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Belzebuth

Belzebuth - Belgian Strong Ale

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38
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Brewed by Brasserie Grain d’Orge
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Ronchin, France

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5032.92/5.02.92/5.013%6.1Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Bottle (13% abv) and can (11.8%): Filtered.
Ingredients: Water, Barley Malt, Wheat, Rice, Sugar, Hops.
Alcohol content lowered in 2002 from 15% to 13% when brewery changed name from Jeanne d’Arc to Grain d’Orge.
"The dark amber coloured Belzebub offers an intense alcohol flavour with a strong supporting maltiness."
The 11.8% version is canned in Holland.
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 KyotoLefty (1370), Kyoto, Japan
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/58/20
Dec 24, 2008  
Dark golden, slightly smber color. Small oily head, fast disappearing. Very fruity, sweetish, malty aroma. Very sweet, very strong flavor. Burning alcohol. A touch fruity, malty, some kind of yeast-like flavor in the back. Finish is hot alcohol and malt. Not very nice. Way too strong, way too blatantly so, no complexity, basically useless.


 oldrtybastrd (1801), Morlautern, Germany/Great Falls, Montana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 23, 2008  
.25L bottle - Shared this one w/ SkyCop32. Picked up at Maruhn Getränke in Darmstadt. Pours a pale hazy golden yellow color. Aromas of yeast, some fruit and spice. Taste is yeasty and medicinal, can really taste the alcohol in this one.


 RIXbeer (102), USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/512/20
Nov 28, 2008  
Pours a majestic light orange and partially glowing yellow-ocre color depending on which part of the glass you stare at. The foam fades from a quarter inch to a thin ring. Holding the beer up to the light reveals the huge amount of suspended yeast as tiny little bubbles race past towards the surface of this golden potion. Smell of a spicy fruit aroma. I think it’s pear and apricot but the alcohol covers it up a bit too well. The alcohol has made virtually all of the spice and real nice aromas background nuances rather than focuses. A very spicy orange and pear with a huge hop bitterness intermingled with a nasty alcohol punch. The malt is huge [and reminds me of an aged DIPA]. This is the French’s version of Private Stock? Nice! Well done. And wow and holy moly that packs a punch. Long stinging after taste. Malty alcoholly goodness. Medium mouthfeel and has a good amount of carbonation but not to muvh. Very much perfect in that regard. You can try to sip this but like the Beast known as P-Stock, this one craves pounding. Maybe that’s why this 13% monster comes in a tiny 3 pack of 8.4oz. bottles. Still I’m pounding this one! Yum! Like I said It comes in a 3 pack of 8.4 oz bottles. 13% ABV and I’m still pounding this one! Too easy to drink! Well done!


 jeffwilliams11 (310), hooterville, Michigan, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/511/20
Nov 26, 2008  
yuck. pours ugly brown color. aroma is all booze, as is the flavor. glad i was just sampling a friends, as i couldn’t get down more than one sip.


 ChainGangGuy (2522), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Nov 20, 2008    Updated: Apr 22, 2009
Appearance: Pours a clear, orange-hued body with a large, foamy, white head. Fine, latticework lacing on the way down. Smell: Slightly candyish nose with meager fruit notes and the scent of a glass of chardonnay perked up with a half shot of grain alcohol. Taste: Sweet caramel and toffee maltiness upfront with a hot alcohol component fast on it’s heels. A few helpings of rock candy. Slight peach and apple fruitiness. Sip of white wine. That ABV is very apparent and once it hits it’s harsh to and beyond the finish with any subsequent flavors becoming washed out in the booziness. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Very warming alcohol presence from stem to sternum. Drinkability: Whew. Definitely a candidate for a slow sipper. Seems to forgo subtle complexities and finesse for a punchy booziness.


 Tmoney99 (4652), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/512/20
Oct 31, 2008  
Bottle from Crown #19, Indy. Poured clear golden color with a medium to large frothy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Complex aroma of yeasty and malty. Body was medium with a sticky texture and lively carbonation. Flavor was sweet malt with a medium bittersweet smooth finish and small alcohol burn of moderate duration. Good, not great beer.


 kappldav123 (1788), Markkleeberg, Germany
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/59/20
Oct 31, 2008  
The bottle looks not good, too demonic. The beer in the glass lighter than exspected, some foam. Very alcoholic aroma. Starts sweet, almost oily. The finish is drier, scratchy. Unbalanced finish. Warming aftertaste. I think they just wanted to make a strong beer and forgot to make a good beer!


 jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Oct 23, 2008  
8.4oz bottle-pours a thin off white head and amber color. Aroma is medium malt-some sweet, slight alcohol bite. Taste is herbal/medicinal, medium malt-some sweet/caramel, slight alcohol bite.



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