t Smisje Grande Reserva

Brewed by Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

33cl bottle pours slightly hazy with an amber body and copper hues holding up a lasting off white to tan head. The aroma carries a nice wedge of oak followed by apples, pears and apricots. Additional pulls bring up brighter fresher oak notes and a background of booze heat and whiskey. The taste begins with pears and apricot followed closely by sweet ripe Granny Smith apples. As midway approaches I pick up the Belgian yeasty spice building to a level to be heard over the fruitiness and then modest oak. Toward the finish it dries out only a tad as the whiskey makes a meek appearance to help round out the fruitiness, spices and touch of oak. Very nice and full of yum!

The aroma smells kind of funky with a strong yeast smell. the taste is thick and sweet wit hlots of malts, very strong. many fruits all around. its good.

The aroma is sweet and sour with fruit, caramel, yeast, and leaves. The appearance is brown amber with a foamy head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is smooth. Overall this is different but good.

On tap at 3floyds, served in a tulip. Amber pour with huge head. Woody aroma of strong bourbon barrels. Flavor is nice but dominated by smokey, bourbony, woody tones from the barrel. I almost thing the barrel put too much in this beer. Pretty impressive beer though.

pours amber, thin beige head. Aroma of whiskey, ever so strong, it engulfs the nostrils with some wood, spices. Flavor, whiskey is very forward, with some wood/peat notes. Light spices and plenty of booze on this one. Malty with some yeast elements on the palate, dark fruits;raisins and possibly dark sugar.

Pours a dark copper color with dark ruby and chestnut brown hues when held to a light source with a huge frothy beige head that has excellent retention, lasting the whole way through and leaving nice chunks of lacing along it’s way. Peppery spice aroma with a nice citrus fruit presence along with an earthy oak, vanilla and whiskey notes. Spicy flavor with a nice peppery presence and hints of citrus and dark fruit. Orange peel, lemon zest, orange peel, dark cherry, plum, raisin, fig are balanced out by a peasant earthy oak/vanilla flavor from the aging with a nice bit of whiskey and a slightly sour, dry finish.

Medium copper, a bit of a gusher, although no apparent infection, fairly typical with this brewer, Aroma is fruity, mostly light cherry and apricot. Flavor matches, with a bit of a woody yeast finish, and some alcohol heat as well. Not bad, but actually preferred the original kerst. Spicing incidentally not evident.

Colore ramato un pò torbido, molto densa e bella la schiuma color ambra. con un vago birra muschio brillare. Aroma dolce di luppolo e caramello. Gusto dolce, secco,cardamomo, malto.Buona