Belzebuth

Brewed by Brasserie Grain d’Orge
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ronchin, France

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle (Apteekki, Turku) Orange, medium head. Rich malty aroma. Very sweet malty taste, some alcohol, but not as much as you’d expect from a 13%. Maybe a bit maizy, gets more alcoholic as time goes on. My scores for this went up and down several times while drinking this. It’s a bit top heavy, and could topple either way...

25 cL bottle, 13%. Thin transparent medium-golden pour with a light ring of white around the edge of the glass.. and some yeast suspended in there. Aroma was rather strong with pears, grapes, and alcohol abundant. Light-medium sweet & fruity malt base, with alcohol precluding much of the other flavor from hitting the taste buds. The sweetness and alcohol were somewhat cloying on the finish. I was able to pick out white pepper and light fruits from the flavor. This brew really lacked balance.

Im sure this was the 13% vertion. Aroma is seriously alcoholic, however toffee malts and some plums seem to hide it reasonably well. Taste is similarly storng a sweet but drinkable to nearly a dangerous level.

bottle from Auchan Ilkirch-Graffenstaden. Golden colour, large white head. Full-bodied, intensivly malty with some old/rotten fruit and ethanol. Shy hoppy touch. Not really my cup of tea, but quite nice for the strenth.

8th Big Beers, Belgians, and Barleywines. Pours clear dark yellow with a small, fizzy, white head, diminishing with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (grain, hay, straw), light hops (flowers, grass), average yeast (horse blanket, barnyard) with notes of banana and vanilla. Medium bodied, oily texture, average carbonation, and a lightly sweet finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, light acidity and bitterness.

Bottle. Pours a golden body with an off white head. Very boozy and sweet with apricot notes, caramel, and a huge booziness. Very sweet and boozy witha deep etoh warming. Light apples and to repetition too hot.

Had this before but never quite got around to rating it, so thanks to Craig (if it was you?) for including this in my Cropredy Box, consumed 08-10-08 Pours mid- dark amber with white head. Sweet malt and alcohol linger on the nose. Alcohol whilst always evident isn’t as fierce as I expected, its a bit wayward at times but there is a fair degree of bananyness going on as well, its really quite sweet and the malt is also a bit much, still I expected much worse so all in all it wasn’t so bad.

Bottle at Brother Tuckers. This should be labeled a dessert beer...well almosty anyway. I actually liked it...but it took awhile to finish the bottle. It pours a yellowish/gold color with a big foamy head. Aroma is boozy and malty..matly and did I mention malty. And if you thought the nose was malty, just take a sip. Sweet sugars, syrup, spices...a malt bomb.