LoverBeer Dama Brun-a
"Omaggio alle oud bruin fiamminghe che si manifesta soprattutto all’olfatto nel contrasto tra le note dolci di caramello e quelle acidulo-lattiche. Nel palato i sapori vinosi dalla maturazione in botte ci introducono ad un piacevole fruttato di ciliegia e uva sultanina con un finale caratterizzato da una lieve astringenza. A tavola si sposa bene con formaggi di media maturazione, mentre in cucina è perfetta per cucinare brasati e cacciagione." - Lorenzo Dabove in arte Kuaska.
3.5
194 reviews
Marentino, Italy
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Vintage 37.5 cl bottle of three years old, with ABV of 8.4% rather than the 6.7% given here, perhaps the recipe has been changed meanwhile? Anyway, this is Loverbeer’s tribute to Flemish ’oud bruin’, the brown / red, at least partially barrel aged sour ales indigenous to the south of Flanders; contains wheat, in contrast to the traditional Flemish sours (though Rodenbach is known to contain corn, at least nowadays). Opens with a bang and a lot of smoke, but no gushing. Medium thick, irregularly shaped, pale cream beige coloured, bubbly head quickly dissappearing in the middle but well-retaining around the edge, over a mahogany-bronze beer with warm ruddy red hue, translucent but hazy, very similar in appearance to e.g. a Rodenbach Vintage. Aroma of overripe gooseberry, fresh fig, fermenting apples, balsamico and sherry vinegar, redcurrant, caramel, some ’old furniture’ wood in the background, old and very dry red wine, hints of pickled beetroot, dust, cold tea, dried out blue cheese, old mouldy nut shells - very convincingly ’oud bruin’, in all. Same in the mouth: lots of fruity esters, sweetish in its core but completely embedded in drying sourness, with impressions varying from red apple peel and blue grape over redcurrant and blackberries to the wryness of unripe stonefruit, drenched in a sherry vinegar-like acidity - though I hasten to add that this acidity remains altogether fairly soft, with a drying effect rather than anything puckering. The wheat seems to accentuate the sour character rather well and matches nicely with the caramelly barley malt core, which works agains the wheat in softening the sourness, so that everything comes to balance. Meanwhile redcurrant-, unripe grape- and yellow plum-like sourness continues to dry the mouth, leading to a quenching, fairly complex finish in which the malty ’underground’ and the fruit tartness are accompanied by a lovely tannic woodiness, quite outspoken in the end, actually tasting like old furniture as it were; an earthy, late hop bitterish touch brings things to closure, along with an afterglow of warming, sherry-like alcohol. A first, brief glimpse of onsetting oxidation seems to appear retronasally but very shallowly so and not disturbing at all - in fact making things more interesting. A balsamic vinegar-ish flavour lingers after swallowing. I’ve seen many non-Flemish attempts at this style pass by, some classically oriented and true to the originals like this one, some more experimental, but in the majority of the cases, the acidity is too much on the sharp and puckering side and insufficiently backed by a rounded malt body. These issues are not under discussion here: this one has clearly understood the essence, complexity and fragile balance of authentic ’oud bruin’ (or rather ’Vlaams rood’ but I won’t open that discussion here). This is a lovely example, with some bitterish balsamico-like notes adding some complexity, an outspoken ’old wood’ character and the perfect amount of sourness for this style; glad I found this as a vintage from 2014, I have a suspicion that some years of cellaring did this beer good. In any case: textbook example of the style, even though made in northern Italy. Perhaps a bit too classic, though: connecting a beer like this to the indigenous Italian wine culture in some or other way, like several other Italian craft brewers have done, may lead to even further greatness...
colore ambrato scuro, schiuma praticamente assente.Al naso note acide unite a vaniglia, uvetta, prugna e ciliegia.Al palato prime note acide seguite dalla dolcezza della ciliegia e della vaniglia, astringente e liquorosa.Una birra con un bouquet complesso ma comunque gradevole e facile da bere.
300417. This is my first beer from LoverBeer-I have seen a few bottles around the place and have shied away from them because they are so expensive. I took the chance to have this on tap at Brewski. Tart, bitter, sour, malty and salty. A weird but wonderful combination.
Backlog, ocena przepisana z untappd, w ramach uzupełniania profilu na ratebeer.
Aroma: caramel, raisins, grapes, slightly acidic, figs, red fruits
Taste: moderate sour, light sweet, caramel, grapes, figs, red fruits, raisins
Discreta acida con un buon passaggio in botte che dà quel sapore vinoso. Acidula senza picchi.
Birra ambrata tendente al marrone. Note acide (lattiche), aspre (uva, ribes, amarena), dolci (ciliegia, uva passa) invadono il naso. In bocca le note acide e dolci si alternano rendendo la bevuta armonica e godibilissima.
Hazy copper beer, smells like rich candy fruit and wine. Some wood, taste is nice andd wild. A bit like brandy, tart, medium bodied, but pretty refreshing with the acidity. A good woodiness and a bit of a roasted malt aftertaste.
Draught at Birrerria Volo. Warm reddish brown with basically no head to speak of. Smells of cherries and brandy and red wine, touch of sourness and woodiness. Oaky and sour flavours, with some cherries and wine.
