Grimbergen Cuvée de lErmitage

Alken-Maes (Heineken)
Brewed at Kronenbourg (Carlsberg)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Jumet, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Sweet, ripe fruit aroma. Honey-tinged nut and apple flavors. The body is unbelievably thick and syrupy. Absolutely one of the best beers in the world.

From BA (Oct 2007): Brown 33cl bottle. Best before 25th Jan 2006. I only bought it in September this year, bloody cheek, I obtained it from a shop in Middlekirke, Belgium. I didn’t think to look at the date. Anyway I poured it into one of my Leffe glasses and it came out looking like this: A slightly hazy amber toffee colour with a fine thick creamty head which was an off white biege colour. Yet again I fail to find the esters others claim, toffee apples and malted barley is all I got. Not really sweet, but that toffee feeling is in there along with some caramel. There is a bite to the taste though, this is not a smooth Dubbel like Westmalle for instance, this is more robust, or of course it might be going off because it is so old? There is a lingering of flavours and the alcohol is there throughout the drink, it is however fairly thin for a true Dubbel and lacks the richness normally found. Although it isn’t a great Dubbel it is still a very nice beer and I would have no problem having another (in date if possible), it is more than ’drinkable’.

Clear brown with red glow and ok beige head. Aroma is nice overripe fruit, raisins and malts. Taste same, sweet. Good body and carbonation.

Bottle: I found this old receipt saying I bought a bottle once, many many years ago in Belgium. I have to be honest and don’t seem to remember much of what this beer looked like, smelled like and tasted like. So I have to pass on typing a correct review, most likely leaving that or for later and/or for other people around here. I remember it wasn’t that bad, but it wasn’t any good either. Kind of regular and normal for Grimbergen. It’s ok.

fles 33cl Kleur: amber met een mooie witte schuimkraag. Geur: zoet/zuur, fruitig. Appel? Smaak: Fruitig en zoet, eindigend in bitter. Aangenaam

chocolate, floral, dough, raisin, vanilla, sparkling, brown, frothy, rocky head, medium sweetness, very bitter, medium body, average carbonation, astringent, bitter,

bottle from jaghana. Amber-golden, white head. Vinous aroma. Full-bodied, sweet with hints of berries and wine.

33 cl bottle. Rated on 15.2.2009
Aroma is very close to ”kotikalja”: caramel, aged fruits and some yeast. Flavour has some toffee, caramel and hints of fruits. Drinkable and good, but then again very typical and boring belgian strong.

Bottle. Hazy orange coloured with an off white head. Sweet aroma of malts, caramel, fruits and yeast. Flavour of malts, caramel and spices with notes of fruits and alochol.

Der Begriff Eremitage bezieht sich in diesem Falle auf eine sog. Einsiedelei in der Ruhe und Einkehr im Gebet gehalten werden (Mönche). Im Geruch schwingen Waldbeeren, Wein und Erde mit. Süßlicher Antrunk. Dann holzig-trocken. Malzig-weinartige, beerige und auch brausige Mitte. Anschließend plötzlicher und etwas flacher Malzabschied. Etwas enttäuschend und wässrig wirkend. Trinkbar, ich habe mehr vermutet.Test vom 11.12.2009, Gebinde: Glasflasche

Das Bier schmeckt im Antrunk etwas säuerlich, ab dem Mittelteil kommt ein fruchtiger Teil dazu, während das säuerliche Aroma nachlässt. So, mit später dazu kommendem leicht malzigem Ton, geht es dann in den Nachgeschmack. Es wirkt alles in allem etwas eintönig, gefällt mir nicht, wirkt irgendwie unfertig. Test vom 24.11.2006, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 9,6,7,5,11,6 - 6,55