Grimbergen Cuvée dException

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Die Schaumkrone hält gut und die Farbe ist auch schön. Geschmacklich prägt der Malz dieses Weihnachtsbier, dazu sind noch Hopfenaromen zu schmecken. Fazit: Ziemlich süß, für ein Saisonbier ist es voll ok! Test vom 24.1.2009, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 12,9,10,8,12,9 - 9,45

Bottled (from Carrefour, Nice). Ambery brown colour with a mediumsized off-white to beige head. Aroma is sweet malts, mild caramel and some mild toffee as well. Flavour is sweet malts, some mild ripe fruits, alcohol as well as some wooden notes.

Süßer, drückend kräuterartiger Antrunk mit muffigen Karamellnoten, unpassend. Plörrig, durch die unpassende Verbindung von Süße und klebriger Karamelligkeit disharmonisch. Erst zum Ende wird das Bier erträglicher, sogar angenhem da die Süße annimmt und durch eine dezente Herbe ersetzt wird. Trinkbar, zumindest in Teilen. 6/5/7/6/8/6

Bottle: Poured a light brown amber with lots of bubbles, the head is a thick creamy off white to tan. Aroma is sweet with caramel, toast, and winey. Taste is sweet caramel malt and light alcohol in the finish.

Bottled. A chestnut colored beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, bread, and yeast. The flavor is rather sweet with notes of malt, caramel, bread, and yeast, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

Bottle 25 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear amber with an of-white head. Aroma of overripe fruit and roasted malt. Medium body, sweet malts, overripe fruit and brown sugar. No real bitterness. 230909

25 cL bottle, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a small off-white to light tan head. Aroma is fruity, light roasted and mild yeasty. Sweet caramelish, vague metallic and mild yeast fruity flavoured. Lingering roasted caramelish flavoured finish.

Bottle 25cl.
Clear medium red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity - apricot, spicy, cinnamon. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20081213]

Cola-coloured beer with small yellow rim. Sourish, acetic nose, sugared peel on slightly spicy, sweet malts. Sweet flavours with sourish honey, chamomile, lots of unfermented sugars. To me, it tastes infected. Watered-down MF by the infection (?), spritzy. If you brew Grimbergen in or for France, I suppose this is what you get. WHERE is it brewed, anyway?

Kerstbier Festival, Essen, Belgium. Nut brown colour. Soft, fruity aroma. Flavour is a little sweet and fruity with a moderate level of malt. Slightly drying aftertaste.