Gribousine Malonne Brune

Brewed by Brasserie La Binchoise
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Binche, Belgium

Coloração ocre-avermelhada, creme bege denso e persistente, deixando uma camada perene no copo. Talvez seja a cerveja com mais cheiro de CEREJA que eu já senti. Não as sugestões de cerejas de outras brejas, mas cerejas ao maraschino. No sabor, essa cereja se mistura com notas amadeiradas e licorosas, bem como uvas rubi. A carbonatação é média-alta, e o álcool é perceptível, mas não influenciam no conjunto. Final longo e levemente doce. Uma excelente e surpreendente cerveja.

No rótulo há uma bruxa voando com sua vassoura numa noite de lua cheia. Coloração marrom escura, espuma bege de boa formação, mas de curta duração. Deixa, todavia, uma fina camada perene. Ótimos aroma e sabor: singulares! Notas evidentes de frutas pretas e vermelhas, possivelmente as mais fortes que já senti em uma cerveja. Presentes também um leve tostado e um suave adocicado. Final levemente amargo e seco. Encorpada. Álcool bem inserido. Carbonatação média/alta. Conjunto equilibrado e diferenciado. Excelente surpresa!

(BB Sept 2006) Amazing persistent fizzy head early. Just won’t quit. And I kid you not – this beer looks like a slightly sprinkled cappuccino with what appears to be tiny flakes of chocolate. What the? Anyway, looks great and is certainly different. Body is brown with reddish tinges. Nose is quite strange – the most dominant character being a confectionary, musky like note. Not really beer like? Palate structure is balanced and almost elegant notwithstanding the 8%. Chocolate malts drive most of the flavours but they are quite mild yet don’t lack intensity. The musk comes into play again midway through the journey and marries to the chocolate quite well. Decent length in the finish and never fades. Good beer.

Bottle. Brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is apple, sweet, alcohol, orange. Flavour is sweet, apple, alcohol, orange, raspberry. Complex beer.

Red coloration and a beige head, aroma is too sweet, like some tutti-fruit, like bus station in Brazil, Believe it!!!! Flavor too sweet as well, alcohol present, Mouthfeel is spicy and alcohol notes.

This is a amber/orange belgium blond with strong apricot/fruity mouth feel. The high alcohol content is masked by the strong body and the ’hefe’ element of this beer adds to its character. Our sample was a corked 750ml sample, with three of us testing. Outstanding beer - very fruity.

A hazy amber beer with a small beige head. The aroma is very spicy on a malty back ground. The flavor is sweet malty and very spicy, but also with a strong alcohol presence.

Slim off-white head; nearly black-brown beer. Piney nose, resin, and lots of dark malts, dark leaves aromas. Slight resiny touch again in the taste, the pine-resin resurfacing. Bit cloying impression, melasse-like, but all the time suppressed by the bitterish - dark malty notes in the beer. Quite light bodied for its strength. Completely hides its alcohol. By far the best of the Gribousine range tasted. It’s just... I’ve trouble believing this claimed ABV.