St. Sebastiaan Grand Réserve

Brewed by Brouwerij Moortgat
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Breendonk-Puurs, Belgium

16 ounce swingtop bottle. Pours deep golden/amber, with a nice pure white head. The aroma is full and strong upon pouring. The flavor is smooth and fruity, not as overpowering as a Strong Ale might be. Still a very smooth, pleasantly potent drink.

Pours a bubbly orange with a medium white head. Aroma is fruity with apricots and other light fruits, as well as a little metal. Light fruit and yeast make up most of the flavor profile, with a creamy flavor all around the body. Creamy mouthfeel and finish. Overall, good minus.

Poured slightly hazy golden amber with a nice rocky head and ok lacing. Subtle aromas of sweet malts, yeast, and citrus - mostly orange. Sweetish bready malt flavor offset with a slight hops bitterness. Smooth, almost syrupy mouthfeel, generous carbonation, and a lingering maltiness in the aftertaste. Refreshingly subtle, and the alcohol warms but is not overpowering.

16 oz. ceramic bottle, purchased by my dad and shared with him on 9-6-09. Clean, yeasty, slightly metallic smell. Fruity, peach, candy scents. Apple juice and a whiff of wet paint. Pleasant but subtle aroma. Pours a hazy brass / dull gold color. Some effervescence. Large amount of fluffy, sticky, off-white head. Some sporadic lacing. Sweet, slightly spicy and dry taste. White grape juice, apple juice, apricot nectar, and pitted fruit (especially prune) juice. Complexity becomes increasingly noticeable upon multiple sips. Spicy, fruity, dry aftertaste. Medium body. A little lively and a little oily in the palate. Pleasant but not particularly memorable. Tastes "smaller" than 10% would suggest.

This is a good beer, but doesn’t standout other than perhaps on appearance. The head laces nicely on the glass and lasts indefinitely. Flavors are surprisingly mild given the aroma. You’ll feel the carbonation in your mouth. Definitely a beer worth trying but perhaps not a frequent repeater.

50 cl ceramic bottle from BevMo Salinas. Nose of sweet honey, cloves, yeast, and corriander. lightly hazy yellow orange with a big pale yellow head that lightly laces. Flavor was lightly sweet, yeasty, and background spices with very light bitterness in the finish. Decent BSA and inexpensive too!

I was hoping for more with this one. Aromas are okay, lots of different things such as honey, some spices like cinnamon and pepper, and lots of sweet malt. The color is kind of strange, almost orange. Flavors match the aromas but are not that great, and you can taste the alcohol a little too much.

Murky, mucky orange liquid, a big bubbly white cap and massive bacon bit sized chunks swimming around. The solar system of sediment leveled off 1 inch from the bottom by the time I neared the end of the glass. Aroma was really complex and prominent. Fresh and sweet with zippy spice, hops, lots of yeast and warm cooked meat?? You can also pick up the alcohol content too. Taste was very solid with cloves and a spicy background and an orange flavour that had tartness that I definetly noticed. Mouthfeel was velvetly smooth, medium bodied and a touch of alcohol on the back of my tongue that had a vodka quality to it. The alcoholic burn caught up to me and stayed deep in my chest. There was also a late butterscotch aftertaste (very mild). Then get your spork and consume the chunky meal at the bottom of the glass. Excellent beer.