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Val-Dieu Grand Cru

Percentile
96
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2403.74/5.03.71/5.010.5%89Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
The new masterpiece from the Val-Dieu brewery. A very complex and full-bodied beer with a long aftertaste. The brewmaster advices to cellar the beer for a year for it to unfold its full potential.
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 eaglefan538 (2368), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/518/20
Mar 31, 2007  
Poured a nice murky brown color with some sedimenties that came out at the end of the pour. The head was nice, yet only respectable within the style, nothing outstanding. Lacing was good. The aroma was gentle, soft, nice meld of dark fruits, light yeast, some breadiness, and a candi sugar type sweetness. The flavor was ever so smooth, nice dark and light fruit activity (plums, cherries, yum), light cocoa, gentle spicing, all finishing with a touch of yeasty bready bitterness to finish pretty clean. Mouthfeel was lightly carbonated and gentle and smooth.


 Boutip (2366), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 16, 2008  
Bottle: Poured a clear deep brown color ale with a full foamy head with good retention and great lacing. Aroma consists of sweet malt with some candi sugar and some dry fruit characteristics. Taste is also a well balance mix between rich Belgian malt with notes of candi sugar and some dry fruits such as raisins and plums. Full body with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Very well done and some thing that I would have on a regular basis.


 badlizard (2345), Berkeley, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Jul 20, 2007  
On tap at Stone. Dark brown with a large creamy white head. Dark fruit and yeast aroma. Bright palate. Fig and chocolate taste with a sweet alcohol and vanilla taste to the finish.


 Walt (2289), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Mar 23, 2008  
Pour is dark cola brown with a small brownish head...sweet nose with light nutmeg notes...taste is sweet and corky...blech...


 Kinz (2205), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 25, 2007  
Deep amber, nice small but pillowy head, and great lacing. Floaties at the very end. Aroma is nice and yeast oriented, with plenty of fresh bread presence. Flavor was far more complex than I imagined it would be. Loads more of crusty bread, but also a nice underpinning of apricot and plum preserves, with a drying floral finish. Alcohol notes as well. I think this is badly underrated.


 GonZoBeeR (2161), ste-Eulalie, Quebec, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Oct 31, 2008  
Aroma:Sour,red fruit,yeats... Appearance:Clear brown,good lacing head.. Flavor:sour red fruit,light oxydation,alcohol,lighjt caramel....


 BDR (2160), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Feb 26, 2007  
Brown dark color. Couldn’t identify the smell in the head, but tart fruit in the body. Sweet with some nice hops as well.


 NYHarvey (2154), New York, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Jul 16, 2005  
Spicy with sweet fruity notes of plum and bread pudding. Dark brown with quickly fading tan head. More bread pudding in the flavor with a good kick of rum tasting warming alcohol.



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