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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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 mike mcneil (660), St Augustine, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Jan 13, 2005  
Pours with a HUGE off white head which is very long-lasting. Deep, slightly cloudy amber hue. Aroma of just ripe apricot, pear and peach with a perfumy orange blossom background. Initial taste is fruit juice sweet but quickly transforms into an upfront tart sourness which while not unpleasant, the contrast took a little getting used to. Some slight mineral-like dryness in the short finish. Enjoyable, but not that memorable.


 MrManning (1634), London, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jan 10, 2005  
Thanks Jadoreblanche! You’re the best! nice brown/abmer body, accompanied by a long lasting foamy white head. Some lacing left behind as well! Aroma is fruity (prunes?) hoppy, and sweet like cotton candy. taste is sweet, and there are those prunes again. Bitter, and hoppy. Nice bite on the tounge. Fairly well balcned. Nice one!


 tupalev (2605), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 8, 2005  
Bottle, Belgian Gift Pack, 2004 LCBO. Orange pour. Good long lasting bubbly white head. Wonderful fruity and sharply spicy aroma. Mouthfeel is actively carbonated and tingly, but does feel a little thin. Taste was more fruit and spice - I was missing the word to describe it and then I saw it below - tart. There was a subtle tartness to the cherry like flavours for sure. Slightly lingering bitter finish, but watered down by, well, the overall taste being a little watery. Overall, not too bad though, I’d have another.


 Lou18 (1353), West Paterson, New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/103/510/20
Jan 1, 2005  
11.2 oz. bottle. Poured a clear amber, with a very strong fuit nose. Citris, apricut. Firm foamy head, offf white in color. Sour taste, not very nice. Taste like , fruit, but not good fruit. oh, I do not like this. Bitter also.


 SDalkoholic (1186), Chula Vista, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 9, 2004  
OOps i poured this little to fast and now theres a huge fluffy head that aint going away. Amber hue, and a soft but delicious aroma. Flavor was a jolt to the taste buds of tart unripe fruits and mild bitterness. Sense some gold or green apple peelings, along with pear and grape. All of which are fresh and unripe so it has that sour taste there. Still a enjoyable ale no matter the country it sets a strong standard.


 Hoss (602), Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 5, 2004  
a very enjoyable non complex belgian. Nice BIG head and a slight sour beginning.


 iam (369), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/513/20
Dec 4, 2004  
Pours a slightly hazy amber with a monsterous frothy head. Interesting sour and apricot aroma. Medium body. Taste, again interesting. kind of like a lightly peppered apricot and a slice of bread. Certainly a different beer.


 pootzboy (1031), Hawgville, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 2, 2004  
330ml belgian stubbie bottle. This ale poured a reddish orange with a tight off white frothy cap that retains well. Fruity boquet in the nose...some slight sweet and sour effects. medium bodied...sweet without cloying and a distinct tart-peppery apricot tone to the taste mingles with doughy malts...finishes well going dry and a tad bitter...certainly one of the more drinkable belgian ales with a nice unique taste.



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