Grimbergen Cuvée de lErmitage

Brewed by Brasserie Union (Alken-Maes / Heineken)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Jumet, Belgium

A clear light brown colored beer, with a thick foamy beige head. The aroma of caramel malt, witha little smoke. There are fruits. The taste of caramel with some smoke, with fruity sweets. There are some spices in the back like coriander. The aftertaste is sweet with bitter.

33cl bottle. Pours a clear ruby colour with a creamy medium-lasting beige head. Aroma is fruity with caramel and a hint of raisin. Thin bodied with medium carbonation. Flavour is fruity with some spicy and yeast. Overall the aroma is really good but the body is too thin for a strong ale.

Copper with quickly receding fizzy head. Aroma is sweet fruit / candy and malt. Mild taste a bit sweet and artificial but not bad. Somewhat thin for a strong ale and a bit too much carbonation.

dark amber, large thick offwhite head. spicy and sweet (honey?) aroma, malts, faint flowery aroma too. nice. flavor is slightly fruity, quite spicy yet appears mild and round. well balanced but also lacks some punch in some way, sort of a bit diluted feeling to it.

Beer about a year old. Clear ruby red color with large, creamy off-white head. Aroma is raisin and yeast with some sweet/sour cherry, somewhat pleasant. Flavor is sweet yet grainy with that same cherry presence, alc, yeast, a little unbalanced. Medium to thin with active carbonation. I like the cherry and yeast balance more so in the aroma than in the flavor. Overall the aroma is very nice but can’t outweigh how unbalanced the flavor is as well as the body.

Bottle. Reddish amber body with a medium long lasting off white head. Yeasty and fruity aroma with lots of caramel and some raspberry. Full bodied. Fruity flavour with spicy yeast, malt and berries. Good balance. It ends up pretty bitter and the alcohol is slightly noticable.

Very good rich in flavor and strong. nice deep clear color and a good head. a bit oily after.