Bruegel

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

Mapley color with thin white head, it’s got a yeasty cheesy aroma with a hint of caramel. Taste is a bit pretzely, and carries a funky acetic undertone. $3/11.2oz

Pours a very slightly cloudy gold with little head. Nose is like...apples and cheese. It’s been a while since I had such an odd nose. So weird. I get all sorts of weird descriptive terms off this one. Musty apple stew that has been sitting in the light for several hours. Flavor keeps that apple tone going, but it lacks a smooth balance or an interesting enough flavor profile to make it very interesting. I also get a caramel tone on the end. Feel is thin with minimal carbonation and the drinkability stays low due to uninspiring flavor and overall characteristics.

Pours a clear red-orange color body with a small head and minimal lacing. Aroma is very subtle. A little bit o’ cherry, a little nutty malt, a little yeast...noting impressive. The flavor is rather eh (weak). Pretty much, a little bit of the same mixed with water eith some sourness(not bad) in the finish.

Nothing special. One of the lesser Belgians that I have had. Why does it taste hot with a 5.2% ABV?

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.

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.

Murky copper color with a large, frothy off-white head. The aroma and flavor were very subtle...apricot, sweet malt, clove, and citrusy hops. The feel was much like champagne...bubbly and soft. Nice session Belgian ale.

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.