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Grottenbier Bruin

Percentile
92
overall
Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abbey Dubbel

Watou, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6223.59/5.03.58/5.06.7%90.7Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Josh’s translation of the French description..."Aged in the caves of Kanne, where the exceptional climatic circumstances give it a unique aroma and flavour without equal." In the U.S., the label will read "Grotten Brown Belgian Cave-Aged Ale." ABV of 6.5% or 6.7% depending on bottles.
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 oreogobbler (217), Austin, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/512/20
Mar 5, 2008  
Pours a dark golden brown to black with a thin filmy head. Caramel, chocolate, smoke, wheat bread, and candied malts in the aroma. Intensely sweet flavor at the tip of the tongue, like fruity candy followed by hearty wheat, with a smooth caramel finish. Palate is thin and watery and a little unbalanced.


 slimchill (776), Austin, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/102/511/20
Mar 5, 2008  
Draught. Piercingly sweet artificial strawberry aroma. Dark ruby with white lacing from nearly no head. Fruity-sweet, nearly cloying and thin. Maybe a nice dessert beer, in small amounts, but otherwise not enjoyable.


 bozoNZ (483), Christchurch, New Zealand
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Mar 1, 2008  
Uni Staff Club Tasting 29/01/08. Murky brown, lively good head. Aroma reminescent of prunes with a touch of linament and perhaps sarsparella. Complex, sweet woody flavours, the odd spice note too


 BMan1113VR (2814), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Feb 28, 2008  
Labeled as Grotten Brown, at 6.7% abv. Aroma is moderately malty with a bit of grassy hops, light yeast and some corinander. Large, frothy, light brown head, which diminishes into white caps and a ring. Muddy, dark brown body. Taste is water and a bit bland for St. Bernardus. Yeasty and somewhat boring finish. Watery mouthfeel, lively carbonation, and a copper feel to the finish.


 screwball (796), Motala, Sweden
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/518/20
Feb 28, 2008  
330 ml bottle @ Bishops Arms in Jonkoping, Sweden. Pours hazy brown deep red. Head is begie. It has a very beautiful appearance in the proper glass. Aroma is loaded with strawberry, sweet malt, rubber, caramel. It´s little winous but not sour. The mouthfeel is little bubbly and big. Taste is from burnt sugar, syrup, dark berrys and caramel malt. St. Bernard Brouwerij delivers another fine brew!!


 joohefner (380), Isla Vista, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Feb 25, 2008  
brown burgundy color and medium fluffy head. toffee and spice bread aroma. surprisingly thin body. burnt sugar and maple maltiness with dark raisins and bready clove notes. it is a lot simpler than their other beers, its ok but the St. Bernardus beers are better


 markwise (1175), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 22, 2008    Updated: Aug 6, 2008
Heavy caramel and sugar aroma. It has a sugary taste with some sweet malt and syrupy finish with a hint of cherry. No lace present. Very mellow beer. I could drink a lot of this very complex beer.


 joss (3650), Garching b. München, Germany
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/513/20
Feb 21, 2008  
0.25l Bottle. Blueberry, caramel, brown sugar and date aroma. Hazy red, off-white layer. Brown sugar edges, almond, the fruits to a lesser degree, somewhat dry, finishing on a metallic date-sweet note. Mellow, light sparkly mouthfeel. Pleasant but not overwhelming.



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