Heineken Oud Bruin (; en, Heineken Old Brown) is a Dutch-style oud bruin

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Heineken Heineken Lager Beer ( nl, Heineken Pilsener), or simply Heineken () is a pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken N.V. Heineken beer is sold in a green bottle with a red star. History On 15 Feb ...

. It shares only the name with the stronger, more acidic '' oud bruin'' beers of Belgium, which are a different style. It is available only in the

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Heineken International Heineken N.V. () is a Dutch multinational brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. , Heineken owns over 165 breweries in more than 70 countries. It produces 348 international, regional, local and speciality be ...

. Retrieved on 2012-07-14. The beer is brewed from

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, and hops using top-fermentation. Bottle label of Heineken Oud Bruin, 2012.Oud bruin
, Nederlandse Brouwers. Retrieved on 2012-07-16. Its color is dark brown or 120 EBC and its taste is mildly

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or 14 IBU. The brewer states that the beer derives its color and taste from the dark malt and hops, but the bottle label states

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is also added and the beer is sweetened with sugar. Heineken Oud Bruin has 2.5% alcohol by volume (abv). In 1977, the abv of Heineken Oud Bruin was reduced from 3.5% to 2.5%.Heineken etiketnummering
, Bieretiketten.nl, 2010. Retrieved on 2012-07-14. Generally, ''oud bruin'' beers in Netherlands have 2.5 to 3.5% abv, much lower than

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s with around 5% abv. Other Dutch beer brands also have an ''oud bruin'' variety, such as Alfa Oud Bruin,

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Oud Bruin, and Gulpener Oud Bruin.Gulpener Oud Bruin
Gulpener. Retrieved on 2012-07-16.

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* {{Heineken International Beer in the Netherlands Heineken brands