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

bottled
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unknown

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RATINGS: 571   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.97   EST. CALORIES: 156   ABV: 5.2%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bruegel is an easy drinking soft and tasty amber ale. Thanks to the refermentation it offers more body, more head and more taste than most other American and Belgian Amber ales. It is brewed with Dutch barley and German hops. Although the bitterness is clearly present, it is not dominant.


3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
lb4lb (2021) - Austin, Texas, USA - APR 19, 2009
Pours amber with a short lived whitish head. Smell is fresh light and bright smelling malt with some estery yeast. Taste is yeasty, fruity and malty. Clean flavors with banana. Crisp refreshing mouthfeel with a medium body. Light balancing hop flavor in finish. Pretty decent.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Stefano (1676) - Esbjerg, DENMARK - APR 13, 2009
Amber colour with a slightly off-white head. Aroma of light sweet apple cider. Flavor is light sweet paper and caramel. Boring ale from Steenberge.

2.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
nqualls (1452) - Nashville, Tennessee, USA - APR 13, 2009

Source: 11.2 oz bottle purchased from Greenlife Grocery in Chattangooa.
Appearance: Poured a clear, light gold color (almost yellow) with a finger and a half of bubbly white head that quickly dissipated..
Aroma: Very earthy, musty with faint notes of caramel.
Flavor: Toffee, earthy hops and a metallic twinge that dominated the finish. Very disappointing.
Palate: Medium body and watery mouthfeel. The metallic bitterness hangs around for a while, and really ruins the rest of the beer.
Overall: Very disappointing. Will not buy this one again.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
kuphish (351) - Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA - APR 9, 2009
Bottle. Pours a decent sized, frothy white head. Clear, amber body. Malty nose, heavy on caramel and raisins with some floral and grassy notes from the hops. Upon the first sip some toffee came through. Light, slightly sticky body with a fair amount of carbonation. Lightly bitter finish. A decent beer, but I had hoped for more.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
michael-pollack (4527) - King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA - MAR 31, 2009
330ml Bottle: Aroma of apples, yeast, pale malts, and grains. Poured gold/amber/apple juice in color with a small, rocky, white head that lasted throughout. Clear. Sparkling. Full of extremely tiny particles throughout. Good to very good lacing. Flavor is medium sweet. Tastes of pale malts, grains, yeast, light apple, light fruit, slight dough, a hint of pollen, and a cloying sweetness. Light to medium body. Thin, oily texture becomes slightly dry. Average carbonation. carbonation. Cloyingly sweet, light yeast finish is lightly dry.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
FezMonkey (268) - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - MAR 10, 2009
Light amber color with a medium head. Light aroma of malts and spice. Very grassy flavor with a bitter finish.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 7/20
Beerman6686 (2384) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - MAR 7, 2009
This pours a cloudy amber color with a small white head. Aroma was grassy, and sweet. Flavor was sweet grassy and a weird sourness that is not good. Not a good belgian at all

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Drake (4803) - Charlottesville, Virginia, USA - MAR 2, 2009
330 mL bottle from Greenwood Gourmet Grocery near Crozet, VA. Pours a reddish amber color, slightly hazy, with a surprisingly small head considering it was such an explosive gusher. Decent head retention and nice lacing. Odd aroma of toasted malts, caramel, raisins and a slight tart note. Taste is toasted malts, caramel, toffee and bitter hops. Full bodied. Strange one.


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