Murky reddish brown with almost zero head. Nose is cherry brandy, red fruits, oak, horse blanket, acetic acid. Taste is very mild tart cherries and again acetic with hints of cognac. Medium body, low carbonation, bitter finish. Complex and very sessionable.
On tap @ Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fa, Rome. Pours brown with a little but lasting head. The aroma features cherries and a touch of apple; earthy, rustic touch. Taste is light to medium sweet, featuring mostly cherries and red berries but not too much; also a shade of maltiness and darker fruits. Sourness balances the initial sweetness. The palate is medium-bodied and the texture sticky, average in carbonation. Interesting but not my favourite style.
Bottle. Amber brown with thin off-white head. Aroma of berries, oak, barn, caramel. Sour flavour of berries, red wine
Sample at CBC 2016. Smell of wood, oak and "red fruits". Tart taste with aceton, also sweet with wood and an earthy aroma.
Tap @ TCBW16. Pours darker amber with medium yellowish thick head. Aroma: sour, sulphur, raw apples, malty, cow shit. Taste: medium sour, berries, some sweetness, raw apples, sulphur, oak, Medium body. Sour finish. I really loved that one.
Tap at CBC. Pours hazy amber, off white head. Very fruity. Apple cherry. Rather sweet.
Draught at Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fa, Rome. Hazy, amber-reddish with a thin, white head. Light sour aroma with yeasts, overripe fruits, caramel malts, oak and lemons. Taste is sour. Medium body with a creamy texture and a soft carbonation. Finishes sour with vinegar and caramel malts. Nice, rather uncomplicated Sour.
2012 bottle.
Looks..mahogany cola, small off white head.
Smells.. Old sour cherries, oak and maybe a softer red wine barrel and oak.
Tastes.. Definite sour cherry, some metallic wild ale characters..a little vinegar, generous red wine barrel hints.. Definite oak and slightly woody finish.
Tap at TCBW. Pours hazy amber with beige head. Aroma is sweet, fruits, oak. Flavor is sour, sweet, oak. Overall: good sour.
tap@tcbw16 amber liquid with yellowish head. sour and yeasty aroma. tastes light bitter, heavy sour, med body, av carb, long fin
On tap at TCBW 2016. Ruby red, brownish liquid. Medium white head. Vinegar, hints of apples, redcurrants and gooseberries in the aroma. Quite refreshing. Leathery first taste. Hay, grass, redcurrants, gooseberries. Sour finish. Quite nicely balanced sour ale.
Tap @Luppolo12, Roma. Clear brownish with small light beige head. Aroma has sour berries, cherries perhaps, and some malt. Sour, acetic flavour. Bretty notes, tart with notes of wood and spice. Has a not so pleasant, slightly harsh bitterness in the finish.
Look: dark brown cloudy, no head.
Aroma: malty and sour, light brett notes.
Taste: strong lactic and acet sourness, light sweet malt.
Flavour: matured acet, brett, hay, ayran.
Good and very sour.
Not bad, tho a bit odd. Small head. Aroma’s malt, vinegar, yeast, oak, raw meat. Flavor’s like nose plus, tart stands out. Plus some subtle weird thing in there.
Draught@CBC2015. Ambery brown colour with a mediumsized off-white foamy head. Aroma is sour wood, some toffee, mild raisins as well as some herbs and spices. Flavour is quite similar, with a nice nuttiness to it. Balanced between the sweet and sour, though tending more to the sour direction.
375 ml bottle. Pours a deep red burgundy color with almost no head. Aromas of vinous oak and dark cherries. Flavors of burnt grapes and sour dark fruit.
750 ML bottle
Radiant but murky reddish brown color. Fast fading light brown head. No collar left. No lacing.
Nose is very straightforward. Acid. Some oak, dark fruits, cola, and acid.
Taste is dark fruits. Prune and dark cherry. Oak and lactic acid. Prickly but drops off fast. Little bit of funk and vinegar in the mouth. Acid finish. One dimensional. Not that great.
Bottle shared. Pours oily red cola like. Doesn’t look great. Brandy, slightly fruit, some paint. Only slightly sour. Sweet honey background. Not a great sour.
Draught at OEC SourFest, 8/15/15.
Drab olive-chestnut-beige body shows good clarity and a wispy, light beige head that sits around at cover.
Dry, dominating lactic notes in the nose allow some dry caramel, earthy/crusty brown bread-like grain notes and light wood character as well. Some light fruitiness sits on the finish, with plentiful acidity and perhaps a touch of alcohol and vanilla fume.
Extraordinarily dry, astringent flavors show pure lactic acid tartness mixed with dry, grainy, astringent oaky notes and dry, minimal caramel. Absolutely no comfort from the malts, which seem to be completely non-existent here. Horribly out-of-balance, too dry, astringent and with little more than just oak, caramel and lactic acid. Yikes....
Bottle 0.375l at The 8th Belgrade tasting Session Two at Alberto place in Pozarevac.18.07.2015.Grazie Alberto for this bottle.2012 bottle.Pour it dark brown color with small white head.Aroma of cherry and leather.Taste of red wine, black fruits, balsamic winegar, good sour present.Ok
At the 8th tasting (round 2), held in Vranovo and Pozarevac. Bottle 2012. Pours a dark brown color with wood-like highlights, no head. Nose: tobacco, cherries, leather, red fruits. Mouth: a bit lack of body, balsamic notes, easy drinking like all the Loverbeer beers. Nice all-in-all.