Bruegel

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Ale
Ertvelde, Belgium

Poured from bottle (Belgian sampler). Clear amber. Gassy aroma of rotting veggies and apples. Theres a part of the flavor I like (malt) and a part I don’t (vinegar-like aftertaste). That aroma is prevalent with every sip and that’s not good. Its like someone mixed a great beer withy a bad one, or maybe this is just aging badly. Couldn’t finish this one.

A chalky, cocoa-laced, diacetyl, slightly smokey aroma with a bitter-style malt current. Nice label, very clear rosy brownish beer with a thinnish lacy head. Moderately sweet, fairly tart without fruitiness, latent bittering, some astringency. Lingering astringent bitterness in the finish. Medium to medium-light body. Session.

kind of disappointing. Aroma was offensive (sour). poured an amber hue with a mild white head. This beer was really thin. flavor initally was sour too, but afterwards had a bubblegum/banana like aspect to it. it was not enough to save this beer. Im glad i only had one.

Bottle rating. Golden in color, thin white head. Aroma is a little offensive, diacetyl, buttery, combined with a medicinal quality. However, I don’t get that in the taste luckily. But, there isn’t a lot of flavor other than soapy and a slight belgianesque type carbonation. Pretty thin, but I wasn’t expecting much.

Another vintage rate from London’s Belgian Beer Festival 2005. Cask. Clear amber in colour (with a specific hue noted: sunset orange) with small white head. Yeasty nose with notes of fruit, bread and carrot cake. Nice taste of raisins, bread and gin? Really, gin? I can’t quite make out what it says, but I think it’s gin. Nevermind. Slightly metallic, creamy finish. All in all fairly good.

bottle. pours golden with a medium off white head, and lively carbonation. The aroma was something on this that I was not expecting, was either coffee, or a butterscotch, and it was heavy, possible diacetyl? not sure. Taste however was a bit more tart with some grainy and butterscotch flavors pushed towards the back of the beer. weird.

Bonus from Piscator34. Copper with a nice frothy head and delicate lacing. Bit of a weird aroma. A bit of nutmeg or pepper, malt and something a little sour and sharp. Body comes of a little thin. Has to be drunk relatively warm. Intriguing combination of brown sugar and sourness hinted at in the aroma.

Bought this in a Flanders, Belgium 6pk. ( global beer network promotion) Amber color, white fizzy head. Slight malt, a little breadyish. This is one of the better ones in the pack.