Brouwkot Robustus 25

Brewed by Gulden Spoor
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Gullegem, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Same bottle as the person under this rating. Robustus 75cl Limited edition. Amber coloured. Very small head. Smell is sweet fruity, caramel, spices. Watery, spiced, some fruits, a bit malty taste. Light bitter aftertaste after a sweet start.

75cl, as Robustus ’Limited Edition’, exclusive brew anno 2010, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex brew, heavy and sweet, yet balanced, hazy, small head, nice brew

Bottle @ Vilvordia Bierproef Festival, Jette, Brussels. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty slighlty flowery aroma with hints of caramel. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some spicy hints. Sweetish malty caramel finish with some spicy hints in the aftertaste.

Taste this beer from bottle, 75 cl. @ Rusteel (Hop event). Hazy amber color, with off-white head. Aroma fruits, caramel, spice. Medium body. Taste sweet, caramel malts, yeast, spices, alcohol feeling.

Off-white head, gone after scant seconds; fully hazy amber-orange beer. Flowery nose, some liquorice and other spices, peppery smelling. Sweet-spicy flavours, discreet ginger and it would seem some pearester. Well-bodied, but not really viscous or oily. Alcohol is very present in the aftertaste. Interesting, but not really outstanding.

0.75 l bottle from ’t Rusteel. Nice hazy deep red amber colour with a medium head. Fruity aroma with pears and apples. Flavours start fruity as well, mid-way meeting some caramel and ending semi-dry. Full-bodied. Well-carbonated. Robust Belgian craftmanship shines through, worthy of celebrating the 25 years’ existence of one of Belgium’s best (and most unsung) beer cafés, ’t Rusteel near Kortrijk.