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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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 KnN (712), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Feb 26, 2009  
Pours a clear amber with a nice white head. Aroma was malt and corn? Kind of a wierd mash up. Flavor was off. Very much on the vinegar sde of sour but with enough malt hiding in the back to save it a little. Not a good beer.


 pj1855 (154), Eagan, Minnesota, USA
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/51/101/52/20
Feb 19, 2009  
Very cool appearance. Cloudy Amber color with some particles. This had a very sour vinegar taste. May have gotten a bad bottle? Or maybe it’s really this bad.


 ChainGangGuy (2522), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 14, 2009  
Appearance: Pours a clear, amber body with a smallish, white head. Fine curtains of lace on the way down. Smell: Pale malts adjacent to slice of crunchy French bread slathered in unsalted butter. Notes of sugar-coated fruits. Taste: Delicately-flavored, bready pale malts with just the faintest hint of grain. Sliver of butter. Mixture of tart, juicy Golden Delicious apples, pears, and sour lemons. Slightly herbal, slightly grassy hops with a mild bitterness. Sourish yeast character near the tail end. Finishes quite crisp with a final zip of fruitiness. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Nearly spritzy, moderate carbonation. Drinkability: Pleasant and easily drinkable, but leaves you looking for a bit more.


 gunnar (486), Sandnes, Norway
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/511/20
Feb 11, 2009  
Pours clear amber with a medium sized head.Fruity aroma. Tastes of caramel malt. Highly carbonated and acid in the end.


 EnSiFeRuM (501), Quebec, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/511/20
Feb 5, 2009  
Couleur blonde mielleuse avec une mousse mince. Nez de maïs, de café et d’orge. Corps mince effervescence faible-moyenne, saveurs acqueuses, léger de houblon de maïs et d’orge.


 fluffy (229), Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/514/20
Feb 2, 2009  
pours copper with a moderately sized head. aroma, like the flavor is overwhelmingly like sour apples like granny smith. a little unbalanced on the sour side with a low delayed alcohol burn. its ok, but due to the the flavors being out of whack, there are belgian ales id drink instead.


 jtw (942), farmington, Michigan, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Jan 24, 2009  
11.2 oz bottle from a 6-pack belgian sampler. pours with little foam, and ends up a relatively clear and gold color; not particularly amber. pale malt and pale aroma, slightly metallic and perceptible grassy hops. taste is flat, not in terms of carbonation but in terms of complexity. malt presents, but overall it’s a vague and bland belgian ale.


 jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/512/20
Jan 22, 2009  
Amber with a good sized head. Aroma is of wet grass an hay with some malts and hops. Flavor is malty with light hops and overall is slightly weak.



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