Bruegel Amber Ale

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Ale
Ertvelde, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Coppery color with a light tan or off-white head. A bit malty at first with a nuttiness in the flavor as well. A hint of hops bitterness in the finish.

11.2oz bottle in a Trappist glass. Pours amber with a lacy, off-white head. Aroma of Belgian spicy yeast, candy sugar, floral hops, and hints of caramel and light fruit. Flavor pretty good, but could have more. Average texture. A pretty good beer.

The beer pours amber-yellow with a dim haziness and a fluffy, half-inch head that never goes away. The aroma is of sweet malts and very buttery and yeasty. Any hops are not entirely evident but there is a crispness associated with a vague hop character. The body is medium to bold and somewhat carbonated. The taste is both bitter and buttery and unique in this fashion. I found it to be a likeable beer.

Amber colour, off white head. Aroma of caramel and malts. Flavour sweet, caramel, malts. Rather thin. Not the most impressive beer I’ve ever tasted. (Rating of an aging bottle, 33cL, BBefore 29 July 2011)

Light amber, gold when illuminated. white head. Aroma is sweet, like honey, with some light interesting notes of licorice/spice. Flavor is mild up front with a very grassy finish. Only light yeast flavor. Light bodied, fairly dry. A somewhat boring Belgian session ale.

Pours clear copper with a quickly dissipating moderate off-white head. Aroma of nuts, toast, caramel and a bit of yeast. The flavor is sweet and bready malt, and not that great. Light hop bitterness. Medium bodied, but somehow watery seeming. I’m glad this is just one of a variety pack.

Chevy Chase Wine and Liquors, DC 11.2oz ($3): Pours an amber color with a whitish head. Aroma is of yeast, malts, and fruity notes. Beer is kind of sweet, with subdued hop bitterness. A good amount of yeast. Mostly on the malty side of things. While this is not a great beer, it is relatively well-balanced and pretty drinkable.

bottle; amber clear with off-white head; aroma-caramel, floral, some yeast; taste-not that impressive to say the truth, mild sweetness, moderate bitterness, heavy carbonation. I am sad to say that with my eyes closed, it tastes like a very fizzy american lager.

Bottle. Pours golden amber with an off white head. Malty bready-ish aroma with light hoppy notes. The flavor has sweet and bready malts and a hint of hops. Not bad.

Bottle pours dark amber with frothy white head. Sweet fruity aroma. taste sweet malts with apple cider, light fruits and spices. Finish has a little hop bitterness creeping in. Medium carbonated palate. Alcohol not apparent. It’s OK.