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Val-Dieu Grand Cru 3.71 240

Val-Dieu Grand Cru

Percentile
96
overall

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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mixos (64), Greece
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Dec 7, 2009  
Very nice beer at all. Nice brown/reddish body with a thick foam head. Aromas of roasted malts, fruits, caramel, some spicies. Taste is mostly yeasty and malty with hints of fruits, brown sugar, alcohol and caramel. Full body and very nice finish, sweet and long lasting.


 kosko20 (313), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/514/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Sample from a monster sized bottle at Darkness Day. Pour is lovely dark brown with a thick tan head that leaves a nice lacing. Aroma is that of roasted malts, caramel, candy sugar, alcohol and earthy hops. Flavor is sweet and alcoholic but decent. Palate is a bit boozy and a little thin but solid. Overall its a solid beer.


Alex420 (48), Rome, Italy
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/58/20
Oct 27, 2009  
tap@ Hold’em pub Tapped terribly. Ultragassy. The smell of the pub is strong, but you get some faint belgium Abbey yeast aromas. Thank god for the alcohol content. Unfortunately, althought the publican just put a new KEG on and is really sure of his beer, oxidation has taken place during the long hot summer spent in a hot warehouse, thank god for the alcohol that just saves it. Although watery and spent, you still get some fruit notes ranging from peach to apricot, but still to faint to recall the the belgium beer drank there.


Lyncham (67), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Oct 20, 2009  
Very nice complexity. The beer has a nice sweet aroma of roasted malts, and spices. The beer tastes like it smell but with a bit of a chocolate flavor. The beet has a great alcohol content to go with the spices that would make it a good winter warmer


 probstk (1055), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 11, 2009  
750 ml bottle from Bieropholie, shared with Phil, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. OC 10/09.

App.: Very deep ruby/brown, clear, greyish, off-white head. Aroma: Yeasty, deep, rich, slightly spicy malts, lots of dried fruits, strong citrus, a bit of alcohol. Palate: Medium body, soft effervescence. Flav.: Lots of rich chocolate, fruits, malts, nice citrus, thick and rich; quite sweet with a touch of bitterness, nice fruity malt finish, a little alcohol.

Really nice stuff!


 tomthompson89 (1489), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/515/20
Oct 8, 2009  
darker color nice beige head nose is sweet like dried fruit and spice. flavor is raisin and malt with some good booze in there. flavor sticks around on the palate


 adrian910ss (1429), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 7, 2009  
On draft at Okeefes in Milwaukee. Pours a dark murky brown with a thick creamy beige head. Aroma of watery dark fruit. Taste of malt and watery dark fruit.


jamespgentry (20), Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/517/20
Sep 25, 2009  
Nice dark Belgian. Plum, raisin, brown sugar. A cool northwest night, late september, and this beer all remind me fall is on the way. I wish I had a fireplace.



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