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Bruegel

Bruegel - Belgian Ale

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 Percentile 
42
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Ale

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4742.96/5.02.96/5.05.2%29Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Bruegel is an easy drinking soft and tasty amber ale. Thanks to the refermentation it offers more body, more head and more taste than most other American and Belgian Amber ales. It is brewed with Dutch barley and German hops. Although the bitterness is clearly present, it is not dominant.
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 ogivlado (3036), Zagreb, Croatia
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/511/20
Nov 15, 2006  
Bottled(330ml). –Shared with Doggythedog at the Hopdevil in Zagreb
So far the worst Belgian beer from Hopdevil. Orange/amber coloured, medium white head, stinky stale caramel nose. Taste is similar to below average slovenian homebrew beers. So far the worst Belgian beer from Hopdevil.


 Doggythedog (1541), Split, Croatia
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/512/20
Nov 10, 2006  
Bottle shared with ozujsko at the Hopdevil in Zagreb
It looks nice a nice dark orange shade, with a medium sized head that went away fast. The nose was all buttery caramel, slightly milky. The taste is all that, only with some faint metallic and lemony hints and a faint whisper of hops. Remarkably unimpressive.


 STEPHENDR (478), California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 10, 2006  
Color of mud brown ; murky – good off white head - nose of sour grass , milk , fruity ( pears , apples , and apricots ) – taste of sour fruits (apples (green and red) , pears , and apricots ) grassy , cereal , and spices - body is dry and lightly carbonated- aftertaste sour green apples , and apricots


 Holdwine (905), Beertimore, Maryland, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/53/102/58/20
Nov 8, 2006  
Started great then went south. Nice pour with a long lasting frothy head. Original flavor reminds me of a French amber. Then it all goes away leaving sweet laundry water.


 MesandSim (5790), London, Greater London, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 3, 2006  
A Mes rate: Great label. Great glass. Let down by the important bit. Full on yeast hit. Dry and slightly sour. Very lively in the mouth. A novelty toke but nothing more.


emjay (30), Markham, Ontario, Canada
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/52/102/53/20
Nov 2, 2006  
The appearance was the only good thing about this. Way too overloaded on the sweetness and acidity... A really gross beer. The commercial description calls it easy drinking... I want whatever they’re smoking.


 daniel0017 (232), Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/102/511/20
Nov 2, 2006  
You can really smell the yeast at first sniff on this one as well as citrus. Pours a hazy amber color with little effervescence and equally small white, quick dissipating head. The flavor is interesting but not overly impressive. Could pass itself off as a grape (druif) or lemon lambic easily. Very biiter to the taste with dry finish. The mouthfeel is carbonated and vinegry. Not overly impressed.


opc (15), Ontario, Canada
1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/104/51/102/52/20
Nov 1, 2006  
You know the way your hands smell after you eat a greasy hamburger? That’s precisely what this beer smells like, and it’s not a good thing. Someone else mentioned the word funky, which is also spot on. It pours a murkey orange colour, with a pretty thin off-white head. The head fades quickly into a thin even coating. The taste is absolutely nasty. Very sour and acidic, fake lemon odour and taste along with the distinct taste of garbage. This is a terrible beer, no question about it... I gave up a third of the way through mine.



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