Val-Dieu Grand Cru

Courtesy of Yespr. Comes as Winter. It’s dark brown with a red hue and a dense, creamy head. The aroma is sourish with notes of malt, fruit, lilacs, light raisin and the flavour has quite some sweetness, notes of malt, candy sugar, raisin, caramel and light alcohol. The body is nice and full, but a bit too sweet and the sourness is disturbing me a little bit too.

75cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex brew, hazy, good head, very good brew, the best of the Val-Dieu range

Dark brown clear pour with light tan head. Notes of raisin and a hint of alcohol in the aroma. Flavor of molassis and plum and cough syrup. Medium velvet body with a hot finish.

C&C Bottle on 07/21/2008. Very dark black body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy off-white head. Roasty, toasty, rum soaked fruit, caramel, and molassas aroma. Big spicy flavor, rum soaked fruit, caramel, dark candi sugar with a spicy finish. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.

Bottle. Pour is a nice brown with a dense tan head. Aromas are of nuts, burnt sugar and dark fruit. Flavor is a nice mix of the above with a high dose of alcohol that burns a bit around the edges. I would probably like this much better if the alcohol mellowed a bit, but at 10.5% I guess I have to resign myself to its presence. Extra high abv holds this back a bit in my opinion.

On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad. Pours a brownish tan with lots of bubbles. Malts and carmalized sugars. Some maple too. Pretty darn good.

Pours a nice deep brown color with notes of molasses, cherries, and dark fruit. It was fizzy with good lacing, with flavors of dark fruit and sugary goodness. Excellent beer.

On tap @ City Beer, pours beautiful deep ruddy brown with a thin, tan head. The nose is excellent, with full dried fruit aromas, caramel, brown sugar and vinous fruits. The flavor follows suit perfectly, with a interesting woodsy, oak finish although this wasn’t barrel aged. VERY nice and hid the alcohol in well, but I definitely felt it half way through the glass!