Bruegel

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

Bottle. I liked it and would drink it again. A little watery, highly carbonated, very drinkable with a light malt aftertaste. A simple beer, but enjoyable.

This bottled brew poured a large sized head of frothy large sized mostly lasting off-white colored bubbles that left behind a fair lacing. The body contained average carbonation, was transparent and brown in color. Its aroma contained notes of mild brown malt grass and dough. Its mouth feel is initially tingly mildly vinous and strange with a lingering tingly finish. Its flavor contained mild brown malt caramel and citrusy notes and something else that I could not identify other than a form of licorice. A very average brew.

Foggy amber body, with a thin white head that goes away fast. Red Apples, colonge, and yeast in the aroma. Taste is watery apples and yeast, with a slight taste of white wine.

Amber hue, nice foamy 2cm head is very sticky and long-lasting. Weird airy yeasty aroma has a dominating fruity component (apricot, peach). Coriander touch. Weird palate contains tart citric properties hat reminds of a spritzy ginger ale. Simply overcarbonated big time which inputs a limit on the flavor lenght and development. Finish then appears dry and not so clean. Sad belgian ale.

Murky desert sand. Ripe fruits especially lemons in the nose. Fairly straight forward flavor, very mild, not offensive, just not that good. Overcarbonated. Unnessassary acidity hurts this. Blah.

The first time I tried this, I wrote the following: Big, billowy, creamy white head, cloudy pale amber color. Aroma is fresh and slightly spicy, taste is blase. A fine, easily drinkable ale, but nothing to shout about. Is this the sort of thing that the revellers in Bruegel’s paintings were drinking (as represented on the label)? Did they have to drink a lot of it? 5.2%, with very little spark or flavor. On my second visit with this beer, my opinions didn’t change much. I discerned a fruitiness in the finish, found the palate to be smooth and refreshing, and complimented the balance. Moreover, I recognized the folly in my facetious remark, and realized the beer for what it is meant to be : a light "peasant" beer. Your party’s over pretty quick if your beer is something like Gulden Drak, and same for your aspirin supply! Of course, they drank a lot of it, they’re REVELLERS. At least they had better beer than you’d find at a contemporary American house party, where you’re likely to guzzle on a High Life, or sumpin’.

Amber with a foamy white head. Aroma was complex: spice, fruit, sugar, herbs. Mouthfeel was nothing notable. Perhaps a bit too carbonated. Flavor was spicy and fruit like some herbal tea.

The tight, frothy head almost explodes out of the bottle and into the glass. I couldn’t do a complete pour from an 11.2 oz. bottle into a pint glass. Orange/amber color and quite hazy with clumps of particles floating around in it. A very spicy nose, quite a spicy taste, with a bitter-sweet finish.

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