Du Bocq Gauloise Brune

Du Bocq Gauloise Brune

Dark reddish brown, clear, living beer with a fine and generous white head.
Typical, rich, estery smell (fermentation), scent of coriander, balanced.
Special malts, full mouthed, balanced, slightly bitter aftertaste.
3.5
460 reviews
Purnode-Yvoir, Belgium

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4.2 Bière brune avec des reflets rubis en transparence, le tout couvert d'une mousse ivoire à bulles fines sur un bon centimètre. Le nez est sur les pâtes de fruits (fraise, cassis, cerise, baies noires, sureau, violette, mûre...), le caramel, l'orange confite, le zest de citron, le chocolat au lait, le cognac, le bonbon arlequin, la mirabelle et le pruneau, le tout avec un beau côté vineux genre Pineau ou Muscat. Très beaux arômes où les notes houblonnées sont un peu absentes. La bouche est capiteuse, ample, les sucres sont un peu trop anesthésiants, l'amertume joue avec la sourdine mais elle reste efficace. L'alcool est probant, même si c'est une bière qui peut paraître écœurante sur la toute première gorgée.Sur la deuxième se développent le bois, la noix, la terre et les végétaux avec un côté noble et racé. La troisième ainsi que la rétro-olfaction laissent s'exhaler le côté liqueur et l'alcool. La longueur est bonne, le final sur les malts, les fruits, les sucres et l'alcool. Il manque tout de même un petit quelque chose qui fait que cette bière est légèrement déséquilibrée au bénéfice des sucres. Un bon breuvage cependant. Bouteille 33cl, Boissons du Monde, Saint-Egrève.
3.4 33cl bottle at home. Appearance: dark brown with medium sized off-white head. Aroma: brown sugar, molasse, sweet malts, hint of raisin and red fruit. Taste: high sweetness and medium bitterness. Notes of brown sugar, sweet malts, apricot, some red fruits. Palate: medium bodied, slightly watery / sticky texture and lively carbonation. Overall: an average brown that's a bit on the sweet side. Not very good.
3.0 Donkerbruin bier met een volle beige schuimkraag, aroma is wat flets, met wat gedroogd fruit, de smaak is zoet en fruitig met wat karamel.
3.4 Une bière de chef? Brune aux reflets rouges, avec une mousse un peu crémeuse. Des arômes épicés, un peu amers, où l'alcool est assez fort présent.
3.9 Bottle at home. Very dark mahogany colour, beige creamy head. Quite complex malty dried fruits, molasses, herbal, liquorice notes, some coffee, well balanced altogether. Good body, lively carbonation.
2.9 Dark brown with a very rich, creamy, off-white head. Aroma is malt and spice. Taste is fairly sweet with some cinnamon, caramel, and fruit. Somewhat boozy.
3.3 Rather boozy tasting but a decent Dubbel style beer overall. Pours a light burgundian amber with a fizzy beige head. The nose is malt forward with molasses and raisin notes, smells rather caramelized and has light spicy and dried fruit notes. Light bitterness on the finish but rather astringent with a light metallic note, warm booziness. A good beer but rather forgettable.
3.4 330 ml bottle. Amber brown with a medium beige head. The flavour is sweet and herbal with a hint of iron as well. On the sweet side, but fairly balanced by the alcohol.
3.7 23/08/2017 - 33cl bottle @ B&B Le Vieux Marronnier Foy-Notre-Dame. Brown to amber colour, big creamy tanned head. Nose is dark malts, caramel, spices. Taste is dark malts, caramel, some fruits, spices, some alcohol. Very balanced and decent, not outspoken like the saison.
3.5 Dégustée en hiver 2007-2008 au Saint-Bock (De mes notes papiers). .
2.6 Bottle - reddish brown with small off white head. Fruity aroma, fairly sweet. Bit of a ting on tongue and in mouth. Not as good tasting as blonde - bit too sweet, high alcohol @ 8.1%.
3.4 Aroma - not the richest seemed, but is interesting - prunes with burnt sugar, when heated appears the liquorice . In the taste a little sharply you feel alcohol, a little leavened some spices. The aftertaste captures the same liquorice.
3.5 330ml bottle pours an amber brown colour with a massive white head that leaves some decent lacing on the glass. Aroma is dark fruits with some caramel and coriander. Taste is a dark fruity and caramel malty sweetness with a spicy hop bitterness finishing with a dry yeasty finish. Medium bodied with decent carbonation. Overall, a pleasant, easy drinking brew that hides the alcohol well and is balanced and tasty. Recommended.
