UPDATED: FEB 9, 2024 bottiglia 33 cl, schiuma fine cappuccino media persistenza, color ambrato carico torbido, al naso uvetta sotto spirito ciliegia sotto spirito vino Porto esteri frutta matura caramello leggero vaniglia leggero legno, in bocca malto tostato marsala secco ciliegie sotto spirito leggere note erbacee con una lieve acidità, corpo strutturato, carbonazione moderata, amaro moderato, ben attenuata, secchissima. Molto complessa. Da sorseggiare con calma. Ottima c. Cantina della birra 09.02.24

UPDATED: JAN 14, 2024 Aus der Flasche (bbe 08.02.2020) im 2023-11 getrunken. Bei diesen dunklen Belgier hat die ürsprüngliche Süsse komplett abgebaut und es wirkt irgendwie Körperlos bzw. unstimmig. Sicher kein schlechtes Bier aber es hat die lange Lagerung nicht so gut überstanden. Komischerweise schaffen andere Belgier eine solche lange Lagerung und werden so deutlich besser als frisch abgefüllt. Nun ja das Gran Cru gehört nicht dazu. Schade!

UPDATED: FEB 1, 2023 (bottle 0,33l from topvino.cz online shop) Overall: Nice spicy and fruity with some fruity sour notes. Interesting, good. Aroma: Dried fruits, some fruity sour, berries, sweet dark malts. Appearance: Brown color. Quickly done beige head. Taste: Medium sweet, spicy, light fruity sour, dark malts. Palate: Medium body. Bitter, spicy, warm finish.

UPDATED: DEC 29, 2021 Fles 33cl thuis. Dried fruits, caramel, pruim, noot, licht droog, zoeten, bittertonen. (29-12-2021).

UPDATED: DEC 22, 2021 Hazy brown. Aroma is dried fruit cake dough raisin slight lime caramel dark honey some chestnut... let's say complex. Taste is slightly sweet cake dough with more dried fruit melasses and complex yeasty stuff. Overall pretty malt forward. Drinkable. Good balance. Long finish of slightly fizzy caramel and dark malt with more cake dough. I really like it.

UPDATED: NOV 7, 2021 Pours clear dark amber, off-white smaal foam head. Aroma is sweet and spicy. Taste full of fruit notes, bit bitterness. Undefined but nice. (Velp 2111)

UPDATED: OCT 22, 2021 Brown color, modest head. Th aroma is sweet with notes of red fruits cake and some spices - cinnamon? The taste is suprisingly different. Liquorice, hoppy, earthy, very distant red fruits and not very sweet; quite the oppositie of its smell. Triggers a bit watery impression even. Slightly oily mouthfeel, medium body. Not very complex, not many layers. Okay dark ale, definitely not the best in class though.

UPDATED: SEP 4, 2021 Brown with a creamy, beige head. The optics are off-putting: „floaters“ would be an understatement. Looks like half liquid, half sediment. The beer is expired by a few months, so I‘ll cut it some slack here. Still, I felt the need to filter this one. Aroma of brown sugar and prunes. Taste is mildly sweet with lingering toffee and cherries. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, surprisingly slightly watery texture given the optics. Really can’t make up my mind about this one.

UPDATED: JUN 6, 2021 Bevuta in bottiglia. Birra ambrata molto forte. Gran corpo. No aromi particolari. Molto buona.

UPDATED: MAY 21, 2021 Pours a slightly hazy brown with an off white head. Aroma of caramel, dried fruit, yeast. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel and dried dark fruit.Quite well carbonated.