Grain d’Orge Joup

Brewed by Brasserie Grain d’Orge
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Hombourg, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

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33cl, from Geers Oostakker, complex, not balanced, hazy, small head, nice brew

33cl bottle @ home. Clear dark amber color, decent sized off-white to beige head that diminishes quickly. Smell malts, overripe fruits, sweet raisins, herbs or spices. Taste malts, herbs or spices, overripe fruits, sweet. Low to medium carbo, low to medium body.

Small head light biege colour dark brown pour mild carbonation aromas alcohol port prune flavour brown sugar port plum doughy taste raisin light bitter tasty enough the finish morishing alcohol taste fruity brown sugar yeast sweetness very average

Bottle. Pours dark brown. Tan head. Nose/taste of water taffy, caramel and toffee. Medium body. Plain.

Bottle bought at Zythos beer festival St Niklaas, Belgium last year. An amber coloured pour with a medium beige head. Fruity, Belgian spice aroma. Tastes fruity, spice, sweet, malty, caramel. Quite nice.

Brown with a redish shine, no head. Smell is fruits, earthy spices, a bit chocolate and alcohol. Light earthy-dry spiced malty taste. Unpleasant mouthfeel, like a soda, taste is a bit weird, and not my thing. Wondering if the bottle is ok.

1st June 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Light palate, thin feeling. Sweet brown beer. Noteably sweet finish and lingering sugary aftertaste. Subtle chocolate.

Cherry red with a fine grey-beige foam. Mushy, cherry skin, palinka and glue aroma with hints of barrel and redcurrant. Sweet and largely featureless with a boozy, cherry/marzipan and demerara slickness lifted slightly by banana and wooden touches. Spoiling cardboard as it heats. Dull, alcoholic, soggy. Not my thing at all.

Bottle (33 cl) from Etre Gourmet. Deep reddish brown, medium brief beige head. Nutty malt aroma with some vague spicy and earthy notes. Medium bodied, a bit fizzy carbonation. Dry with medium bitterness.

Bottle conditioned, 330ml from Grain D’Orge Brewpub, Hombourg, Belgium. Dark amber with initially white head, short lived though. Has a touch of the amateur about this, a little on the enthusiastic homebrewer side. Thin mouthfeel with burnt caramel notes, a little spicy, yeasty, a touch rough on the edges rather than holding everything together. Enthusiastically drunk though whilst cooking.

Pours a nice cola colored brown. Aromas of malts, fruit, and a touch of spice. Has flavors of chocolate, caramel, and a touch of wood. Kinda thin in the finish.