3.2 Klares rotbraun mit reichlich Schaum. Malzig, süßlich, etwas Karamell, brauner Zucker, leicht fruchtig, Rosinen.
3.9 Pours mahogany brown with high beige head. Aroma is caramel, some sourness, leather, spices, gingerbread, creamy, some milk, cinnamon, toffee. Taste is caramel, creamy, oily, some spices, toffee, milk chocolate, cinnamon, coriander, whipped cream. Very good beer!
3.9 Belle robe brune aux reflets ambrés. Nez sur des notes de malt, de chocolat, d’épices, belle complexité. Bouche à l’attaque sur l’alcool de café, de la tension, bulle tendue, finale onctueuse. Une bière forte assez équilibrée.
3.7 Una buona strong Ale dal colore ambra scuro quasi marrone, buona Carbonazione, dolce con note di frutta secca, dark fruits.
4.1 Uma boa cerveja, mas leve que as convencionais Dark Strong Ale, confesso que me pareceu mais com uma Dubbel, mas o sabor intenso de tâmara faz prevalecer o estilo mais complexo das cervejas belgas de alta fermentação. Boa cerveja para quem está iniciando o mundo das cervejas especiais já num nível mais avançado....
3.2 L: -pours a hazy ruby with a medium,foamy,sand-coloured head -high carbonation visible S: -washing powder,cherries,raspberries,astringent T: -follows the nose with slight caramel,slight bread and a syrupy sweetness F: -medium carbonation -medium body O: Fairly fruity and soapy Belgian Brown Ale. Not for me.
3.8 I take this beer keg format. Although I prefer the format bottle. A good beer, but without the quality of the great Belgian beers of this style
4.2 75cl bottle. Pours brown with big tanned persistent head. Plum and other dark fruits, yeast. Really soft mouthfeel, cannot taste alcohol. More sweet than bitter. Really good.
3.5 Pours a clear ruby brown with a huge light tan head and nice lacing. Aroma of candy, caramel, molasses sugar, spice, citrus. Tastes medium sweet with medium/light carbonation sourness and a drop of crispy bitterness on finish. High carbonation, medium body, very thin for the amount of ABV, assertive alcoholic finish, a little sticky. Not bad but rather one-dimensional, and I’m not fond of the palate.
3.8 Makea, kaunis olut. Maltaisuus, hiiva ja melkein toffeemainen karamelli. Hyvä, tumma bock.
3.4 Kirkas, keskiruskea olut vaahtoaa alussa kohtalaisesti, mutta vaahto katoaa aika nopeasti kokonaan. Maltaisen makea, sokerinen ja pehmeä, hieman luumuinen tuoksu. Maku samoin maltaisen ja pehmeän makea sekä aavistuksen luumuinen. Ihan nautittava olut ja belgialainen ei petä, mutta eihän tässä kieltämättä mitään erityistä ole. Jää kauas parhaista belgiveljistään.
3.4 Bottle from Lidl - pours dark red/brown with tan/beige head. Aroma - toffee, sugar, nutty. Taste - caramel, dark fruit cake, yeasty. Nice
3.5 Aroma: Medium aroma of malts, caramel, Belgian yeast and fruit. Appearance: Turbid/opaque ree/brown beer with a slight/medium beige head. Taste/Palate: Medium sweet with malts, caramel, Belgian yeast and fruit. Overall: This beer is rather intense, complex and balanced. Nothing really to write about to be fair, just an average dark Belgian Strong Ale.
3.5 Monumentális, hosszan tartó bézs hab, sötétbarna, vörösbe hajló szín. Erősen fűszeres, karamellás, gyümölcsös beütésű illat. Nagyon picit édeskés, karamelles ízvilág, fűszeres, komlós felhangokkal, kis égetett cukros beütéssel. Testes sör.
3.1 Bottle of 33cl, in a Trappist glass; room-temperature. We’re in front of a dark red-brown beer, with a light fizzy head. The aroma is nut and yeast, The aroma is chocolate and yeast, sweet but deep. Nice one, but usual.
3.4 Pours a hazy red-amber colour with a beige fizzy head that disappears rather quickly leaving no lace. Nutty nose with dark fruit aromas and some brown sugars. Raisins, dates flavours with some nuttiness in the middle and pretty solid bitterness in the finish. Lingering roastiness and hints of caramel. A good Belgian strong brown beer.
3.5 Marrón rojiza, muy abundante espuma ocre. Aroma a levadura, lacteo. Notas malteadas. Dulce en boca, acaramelada, tostada, dismulando bien el alcohol. Buen cuerpo, gas bien marcado. Final más seco y amargo, apareciendo más el alcohol.