Grimbergen Cuvée dException

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

Bottled. A chestnut colored beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, bread, and yeast. The flavor is rather sweet with notes of malt, caramel, bread, and yeast, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

Bottle 25 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear amber with an of-white head. Aroma of overripe fruit and roasted malt. Medium body, sweet malts, overripe fruit and brown sugar. No real bitterness. 230909

25 cL bottle, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a small off-white to light tan head. Aroma is fruity, light roasted and mild yeasty. Sweet caramelish, vague metallic and mild yeast fruity flavoured. Lingering roasted caramelish flavoured finish.

Bottle 25cl.
Clear medium red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity - apricot, spicy, cinnamon. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20081213]

Cola-coloured beer with small yellow rim. Sourish, acetic nose, sugared peel on slightly spicy, sweet malts. Sweet flavours with sourish honey, chamomile, lots of unfermented sugars. To me, it tastes infected. Watered-down MF by the infection (?), spritzy. If you brew Grimbergen in or for France, I suppose this is what you get. WHERE is it brewed, anyway?

Kerstbier Festival, Essen, Belgium. Nut brown colour. Soft, fruity aroma. Flavour is a little sweet and fruity with a moderate level of malt. Slightly drying aftertaste.