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Vieille Brune
Brasserie Thiriez
- From:
- Brasserie Thiriez
- France
- Style:
- Flanders Oud Bruin
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.51 | pDev: 15.38%
- Reviews:
- 14
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 22, 2021
- Added:
- May 17, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 6
No description / notes.
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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
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, 2021Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
4.19/5 rDev +19.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
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, 2020Mahoghany 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
Reviewed by SABERG from Massachusetts
3.94/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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, 2020A - 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.
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
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, 2020Gushing
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
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
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, 2019Pours 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.
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
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, 2019Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota
2.42/5 rDev -31.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
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, 2017Thick 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.
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
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, 2015Smells 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.
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
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, 2013bottle 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
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
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, 2013a - 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.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3.83/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Tap at Moeder Lambic.
Pours a decent creamy head with super dark brown color.
Nose is potent! Some fig, raisin, candy, brown sugar, etc... a strange earthy alcohol, as well as light vanilla and even almost barrel like aromas, light cocoa, and a phenolic mess on top of all that.
Taste brings and earthy root cola syrup mess, fermented cola, then light candy and molasses, candi sugar like booze warms with some phenols, strange almost chemically booze, mild bitterness, faint cocoa, touch of barrel and light mild earthy coffee but no roast, light raisin fruit. It also brings just a touch of husk and almost a cardboard oxidation like flavor. Finish is fairly dry but little sticky sweet lingering with some bitterness, dark candy, fruits, etc.
Med to heavier bod, good carb, light warming booze and a bit syrupy.
Overall not bad, interesting and fairly tasty but nothing too special, too much going on overall.
Jun 14, 2013Pours a decent creamy head with super dark brown color.
Nose is potent! Some fig, raisin, candy, brown sugar, etc... a strange earthy alcohol, as well as light vanilla and even almost barrel like aromas, light cocoa, and a phenolic mess on top of all that.
Taste brings and earthy root cola syrup mess, fermented cola, then light candy and molasses, candi sugar like booze warms with some phenols, strange almost chemically booze, mild bitterness, faint cocoa, touch of barrel and light mild earthy coffee but no roast, light raisin fruit. It also brings just a touch of husk and almost a cardboard oxidation like flavor. Finish is fairly dry but little sticky sweet lingering with some bitterness, dark candy, fruits, etc.
Med to heavier bod, good carb, light warming booze and a bit syrupy.
Overall not bad, interesting and fairly tasty but nothing too special, too much going on overall.
Vieille Brune from Brasserie Thiriez
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
26 ratings
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