Bruegel Amber Ale

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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UPDATED: JAN 7, 2004 cloudy red-amber colour, big creamy head, estery nose with some earthy notes, overcarbonated, acidic and medium-bodied, very tart with a dry and sourish finish

(bottle, from bierkoning - thanks!) Clear, amber colour with a short, but persistent off-white foamy head. Sweet toast-malty with aromatic notes of caramel and cacao. Moderately sweet flavour, medium body, smooth carbonation. Toast-malty taste with caramel, cacao, light notes of liquorice and subtle fruity notes, getting only a bit stronger towards the finish, turning out to be also slightly nutty, moderately sweet with a light bitterness. Okay, easy going.

Bottle. Clear brown color with moderate head that diminished quickly. Complex aroma of fruit and hops. Medium body. Full flavor with moderate bitter finish. Good well balnced Belgian.

A Mes rate: Great label. Great glass. Let down by the important bit. Full on yeast hit. Dry and slightly sour. Very lively in the mouth. A novelty toke but nothing more.

Beer #25 at Croydon Draught Belgian Beer Festival. Attractive bronze colour. Otherwise I couldn’t get too excited about this. Malty throughout. Reasonably dry. Nothing wrong with it, but a bit dull.

Poured amber in color with a huge, huge head (over 5 fingers). Yeasty, hay, and banana aromas. This doesn’t taste too good to me. Dry with a sour note. Not my cup of tea.

Bottle @ Maria tasting. Amber colour with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malt, caramel. Flavour is sweet, caramel, hop. Medium body. Ordinary beer.

Amber colour, white head. toasty aroma, fairly chewy and sweet with a light dried apricot and pear aroma. Light plumminess and a sweet richness. Lingering earthiness and toasted malt.

Very hazy orange. Medium-white head, collapsing. Yeasty nose, fruity-estery, a sourish tinge as from wheat, coriander. Very neutral taste: again wheatimpression. Retronasal flavour as from celery, and ironoxide finish. Light to medium-bodied. Lively carbonation. Ok - but nothing exciting.

Deceitful orange seeds and coriander aromas hover almost seductively over the great show of sticky foam...Pomegranate seeds are dislodged when warming and disappear into an airy, dry ending...Hugely lacking in caramel malts, this fluffy, well-groomed, dead poodle of a Belgian ale is far from the quality of many of its peers...