Brunehaut Amber

Brunehaut Amber

Belgium

6.5% alc/vol

$8.50

When I first poured this beer it had that look and smell of Chimay Blue, but when I had my first sip it took me straight back to Coopers Vintage. Really fruit cake and spice on the nose but a lean dry finish. Very elegant too, obviously made with the idea of having more than one at a time, unlike Chimay Blue which I find too heavy and gluggy.

I was wondering why I had never heard of these beers considering the brewery was started in 1890, so I did some research and Belgium has more than 130 breweries making some 600+ beers. No wonder that a few of them escape my notice.

If you can find it, enjoy

Graham

timmermans kriek

This tastes like really good quality medicine (although i think in some way, that's what beer is...). It has that flavour of macerated cherries that was used to disguise the taste of cough medicine when you were a kid.

Lambic beers are not the sort of thing i like to have more than one of at a time. Very rich strong flavour and nothing subtle about it.

So its made with sour cherries which explains the taste. This is straight from Wiki... 'A traditional kriek made from a lambic base beer is sour and dry as well. The cherries are left in for a period of several months, causing a refermentation of the additional sugar. Typically no sugar will be left so there will be a fruit flavour without sweetness'

At the end of the day its not the beer for me but to my surprise my wife loved it and suggested it a good match for a fruit cake... so nice to see her enthusiastic about beer.

Dan