Grain d’Orge Tradition

Brewed by Brasserie Grain d’Orge
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ronchin, France

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Probably about a 5 year old bottle at Le Select. Neat golden orange/coppper pour, small off orange head. Very interesting aroma - musty, not barnyard, maybe an earthy hayloft. Some alcohol. Very inviting and way better than I just described it. Taste was surprisingly sweet, with lots of tasty organic like grain (good grain taste, not macro grain like). Sweet alcohol finish. There was a musty old characteristic to this beer that really suited it, and there were a ton of huge yeast chunks on the bottom. A really enjoyable experience and another unexpected old gem from this fantastic wine cellar .

Shared with my wife at a hotel room in Nice, bought at the local Spar
Light copper, beige head. Smells of belgian yeast, mats some hops and fruity esters. Malty taste, medium sweetness.quite fruity. Medium body, medium carbonation. Grassy hops, light bitter finish.

light fruit aroma,golden, clear, white foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, light body, oily feel, soft carbonation, light dry soft finish.

Medium yellow coloured and hazy. Has a white head, medium duration. Moderate malty aroma, has nice notes of hops, herbal. Moderate sweet flavor, finish moderate bitter. Creamy texture and flat carbonation.

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. MOderate malty and hoppy and yeasty aroma. Moderate biter nice flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. NIce.

spruce, bread, raisin, cooked vegetables, amber, frothy, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium body, lively, astringent,

0,75 bottle shared with friends at a French beer tasting. Dark blond colour with a loose, thin head consisting of big bubbles. Aroma of grains and malts. Flavour is alcoholic with the hints of bittercookies in the end. Too bad that it is not well balanced.

Blond-amber body. White creamy/frothy head. Aroma of hops and malts: not very well balanced but still ok. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour; again of malts and some hops. Nice, not great.

malt, some citrus, golden, hazy, white foam, lightly bitter, light sweetness, medium body, average carbonation, Bottled. A fine blond. Relatively available and not too expensive in North of France.

Bouteille (Quack-Duck, merci!): Deep golden - the label says copper-coloured - , a bit unclear, stable small off-white head, lacy; a touch of coriander in the grainy-citrussy nose; moderate to solid sweet-bitter flavour, almost full bodied; slightly lingering sweet-honeyish finish with a good dash of coriander in the aftertaste. O.K. ......

Bottled, tnx Ben! Dark amber colour with thick firm white head. Fruity nose. Aroma is fruity with a little sweetness. Flavour is nicely fruity and subdued sweetness with a finishing hoppy touch. Alcohol is supressed the 8% is not dominant. Best French beer I ever had.