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De Graal Speciale

De Graal Speciale - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
74
overall
Brewed by De Graal
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Brakel, Belgium

bottled
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733.33/5.03.29/5.08.5%46Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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 thedm (3833), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Sep 12, 2009  
This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy fine to medium sized light brown colored bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a opaque strongly carbonated dark brown colored body. The aroma was vinous brown malt and wheat. The crisp mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. I found it to be kind of soda pop like carbonated and bubbly on the tongue. The crisp flavor contained notes of hops and brown malt. A decent one that I would consider buying again.


 thewolf (5623), Kolding, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
May 28, 2009  
Bottle, bought @ Willems, Grobbendonk.
[thanks Skou, for bringing this home to me]
Pours deep brown with a fine, creamy, beige head. Fine duration. Aroma has rubber, oak, prunes, raisins and some leathery notes. Medium carbonation, fine creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is light sweet and malty. Lots of chocolate, raisins, still some leather and a slight roasted note. A bit weird, but quite drinkable.


 jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
May 18, 2009  
Brown in color with a decent sized beige head. Aroma is of malt, wood, and fruit. Taste is light in milk chocolate with some cocoa, caramel, dried fruits and yeast.


 rallison (113), USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
May 10, 2009  
Awesome. Upon opening, a good few ounces immediately spews from the top of the bottle. This is more of a gusher than some of the bourbon barrel Angel’s Share bottles. Muddy brown color with an oddly minimal head given how much it foamed from the bottle. Raisins, toffee and prunes in the nose. Taste is a rather simple dubbel style beer. Requisite raisins, candied fruits and sweetness present? Check. Gets boring pretty quickly though. Meh. Not bad..definitely not great. Minimal carbonation (surprisingly) in the mouthfeel. Drinkability is good enough. Not recommended. At least it was cheap.


 travita (1851), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 8, 2009  
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. The look is a reddish color, clear, with an off white head. The smell is toffee, alcohol, yeast, caramel, malts, and fruits. The taste is yeasty, malts, fruits, and candy like.


 badlizard (2324), Berkeley, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 26, 2009  
Bottle from Holiday. Opaque brown with a fizzy tan head. Over ripe fruit aroma. Big molasses raisin and over ripe fruit taste with candy sugar notes throughout.


 ilovedarkbeer (1326), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 5, 2009  
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Nose is dark fruits, brown sugar, and molasses. Taste is "weird" I think this says and some what similar to the nose. Medium fizzy and chalky mouthfeel with a long finish.


 bu11zeye (5430), Frisco, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Apr 4, 2009  
(750ml bottle, BB 06/2009) Pours a cloudy amber body with a small beige head. Aroma of mustiness, yeast, light fruit, clove, and bubble gum. Flavor of caramel, yeast, fruitiness, and candi sugar.



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