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Bruegel 2.96 482

Bruegel

Percentile
42
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Ale

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4822.96/5.02.96/5.05.2%29.1Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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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 djd07 (755), Houston, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/512/20
May 14, 2009  
Bottle as shown. Pours a cloudy orange copper with a medium frothy white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is a very grainy malt with fruit and yeast. Good sticky lacing along the glass with a lot of carbonation. Thin mouthfeel with a slick crisp taste of pale malt and apples. A decent belgian from Brouwerij.


 beerslayer (753), New Jersey, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 2, 2005  
This is an ok Belgian Ale. Somewhat bland, tart, and yeasty. Finishes crisp, smooth, and dry.


 TheJester (742), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/102/59/20
Nov 19, 2006  
330 mL bottle from LCBO gift pack. Amber-orange in colour, with thick foamy head. Strong aroma of cinnamon-sugar and alcohol. Doesn’t taste how it smells, until the very end. Taste is sweet, with a definite lemony thing going on. Weird.


 coldbrewky (741), Saugerties, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 26, 2008  
This one caught my eye since Bruegel has been one of my favored painters. Pours a golden amber with steady billowing carbonation that keeps a constant film. Nose is of gentle spices and freshly raked leaves. Body is somewhere between light and medium and that is where this easily quaffable beer begins to fall apart into a water mush of disapointment. A slightly rounded bitterness is the finish, which is also watery. This seems like a second pressing or third wash of wort. Kind of a Belgian-Lite redux.


 lamas (736), Adams Morgan, Washington DC, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Nov 20, 2004  
11.2 oz bottle. Pours a nice amber color with almost no head. Smells very woody and fruity. Heavily carbonated with TONS of flavors. Kinda reminds me of a Sweet Tart candy or Red Bull. Quite tart but doesn’t dry out the mouth. Very nice.


 Sregnar35 (732), Rotterdam, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 29, 2005    Updated: Mar 26, 2006
Below average beer, especially for a belgian. Aroma was salty, like a sweaty ice rink. Color was nice murky red. Flavor was stale honey and malt, with little hops.


 ericnixon (719), Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jun 8, 2003  
Ok, let's start with this bottle... shot, squat and with a bulbous neck. The label has a weird scene on it. click on the pic of it above...go on, do it. ha, it's a tiny pic and you cen't see much. anyways, it's just a very odd scene. if i was trying to sell a beer i would have something interesting or cool on the bottle. i'm staring at the lable and i'm puzzled. anyways...i digress. this is Ratebeer, not Ratebottle. holy head, batman! this had a wicked frickin' huge head on it. an orangy bitterness pervades the taste and is good and refreshing at the same time.


 jde123 (715), Washington, Washington DC, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/512/20
May 13, 2004  
Hmm, I enjoyed this one. Pours with a large head, frothy white, nice bubbles. Hazy body. this beer has some bite to it.



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