Grain d’Orge 3 Schténg

Brewed by Brasserie Grain d’Orge
Style: Belgian Ale
Hombourg, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle from Dranken Geers. Dark chestnut with a stable cream foam. Aromas of cork, plummy Belgian yeast, carob and orange cake, strange peppery spices. Roastier than expected with a charcoal graininess, hints of chocolate and Marmite, a flat, vaguely oaky finish and linger of ash and burnt cardboard. Quite a lot of burnt cardboard in fact. Needs thickening out, with flavour and body. Bit disappointing.

Bottle from beerplanet.eu. Dark brown color with medium white head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, toffee. Taste, roasted malt, caramel, dark fruit, raisins, spices. Bittersweet finish with strange glue like feeling in background. Overall drinkable beer.

Medium head in size good carbonation dark brown pour aromas fresh fruits doughy yeast raisin spice flavours alcohol port plum not a lot else main aftertastes plum raisin alcohol mild bitter

chocolate, coffee, herbs, basement aromas, skunky, butterscotch, ginger, smoke, frothy, tan foam, brown foam, cloudy, brown, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium body, slick feel, average carbonation, long finish,

11.2oz bottle-shared by jtc-pours copper with a light tan head and trailing lace. Aroma is medium malt-toffee, some herbal. Taste is medium malt-toffee, some soft herbal hops.

brown with a beige head. Mild fruity aroma. Sweet dark fruits in the flavour. bodied, nice.

33cl from beer planet. Cola brown with the slightest of ruby tint and a head that falls somewhat quickly. Cherry esters, cola, dark bread malt, slight toasted nut, candied sugar, some light spice going on. Raisins, candied sugar, cherry, toasted pecans, spice, faint cereal grain. Really tastes like a malted dr pepper.

Bottle from Beer Planet. Dark brown body with oily head. Nose of sweet, spices and caramel. Taste of caramel, toffee, sugar and malts. Sweet, syrupy taste. Well done.

Bottle at James’ mead tasting. Pours a clear brown with a medium sized beiged white head. Toast and malt, light cocoa and yeast. Sweet and malty, a little cocoa. Soft bitterness with some toast and cocoa.

Bottle. Pours dark brown. Nose of cocoa, caramel, water taffy and hops. Taste of same, but lots of vegetable qualities. Off. Medium body.

Slight hints of coffee and malts. Quite a thin beer with a dry finish. Very nice dark red color with a small white and fast dissapating head. Bottle at a bottle shop in Vaals.