Grottenbier Bruin

Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Watou, Belgium

Bottle. Pours dark amber with an off-white head. Malty aroma. Slightly yeasty. Hops appears as it warms. Malty, yeasty flavour. Spicy yeasty and slightly bitter finish with notes of wood. Too much carbonation. 18-07-06.

Opaque brown amber with a frothy beige head that didn’t last but left some lace. Some pineapple and bugglegum notes in the aroma, and a bit of dust. On tasting there was a localised bitterness at the back of the tongue, which seemed a little excessive for the style. Quite like a wine in the mouth. A good solid brune without being special.

Orange-brun ufiltreret øl. Meget holdbart hvis skum. Duften er krydret, alcoho og sødlig. Meget karakteristisk for en abbey Smagen erfyldig, perlende.let sødlig, og varm og rund. Eftersmagen er bitter.

Pours an amber-brown with a medium head. Aroma of brown sugar with floral notes. Taste is well balanced. Hoppy, malty and yeasty all at the same time. A little bitter and a little sweet without being too much of either.

Bottle from Super Saver. Turbid brown pour with a 2-finger off-white clingy head. Complex aroma of caramel malts, brown sugar, yeasty spices, toffee, some nuts, cabernet, funky peaty notes, and port. The flavor was on the tart side, with a firm caramel malty and brown sugar type base, plus some cabernet, nuts, peaty yeasty funk, and hopcitrus. I enjoyed this one a great deal.

wow! HUGE head that will propably take the next century to calm down. Dark ruby brown. Palate is nothing compared to what I expected, very watery before I put the yeast in. It get´s much more interesting and gains much higher balance with the bottom yeast in the glass. Taste is very yeasty, very murky, some spicy undertones, malt, tiny bit of smoke, coriander, lemon with a little grain. This is a very delicate and crafty brew. I think if I would rerate this sometime it would score higher, I´m gonna need more time with this....

A very nice beer, but not overly impressive. Poured a nice brown to ruby color with a very generous head (but tame), that sat there for my long savoring of this one. The lacing was also nice. The aroma was spicey, yeasty, and somewhat sweet (candi sugarish). The flavor was an interesting and complex blend of yeast (somewhat bitter), flowers, musty and earthiness, spices (again, somewhat bitter), grapes, and caramel malts. The finish was a bit too bitter for my liking (and because the flavor base wasn’t really rich or overly sweet) and the mouthfeel a bit thin (although smooth) and highly carbonated. However, the complexity is worth a long article of commentary for those that can do it.... and for me, a higher rating than it would have otherwise received. Nice job.

A dark brown coloured beer, with an average off-white head. Very heavy sweet spicy and malty aroma, with some light hints of yeast and caramel. Full creamy body with a intensive bitter spicy and malty finish. Little roasted and a long aftertaste. Not bad.