushrooms and blue cheese, together with roasty caramel malts. Has a lovely tartness to it, featuring additional leaves and lime zest with moldy wood and spicy licorice.

Has a sparkly, well carbonated lighter mouthfeel, while the effervescence remains utmost soft and smooth. This drinks utmost easy, while the beer manages to create a lovely refreshment on the palate.

Tastes of bakers chocolate, glazed caramel and herb accompanied funk. This unusual flavor profile comes together surprisingly well thanks to the beer‘s fantastic, soft mouthfeel and light earthiness, tying sweet and sour flavors together quite well. Finishes with a promient herb dryness among spicy licorice and a lighter, maintaining tartness.

Light and refreshing, dry and malty with a pleasantly mellow, earthy foundation.
Jun 28, 2019
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Reviewed by Ottoj55 from Wisconsin

1.49/5  rDev -57.5%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
Dark brown, creamy colored foam disappeared in a hurry. Smelled like acetone, acetic acid and spoiled.... something.... The taste was too dry and too acetic with too much of a "dirt?" flavor, just what? Mouthfeel, get this out of my mouth, because I spit it out. I love sours, but I'm pretty sure this wasn't even beer.
Mar 15, 2019
 
Rated: 3.25 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Jul 26, 2018
 
Rated: 3.56 by HopBelT from Belgium

May 09, 2018
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Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota

2.42/5  rDev -31.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2016 vintage bottle for the bxl beerfewt.

Thick creamy tan head. Dark brown color.

Very sour and malty. Nail polish remover. Licorice and anise. Nothing good going on here. I can drink it, but it’s tough.
Dec 31, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by acurtis from New Jersey

Dec 17, 2017
 
Rated: 3.21 by YvesB from Belgium

Nov 13, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by kylehay2004 from Illinois

Nov 01, 2016
 
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Reviewed by dcmchew from Romania

3.69/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours dark brown with some ruby tinges, big frothy brown head that quickly recedes to a thick lacing and some messy specks.
Smells pretty strong, with big damp oak barrel notes, earth, big cocoa powder, burnt tobacco, a whiff of vinegar and soy sauce, light raisin.
Taste isn't that intense, a mild malty sourness, with some dark chocolate and lemon. Hints of cola, caramel, faint grape must, faint raisin. Nice oak barrel in the end, kinda funky, moldy, ending quite earthy.
Aftertaste has cocoa powder, wood, earth, not much else. Medium bodied, prickly carbonated.
Not too sour, but brings really nice barrel notes. Good for "rookies" in the style, but otherwise pretty boring.
Feb 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Dec 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by tom10101 from Canada (QC)

Aug 13, 2013
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Reviewed by samEBC from Belgium

3.52/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
75 cl bottle purchased at brewery Thiriez, bottle number 0645, brewed in June 2012, aged on wine barrels for three months and finally bottled on 20/10/2012, 5.8 % ABV
bottle started to leak in the trunk of my car as I drove home, so I put this one immediately in the fridge and opened it within days after purchasing

A: started gushing the minute it was opened, huge beige head when poured into my Rodenbach Vintage Geuze glass, black colour with red hue, exceptional headretention, leaves some lacing

S: weird smell, like soap and synthetic perfume, light oak and earth

T: on the sweet side, dark fruit taste, raisins, caramel, again oak and earth, some tabacco, cacao and sweet coffee, and to my suprise a just lightly discernible sourness

M: medium body, average carbonation, light lingering bitterness, soft mouthfeel

O: I expected something a lot more sour, however this was still a complex and tasty beer that I actually enjoyed drinking, too bad that the smell was a letdown
Aug 07, 2013
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Reviewed by mdfb79 from New York

3.17/5  rDev -9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
From 07/24/13 notes. I noticed some brown crud on the top of the bottle as someone else has also noted, and noticed some stickiness on my beer cabinet, so immediately put this in the fridge to drink it. I purchased this at La Cave à Bulles in Paris, France in mid-June. 2012 vintage, bottled on 20/10/2012. 750ml bottle into my Lost Abbey stemware. When I popped the bottle a rush of air hit my in the face harder than I've ever seen on a beer; weird.

a - Pours a deep mahogany brown color with three fingers of fluffy medium tan head and moderate carbonation evident. Tons of lacing and retention. Looks pretty good.

s - Smells of soap, lightly sour fruits, oak, musty notes, dark fruits, earthy notes, and light vinegar. Lightly sour and sour fruit, but not as sour as I was expecting.

t - Taste is not very flavorful, and very oxidized. At first I was afraid it was going to be infected, but I think it was just very oxidized. Light dark fruits, but not really sour, light oak, musty and earthy notes. Not necessarily bad, but very disappointing.

m - Medium body and high carbonation. A little too carbonated, no alcohol heat.

o - Overall very disappointing. Looking at other reviews other people have seen this very oxidized as well; very disappointing to spend a lot of money on a French sour bottle and have it be sub-par based on the bottling. Would not recommend buying.
Jul 25, 2013
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