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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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 Nate (2533), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/59/20
May 9, 2005  
Thanks to DMeyers69. A light fruity cherrywood aroma with a bit of Belgian yeast. Somewhat tart, but also has a bit of nutty hint to it. Light alcohol smell, too. Is medium dark amber, clear, with off-white lacing head. Medium watery body with mild carbonation. Starts with a sweet nuttiness, a bit dry, with some tang. Mild fruity malt with ozone-like quality. Burnt toy electric train tang. Kind of watery overall, like an amber ale mixed with some flemish sour ale.


 Aesir (127), California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
May 7, 2005  
Amber color. Has a slightly sweet earthy smell. Taste starts off with a bit of sweet malt and finishes on a strong lemon note. No noticeable hops. Looks like a couple of man-kissers on the label.


 leaparsons (4659), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
May 6, 2005  
Clear amber iwth an off-white head. Aromas are sweet toffee malts with a mellow fruitiness and spices. Flavours are fruit and spicy with sweet malts. OK, but all too mellowed out for my liking.


 rederic (1787), montréal, Quebec, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
May 3, 2005  
Bright amber color, light foamy head, hoppy nose gaving in his floral aspect, malty note follows through on a medium-bodied palate with small sour apples in a dry malty character and a bitter hop finish.


 bu11zeye (5430), Frisco, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Apr 19, 2005  
(Bottle) Pours a clear amber body with a descent off-white head. Aroma of wheat and wet grass with a hint of fruit. Flavor of sweet malt with some earthiness.


 mjg74 (1995), La Mesa, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 19, 2005  
Pours a dark hazy orange/brown sort of color. Lots of foam on top. Aroma is somewhat yeasy and grainy. A little bit of a fruity aroma. I think somw spice as well. Flavor is bitter and a little grainy. Some fruitiness as well. A little lacking in the flavor department. Easy to down, but not memorable.


 SwedeDog (364), Windsor, Connecticut, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/103/58/20
Apr 18, 2005  
For the first few seconds, the aroma was decent, orange peel and spices. Then it got metallic and sour, really fast. Flavor follows suit, some spice, some caramel, lots of aluminum. It actually turned my stomach. I hope to Christ it was a bad bottle, but I won’t go back for another, so I’ll never know.


 elnadeau (786), Laguna Niguel, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Apr 15, 2005  
A nice looking pour with a largish head, aroma is yeast and spice. A light bodied belgian with a sweet/sour tinge and a bit of spice in the finish. Enjoyable, not the best of the breed but a decent belgian when you need to back off on the abv.



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