Grimbergen Optimo Bruno

This beer is a real gem and a classic--belying its commercial parentage. Even more than Bush, this is truly a cognac beer with a strong brandy undertone present throughout. A fruity sweetness pervades, along with a persistent winey strength (this pup weighs in at a firm 10%)

Beautiful amber color; generous, creamy head. Intense aroma: malt, caramel, brown sugar, banana, orange peel. Very strong body, well bearing the alcohol content, warming. Round and malty, sweet in the front; orange peels and caramel, light liquorice. Would be perfect with some more fruitness (easier to find in the English Ales) and a more bitter final.

Bottle. Delicious beer. It has a burnt aroma, with caramel, toffee, chocolate, and also wheat. Flavour is long-lasting, sweet, and there is bitterness at the end. Medium body, good in the palate, just a bit watery. Dark red colour, with a thin, frothy, and long-lasting head.

What a great brew! Reddish dark brown with tasty head. Huge vinous aroma with a fantastic touch of acidity. The flavour is extremely powerful and complex. Strong, fruity, sweet. Very full bodied with a sirupy mouthfeel. I love this brew.

Very nice clear amber with a large off-white head. Nice aroma of malt, orange peel, caramel and brown sugar. Complex taste, sweet to begin with, caramel, malts, orange peel, turning nicely bitter. Full bodied with pretty well hidden alcohol for 10%. Excellent.

VEry nice, I needed one of this, it was strong but a little sweet, the fom was not too strng, but was there.

bbd. 12-03-05 (an aged example, yummy). hazy brown with a yellowish head. aroma: sourrish, sherry, port, dark fruit. taste: sweetish, bitterish, woody, port, sherry, raisins, plums. long dry finish, full bodied. very nice aged beer!

Creme denso e consistente. No aroma e no paladar, madeira, frutas vermelhas e leve sugestão de licor. O final é longo e levemente amargo. Delícia.