UPDATED: NOV 25, 2021 500ml bottle bought at Poplar Wine and Spirits. Pours a dark reddish brown with a small head of foam. Smells sour, oaky, fruity, with some light funk. Taste is sour, lots of flavour from the oak, fruity, some good funky notes. Low end of medium bodied, lively carbonation. Very good Flanders Oud Bruin.

UPDATED: AUG 12, 2021 Bottle from Roadhouse Pub & Brewery. Dark mahogany with a small fading khaki head. Aroma is very nice, sour cherry, plum, hazelnut, leather, oak. Flavor is lightly sweet and medium tart, big cherry and plum notes, slightly tannic leathery oaky finish. Medium plus body, soft carbonation. Pretty nice.

UPDATED: APR 23, 2021 Bottle shared at the Spring DC tasting. Poured a very light ruby color with a small, wispy off-white head. Aroma was bit tartness, acidic, vinegar notes, but with some berry sweetness that cuts through some of that.

UPDATED: APR 20, 2021 50cl bottle pours a murky brown with some grey head. Nose has some cherry and apple cider vinegar, malt, stale bread. Flavor is tart, apple cider vinegar, cherry, raspberry. Finishes tart. OK.

UPDATED: APR 10, 2021 Very nice. Apricot and plum. Some lime. Nice balance. Tangy fruity finish. Dark hazy pour with good head.

UPDATED: JAN 31, 2021 From a bottle. Pours a clear mahogany with a small off white head. Aromas of apple and raisins. Flavors are tart apple and a bit of burnt brown sugar. Nice oud bruin.

UPDATED: NOV 20, 2020 Bottle. Head is initially small, fizzy/frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is dark yellow to light amber. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly yeasty (basement, cobwebs), with notes of oak, cranberry, apple skins. Flavor is moderately sweet, heavily acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, heavily acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, fizzy carbonation, lightly alcoholic, lightly to moderately astringent. Pretty solid entry in this large genre. They call it an Oud Bruin on the label, but it barely even has an amber blush (pretty much just a dark golden) and the back label takes great pains (and far too many adjectives) to suggest it doesn't follow any conventions. For me the latter is more accurate; it's an American sour ale with no single influence from Belgium or elsewhere. And it's a decent rendition of that nebulous group of puckering brews...nice aromatics and aggressively sour but still balanced well enough to be drinkable, and the wine-like astringency helps offset the watery-fizzy body. I'm not sure this was really worth the 27 months of aging (time being money and all that), but it's enjoyable for what it is.