Grottenbier Bruin

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

Hazy amber-orangeish hue, with a tan-colored head, leaving good laces, with a fruity, spicy notes, bready dough, caramelized malt, chocolate malt, and dark dried fruits aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a fruity, spicy, brown sugar, sweet malty character, with some roasted malt, caramelized malt, even a chocolatey accent, ripe apples note, leading towards a smooth malty fruity and low bittering hop finish.

Looks great - fiery red-brown with an excellent head. Initial impression was that it smelled like a witbier - loads of cloves, with pepper, vanilla, Grand Marnier and perhaps kiwi fruit. However something’s a bit NQR, there’s a reasonable sweaty presence that I didn’t like. Quite a light and dry mouthfeel, with lots of woody flavour and quite an assertive bitterness, but there’s not much malt at any juncture. The dry-bitter thing makes it unusually different, but this is yet another beer that was lots better in Belgium.

A hearty wheat aroma. A deep brown color that is somewhere between amber and chocolate. Pours a good head and leaves decent lacing on the side of the glass. A tad bitter with a gentle sour taste in the background.

Vintage 1996. Lots of dust sherry aromas in the nose. Deep copper colored body with no head at all. Very flat flavor, with some dark fruits and lots of sherry. I think its over the top because of the aging.

smooth and refreshing. a little weak on the rich velvet side, more carbonated and fizzy. I was not very impressed, still its not bad. redish amber color with a foamy white head.

Ruby brown colour. Slightly musty, corky aroma. Mature, rich, wine-like taste. Fizzy on the tongue but not in the mouth. Perfumed sweetness leading to more bitter aftertaste.

I wasn’t impressed by this beer at all. Too much mettalic flavors and the suprisingly low 6.5% is notiably and seems to bring out more of the metal.

Dark red brew, this one. It tastes very spicy and perfumed, in a rather nice combination. It is lighter ans fruitier than I would epect, and has a nice finish. Not the best I’ve had, but worth drinking at dinner table.