Grain d’Orge La Grelotte

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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brown coloured body with a off white head a yeasty spicy hoppy aroma a spicy yeasty hoppy taste with a sweet bitter finish

Ruddy brown colour. Aroma is spicy with ginger and aniseed. Smooth and silky texture. Flavour is dry and spicy.

Pours a medium dark amber. Aromas of light berries, caramel, and some spice. Flavors are spicy, berry, clove and other spice.

Bottle, bought @ EG.
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Gusher. Deep red, big frothy, off-white, frothy head. Lovely fruity and malty aroma, plums, coriander, light cinnamon, raspberries, cranberry dryness. Caramel, lightly toasted. Highish carbonation, dry and light creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is elegant, malty, light sweet. Dry coriander, cranberry notes. Estery and elegant. Quite elegant.

Bottle at Kerstbier Festival, Essen, Belgique, 18.12.10 Big punchy beer, warming and spicy. Good clarity a little chestnut coloured in appearance. Soft carbonation, some creamy coffee, fruity with a dab of yeast for good measure. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3

11 Blind tasting at Papsoe 27-03-2010: Bottle. Huge creamy thick beige head that really lasted. Excellent display of lacework. Dark amber color with particles in flow. Aroma of milky notes, yeast with heavy underlying fruity notes as well. Over the palate came flower, citrus as well. Medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Moderated sweet flavor with a hint of acidic as well. Lingering fruity sweet finish with a sour twist. 7 / 5 / 7 / 4 / 15 = 3.8

#11 - Amerikaner Blind-Smagning 27-Marts-2010 hos Papsoe. Cloudy red/brown - white head. Soapy, herbal, roasted, caramel, yeasty, creamy, dryness, peppery, red berries.

Bottle. Reddish amber with a creamy longlasting off white head. The aroma fruity, yeasty spicy with notes of berries. The flavour is ripe fruit, alcohol, caramel and yeast.

Cloudy amber with floaties. Sweet fruity aroma with roasted malt, caramel and ripe fruits. Flavour had ripe fruits, caramel and toasted malt. Finished sweet.

papsoe blind tasting #11 cloudy amber with floaties, small white head sweet malty, dry. faint berries, faint spicy. flavor is malty, caramel, balanced by hops

Bottle #11 at Papsø’s blindtasting. Clear orange red coloured with a medium sized off white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel and spices with notes of yeast. Sweet flavour of fruits, spices and caramel with notes of yeast and hops. Spicy finish.