Grottenbier Bruin

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

Aroma:light spicy... Appearance:Brown,good beige head... Flavor:spicy,malt,big alcohol flavor...

A disappointment. There is spice here, and deep dark bread, but the beer seems dull and heavy. Perhaps not enough carbonation to lift the body out of its dough-malt torpor. I like the suggestion of darker fruits in the background--some plums, raisins, and dates, but they aren’t prominent enough to make this beer bright.

Had this one for the first time on draft at the Sharp Edge in Pittsburgh. The beer poured a very dark brown color with a large light tan head. The aroma is faintly sweet and has cinnamon and nutmeg elements lightly underneath. The flavor was sour tang with a hint of vinegar and some light ripe fruits towards the finish.

Very unique signature nose. Sawdust in the nose with dough. Huge white head. Beautiful caramel color. Caramel flavor first on the palate that tingles from effervescent the tail houses a slight bitterness that strikes a great balance from the caramel sweet front.

Poured from a bottle with red-brown color and a nice lasting head. Rich aroma with malty banana, vanilla and fig. The flavor follows the aromas with spicyness on the tongue, caramels, fruits and some bitter in the finish that helps balance the beer. Another great belgian beer.

Bottle. Reddish=amber brown beer with a big beige head. Fruity (stone fruit) and malt aroma with some spice and yeast. Yeasty malt flavor with some dusty/earthiness and some background fruit. Depth in the malt. Nice complexity, but very drinkable.

Oak, cherries, tart fruits, funky mustiness in the nose. Yeast, funk, rich malt, some spices, oak. Alcoholic tingle on the tounge. Oakey finish.

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Orangey brown with persistant rocky head. Aroma of dark fruits, yeast, rich malt, earth, spice. Full bodied mouthfeel with some hop and a little sourness in the finish. Very good beer.