Bruegel Amber Ale

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottled- pours clear orange with a white head. Aroma of light citrus, sweet biscuit-dough malts, and yeast, while the flavor goes down smooth and refreshing with doughy and caramel notes. This beer is sweet; however, it is also a thin mouthful of a beer.

Pours a clear golden orange color with golden mango colored hues when held to a light source and a thin white foam head that quickly settles into a thin ring. Not much in the way of lacing. Spicy aroma with hints of cinnamon and brown sugar along with hints of crisp light fruit, pepper, hops and caramel malt. This beer smells more like a marzen to me. Softly carbonated up front with a strong spicy character that gives way to a malty center and long spicy dry finish. Hints of caramel malt, pepper, light fruit, cinnamon and brown sugar. It kind of tastes like a watered down Belgian interpretation of an Oktoberfest/Marzen.

Nice dark brown pour with creamy white head. Taste is pleasant malts and molasses. Sweet and medium bodied. Rated 6/21/02

Pours clear peachy amber with a 3-4 finger slightly chunky off white head that has good retention and leaves nice lacing. Aroma is caramel, butterscotch, Sugar Daddy sucker (do they even make those anymore?), toasted nuts, light tree fruit and light but rich cereal grain. Flavor is... strange... vegetal and herbal notes up front, butterscotch, nuts, dusty hay, eggs, maple and some fruity yeast notes. Palate is light to medium bodied with a creamy, kinda oily entry leading to a dry, almost astringent finish with a lightish, quite sharp carbonation. This is a very strange, not so good brew.

Bruegel Amber Ale Poured with a nice sized cream colored foamy frothy head that lasts and lots of lace. Color is a clear amber. Aroma is malty, a bit yeasty and fruity. Flavor is like aroma with a little bitterness in the finish which makes it much more drinkable. Body is real full and carbonation is good too. Nothing real special for a Belgian ale, but better than most all other world amber ales that are trying to mimic this style.

Nice amber/orange color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of malt, yeast, & subtle fruit; Flavor of malt, yeast, some caramel, light fruit, and spice; Finish is slight bitter and tart; Overall, the palate is a little thin - but still a decent brew.

11.2 oz Bottle - Tasting at home last weekend. Not a bad belgian amber ale, but nothing really special. This was the sixth of a six pack of different Belgian beers that my fiancee bought for my birthday. Still good, but my least favorite of the lot.

Poured a clear amber with a medium white head. Aroma of apples, wheat, and some earthy notes. Taste is slightly yeasty and slightly like hay. Slightly bitter. Pretty one-dimensional and thin, but a good flavor. Overall decent, but a little more flavor would be good.