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Brewed in 2004, I have chosen this strong (11% ABV) beer from Belgium because it manages to straddle that line between sweet, alcoholic excess and a more savoury bitterness and acidity better than some of its style - and
because it is a bloody nice beer for sipping very slowly, or sharing with dessert.
Van Honsebrouck, Kasteel Brune 2004 (Belgium) 
This very strong, brown, top-fermented beer pours a rich, deep, treacle brown with a thick tan head. On the nose there is a carpet of dark, mollases and rum-soaked raisin fruit aromas, that are dense and suggest great depth.
On the palate a luscious, mouthfilling sweetness floods over the tongue, with flavours of sugary black Cuban coffee, roasted black fruits and a suggestion of chocolate. There is plenty of spice, with a
pepper and ginger quality, and just enough refreshing acidity right in the finish to stop this being cloying, and make it dangerously drinkable. 11.0% ABV, 33cl, �1.95, Beersofeurope, The Offie, Onlyfinebeer, Beerritz.  |  |
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