Belzebuth Super Strong 8.4

Brewed by Brasserie Grain d’Orge
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Ronchin, France

Serve in Lager glass

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Found a can in a local supermarket here in France that looks exactly the same as the one pictured but with 8,4 on it instead of 8,8%; assumably it’s the same brew with a slightly reduced alcohol content, though the mind boggles as to why they would reduce it by 0.4%. Pours very nicely, good head, dark colour, scent of syrupiness and sugar is all over this though. Taste is tin, syrup, alcohol, and a whole lot of murky sweetness. More like a malt liquor than a strong ale, and if you’re just trying to get trashed you might as well just go for the 13% bottle or 11.8% can. Why this "weaker" version of the beer exists is beyond me.

Can 50cl. A clear golden beer with good head. Aroma is malty and sweet, quite creamy, some orange aroma, finish is round, better than expected. Alcohol is present but whole beer remains drinkable, proper hops flavor at the finish,just too sweet.

50cl can: Picked this up in an Auchan. This one pours a slightly orangish, light amber color. There was a large, white frothy head on this one. It leaves a little bit of lacing. The aroma is musty, caramel malts, some sweetness, maybe a little grainy too. The taste is a bit sweet. Caramel malts, a touch of fruits. It is a bit harsh. Surprisingly there is no real taste of alcohol coming through. A bit metallic aftertaste. It is not undrinkable, as some of these strong beers tend to be. This must be for the younger crowd, interested in buzz for the euro.

Can 500ml.
Alc. 8.4%. Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, peppery, fruity / berry, moderate alcohol. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091114]

Clear golden with a tiny white head. Malty aroma with phenol and alco notes. Sweet malty flavour with alcohol notes. Alco burn towards the end.

Can. An amber beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma has strong notes of alcohol and caramel, as well as lighter notes of bread and malt. The flavor is quite sweet with strong notes of fruits and malt, as well as medium notes of caramel and alcohol, leading to a dry finish.

Can 50 cl. Courtesy of MiP. 8.4% version. Pours a deep golden with some impurities and a firm off-white head. Aroma of yeast, corn and alcohol. Solid body, cerealic and metallic. Harsh, rough, alcoholic finish. Crude. 141109

50 cL can, 8.4%. Pours hazy to cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is phenolic and slight yeasty. Sweet malty flavoured, solid caramelish and light yeast fruity flavoured. Bitter and alcohol warming finish.

Can, 8.4%. Sweet and hoppy aroma, caramelly and teaish. Almost clear copper colour. Small stable white head. The flavour is sweet with a little vegetable and some quite peppery alcohol in the finish.

Can, 50cl. Pours an amber beer with an offwhite head. No aroma and sweet flavor. The palate is sweet and bold. Overall an average beer.