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Bruegel

Bruegel

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A Belgian Ale brewed by
Brouwerij Van Steenberge

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
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on tap
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4102.99/5.02.98/5.05.2%26.1 Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

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.

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 abcfan (138), USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20

May 14, 2008  
Not much going on with this one. Pours a clear golden color with a nice white head that disappeared quick. Aroma is bread, light fruits, and banana. Nothing special about the taste, reminds me of a fruity yuengling lager. It has a slight fruit taste, with a very crisp bite at the finish. Decent brew, but wouldn’t go out of my way to get again.

 sneagrams3 (1343), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Jul 12, 2008  
The Dan Journal #189. Tasted 7/3/08. 330ml bottle. Filtered with a golden hue. Lingering lacing white head. Perfumy wheaty nose. Estery. Medium bodied and tart. Bready malt notes. Tangy and fruity with a subtle caramel flavor. Average.


 soyorganic (100), Denver, Colorado, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
Jul 3, 2008  
Bottle from my variety 6. Poured light copper color with small head. Aroma of slight yeast and cornmeal. Not too much going on with this beer. Heavy carbonation with a dry finish. Not much flavor in between.


 DYCSoccer17 (1996), Davis, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/58/104/514/20
Jun 29, 2008  
11.2 ounce bottle as a part of a mixed 6 pack that was purchased at the Davis Food Co-Op. This motherfucker was a gusher that caught me off guard. Not very happy about the mess it has left me. Aroma is quite grainy and cereal like. There is a bit of a musty yeast aroma with a touch of metallic sweetness. Mildly hazy copper color with a little extra orange hue. Huge off-yellow head that explodes out of the bottle. Appearance takes the hit for this being a gusher. Starts a bit sweet with a touch of metal and a light astringency. Becomes toasty, grainy, and very cereal like in the middle. Kellog’s Corn Flakes comes to mind. FInishes with a bit of a spiciness and without too much in the way of hops. I like the chewy and cereal-like nature of this beer.


 kiefdog (325), Tampa, Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Jun 22, 2008  
33cl bottle from ABC Liquors (North Dale Mabry, Tampa, FL). Rated on 5/6/08. Pours a clear golden with a one-finger white head. Aroma is banana, spice, apple, pear, and slight hints of phenol. Flavor is not strong but notes of malt, sweet fruit and bread come through. Generally watery mouthfeel with a some hints of apple on finish.


BritAlesRule (54), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/511/20
Jun 22, 2008  
A darkish amber, truly beautiful color, but then things go south a bit. The head dissapears like a magician, not that that’s ever been important to me, but the aroma is something very familiar. Some American micro that they slap ’Amber’ on just because they’re not sure what else to call it and it tastes a days worth of biscuits. The best part of this beer is the barely detectable Van Steenberge yeast familiar in all their beers. Shame on me for drinking this between the Piraat and the Gulden Draak, but this is one of those breweries where you thing they might have done well brewing 7 or 8 really good brews rather than take the Sam Adams path and release everything you ever experimented with.




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