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Bruegel 2.96 478

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
4782.96/5.02.96/5.05.2%28.9Trappist 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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 SledgeJr (2966), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 27, 2004  
In the bottle. Pours a big bubbled amber with a long lasting head. Not as powerful an aroma as I expected. Body is lighter than it should be. Lacks the complex flavors expected in an exotic Belgian ale. A pretty simple beer with great malty yeasty finish.


 Sammy (4049), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/515/20
May 3, 2004  
a huge head, then a yummy root beer float. Some molasses in there? Second ferment in the bottle. An average beer from this world class brewery. Sweet taste followed on by tart and peppery spice and fruit, then long and dry aftertaste. Try just before meat dinner in lieu of wine.


 DruncanVeasey (2753), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Jan 17, 2007    Updated: Jan 25, 2007
Lagery gold pour. Intensely sweet malty-hoppy nose developing some gueuzish vinegar as it warms. In fact, it smells exactly like gueuze. But flavour-wise, crisply hoppy with a nicely rounded bready maltiness in the finish. Pleasantly metallic. Somewhere between a very sweet malty lager and a hoppy straw ale. Tasty and refreshing.


 SuperDave70 (1157), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 3, 2008  
Pours a copper-amber color with a foamy white head. Nice roasty hoppy aroma. Sweet floral flavor with a medium body. Yummy!


 gowdy (155), Ferney-Voltaire, France
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jan 19, 2008  
Bottle at home. bread, grass, amber, clear, aminimal head, light sweetness, light body, lively,


 Gregis (1134), Shawnee, Kansas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 31, 2008  
Bottle purchased at John’s Grocery in Iowa City, IA. Pours a hazy copper with a creamy ecru head that diminishes to a skin at the surface and laces nicely. The nose is of toasted barley with a touch of floral hops in support. Medium-bodied and creamy with a lightly bitter and mildly dry finish. The flavor is of toasty, sweet and lightly sour malt with a mild supporting note of floral hops. This is a pretty solid brew. I’m surprised to see it with such a low average rating.


 KingGambrinus (117), Santiago, Chile
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Jun 22, 2008  
(Bottle) Pours a clear amber with a creamy white head. Aroma of apples, grass, honey, caramel, and sweet malt. Bittersweet flavor, hoppy, sometimes watery but in general, it has a good medium body. A very drinkable and well balanced amber ale.


 rayOfBeer (319), El Cerrito, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 27, 2008  
poured from bottle an amber color with off white head. Aroma comes off as slightly hoppy almost like a light IPA. The flavor hits with a malty sweet floral hoppiness, but has a slightly astringent bitter ending. I like how this beer starts I just wished it had a stronger finish for the price.



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