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Grottenbier Bruin 3.58 629

Grottenbier Bruin

Percentile
92
overall
Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abbey Dubbel

Watou, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6293.59/5.03.58/5.06.7%90.8Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Josh’s translation of the French description..."Aged in the caves of Kanne, where the exceptional climatic circumstances give it a unique aroma and flavour without equal." In the U.S., the label will read "Grotten Brown Belgian Cave-Aged Ale." ABV of 6.5% or 6.7% depending on bottles.
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 MrManning (1661), London, Ontario, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20

Oct 30, 2009  
Bottle at Chancey Smith’s- A deep and clouded muddy brown with a frothy beige cap that laces well. Nose of yeasty funk, candy sugar, caramel, spices and floral notes. Tastes sweet, but with a funky yeasty twang. Prune and caramel with an almost sour yeast presence meets floral hoppiness, with an oaked aspect. Creamy, funky and sweet finish with good lingering aftertaste. Very good! Thanks Milos!

 TEJA (297), Stockholm, Sweden
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/518/20
Dec 30, 2009  
This is one of my favorite belgian beer. The beer is higlly carbonated but the white foam quickly goes down to a thinn lace. The color is dark orange and unfortunantly quite clovdy as there is live yeast in each bottle. The aroma is very belgian with spices and dried fruit and phenols. In the taste you find the fenols and fruits that gives quite a marvelous blend, smoth and full of taste. The body is medium to full, a real good sipping beer.


 baraciisch (156), USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 23, 2009  
Cloudy red brown in color... Yeasty malty aroma... Flavor is sweet and citrusy initially over a malty base, yeasty finish characteristic of a Belgian, very crisp and refreshing for a brown, kind of a fusion between a brown ale and a trippel... Pretty good.


stfrancis (30), Heffingen, Luxembourg
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 22, 2009  
Bottle. Pours dark brown, aroma contains plums and cherries. Tastes sweet, more fruit like apples. Good hop balance to the fruitiness, hints of oak. Decent but nothing to shout about.


 Quevillon (1540), Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 21, 2009  
Drank a Brouhaha (Montreal) in 330 ml bottle, December 19, 2009. Caramel dark brown, no head. Aroma of sweet spicy caramel malt, with a touch of red fruits. Taste of malted caramel tobacco, notes of dried berries and an aftertaste of bitter herbs. Aged in the caves, strange but it works for this beer!


 KyotoLefty (1501), Kyoto, Japan
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Dec 19, 2009  
Bottle from Ohtsuki. Rather pretty orange-brown color with an enormous head. Complex aroma with dark fruit and chocolate from afar, yet dusty, slightly funky, spicy from close up. Mellow caramel and fruit flavor, again with some dusty, vegetal funk too. Chocolate and spice. Caramel malt flavors got deeper as it warmed. Slight bitterness in the finish. Nice beer.


 jonno (608), Brisbane, Australia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 11, 2009  
Not a bad little dubbel. Nose is sweet and slightly spicey. In the mouth it is smooth with a medium body. A bit of nut and chocolate in the the finish.


 Beerdedone (1888), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Nov 26, 2009  
Bottle. Pours amber brown with a fizzy off-white head that left lots of floties. Aroma was malty and yeasty with light fruit. Flavor was malty and fruity with caramel, yeast, brown sugar, spices and had a bitter and dry finish.


 TaxiDriver (948), Stadland, Germany
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 20, 2009  
Bottle. It started quite sour, light foul, later it gets maltier and smells more like bread. The creamy light beige head is medium large with a normal duration. The body is dark brown. It tasted like wine (red wine), quite malty. The body is creamy, dry and lively at the same time, it is medium strong with a lively carbonation.



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