Tilburgs Dutch Brown Ale

[Payson]

Is anyone familiar with Tilburgs? I stumbled across some Saturday and was pretty pleased. It was quite malty and smooth. I've never even heard of the brewery. Real cool label too....a character from "The Garden of Earthly Delights".

[chazwicke]

Don't know that one. Where was it brewed? Which brewery? Any info on the label?

[hopjack13]

tilburgs is brewed by de koningshoeven although im not sure it's a trappist...i've never seen it before , i know the la trappe is a trappist, and the quadruple is not bad . i just had a 2000 about six month ago. does it say trappist on the bottle????i don't think it would but im wondering here..........

[steveh]

Doesn't tell much, but: http://www.bavariahollandbeer.us/tilburgs.html

S.

[hopjack13]

i didn't think it was trappist but it sounds like it'd be a good beer.
i wonder how la trappe ties in with de koningshoeven and tilburgs ? how does de koningshoeven own la trappe (a trappist brewery) or is it the other way around?

[potzer]

I visited Koningshoeven in mid-September and we were told by our tour guide that the brewery was contracted to produce Tilberg Brown for a company in Dallas, Texas. He did not say who though.

[chazwicke]

Good info. Thanks and welcome to the board. I like your avatar.

[Seymour]

I've had Tilburg's. Saw it for the first time several months back, right before Christmas. Even though it's an "import", I was leery of the relatively low price. Sorry to burst your bubble, but I thought it was eh, okay. Kinda reminded me of Pete's Wicked. 'Course, I never claimed to have the world's most refined palate, and I'm not a huge fan of brown ales to boot. But no, It's not trappist style. It's definitely a brown, English-style ale in flavor. Interesting to know it's brewed for a company here in Texas. That probably explains the price. The label's definitely interesting if you're a collector.

[ADR]

I am more interested why Koningshoeven does a Brown Ale, but tastes always seem to be changing, I guess...

Dark and deep chestnut color, seems clearish. Lively head of 1/2 an inch of light tan foam. Good lace, rings with drips on the glass. Malty aroma, deep like cough drops and with some molasses elements. Flavor starts nicely, cocoa powder, slight ginger, and that molasses from the aroma. Mouthfeel is a bit light but the carbonation is low, giving a smoothness. Slightly watery at the finish with little to no hops to be found but with residual sweetness and ginger lingering into the aftertaste. Not a bad beer at all, a little boring for my personal tastes.

[fretlessman71]

Welcome to the board potzer. What's with the avatar? Seems just a little out-there for me, but then again, I'M a little out there as well.... :)

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
, but then again, I'M a little out there .... :)

A little!!!!????

[fretlessman71]

Hey, HE doesn't know that...... yet...... :)

[chazwicke]

Oh yeah.....shhhhh...

[fretlessman71]

Well, I suppose we ought not to be worried... chances are he's a one-poster and we'll never hear from him again. OTOH, he went to all the trouble to set up a moving avatar, so who knows...

[I'mRocketMan]

I think it is a very nice brown ale!! I also like the price (usually)

Cheers! Rocket

[fretlessman71]

Does anybody else notice that brown ales tend to have the "rootbeer" carbonation mouthfeel to them? Maybe that's what I don't care for so much about them... maybe it's not all of them, but it sure seems to be the case for the ones I've tried...

[ray m]

I dunno about the carbonation thing, but my experience with a lot of brown ales has been that there is just not a lot of pizzazz to them.....they've all been just kind of blah to me. Very ordinary. I've stayed away from them for a long time now. Maybe I'll give the Tilburgs a try next time I'm at the paint store.

[fretlessman71]

Interesting - beeradvocate has this beer as a Belgian Dark Ale, not a brown ale. Guess what ELSE is in this category? New Belgium's 1554 Black Ale. Go figure....

[chazwicke]

I had a Berkshire Brown Ale last night from Great Barrington. No notes but I thought it was rather ordinary. Not bad but not inspired either. I had some on tap at the pub a week or so ago and I liked it much. this was a bomber bottle.

[fretlessman71]

Why would someone put an ordinary beer in a bomber bottle in the first place? I don't get it. Sierra Nevada has even put their Pale Ale in a 22 oz. bottle! Very strange choice for something like that.

[chazwicke]

I'm fairly certain that Great Barrington only bottles using the bombers. I think it is a fairly small operation. I liked the bomber I had of the IPA on Sunday. And I liked the beers I had at the brewpub. Including the brown.

[Dutchgirl]

http://www.MyOnlineImages.com/Members/rhondaruthc/images/La%20Trappe Brewery.jpg

We just got back from a Holland vacation and visited the La Trappe Monastery's brewery in Tilburg. Wonderful beer! We enjoyed the Witt bier. When we told them we were from the Boston area, they gave us a bottle to sample... beer they make especially for us Americans ... called Tilburg's Dutch Brown Ale. The 1st thing we did when we got home was chill the bottle and split it between us with dinner. We both LOVED it!

Now I'd love to find it here in the Boston area. Any idea where we could get it?

[Katefan00]

Never had the Tilburgs, but I like the La Trappe tripel. Had a windfall a couple months ago, a local retailer had overordered and sold me an entire case of the tripel for $20.

K.

[Payson]

I can get my hands on it if you're interested.

[danno]

I thought LaTrappe was no longer called LaTrappe, and had lost their Trappist appelation? I thought it was now being brewed as Koningshoven? anyway, K, nice score on a case, but if my info is correct, it's now several years old, so plan to drink it accordingly...

[Katefan00]

Entirely possible, if I'm remembering correctly the bottle did say de Koeningshoeven, so I doubt they're old. I've had several already and they're quite good, so I doubt they're older than you'd expect at a reputable place.

K

[JorisP]

Originally posted by danno
I thought LaTrappe was no longer called LaTrappe, and had lost their Trappist appelation? I thought it was now being brewed as Koningshoven? anyway, K, nice score on a case, but if my info is correct, it's now several years old, so plan to drink it accordingly...

Actually they have regained the right to use the trappist logo (octogonal red logo) per 01/09/2005 IIRC.

Tilburgs is brewed by de Koningshoeven although I'm nost sure it's a trappist...I've never seen it before

The brewery at Tilburg (Berkel-Enschot to be precise) has several subdivisions. Only certain beers are recognised as Trappist (la Trappe) brews. Next to that a score of other beers are brewed under the Koningshoeven label. For a Belgian importer, they brew under Dominus label, etc.
Koningshoeven and their brewer are currently experimenting with other beers as well.

Joris

[HogieWan]

My paint store just got the dutch brown a few weeks ago - great beer - scary label.