Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oud bruin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: oud bru-in
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A style of beer that undergoes a secondary fermentation, which takes several weeks to a month, and is followed by bottle aging for several more months, which allows residual yeast and bacteria to develop a sour flavor characteristic for this style.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Some oud bruins are also flavored with raspberry or cherry."
"Markowski has produced characteristically tart and acidic Flanders red ales, oud bruins, and lambics using both stainless steel and wooden barrels and finds, quite naturally, the best results come when using wood."
"Oud bruins are often referred to as the slightly maltier cousin of the Flanders red.[…]Unlike its red cousin, oud bruins typically don’t spend much time in oak or take on as much oak character, although they are aged for several months, if not a full year."

Etymology

From Dutch oud bruin (“old brown”), referring to the long aging process, up to a year.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: oud bruin

Usage

Inflected Forms

oud bruins (plural)

Questions

What does oud bruin mean?: A style of beer that undergoes a secondary fermentation, which takes several weeks to a month, and is followed by bottle aging for several more months, which allows residual yeast and bacteria to develop a sour flavor characteristic for this style.
Where does oud bruin come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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