Grottenbier Bruin

Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Watou, Belgium

Bottle. Tremendous brilliant pop from the cork. Body-dark honey with a quarter inch foamy head. Nose-candi sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, bready, light metal. Taste-light perfume, bready like a sourdough starter, light sweetens, sour on the back end, the unsweet portion of caramel, mostly dry, lightly woody, astringent on the tip of my tongue, some white spices, sharp and almost stinging (but not too much) CO2, light banana, creamy mouthfeel. A very subdued drinkable beer. I like the way the spices play out.

Bottle at Microbar, Clapham. Dry fruits and dates detected in the nose. Murky red and brown. Small head. Sprinkle of small carbonated ribbons. Soft mouth feel. Vinegar, sweet alcohol. Not bad a bit on astringent and chalky. One of the best looking beers out there but taste doesn’t quite match the looks.

Pours a very dark and opaque brown into the glass with a thick tan head. Sweet malty/caramel flavor. Delicious. On tap.

Bottle. Poured dark bronze. Took a while to tell that given it’s nearly entirely head. Foamy, but quick dissipating. Good lacing. Yeasty aroma with sour citrusy notes. Taste is more of same. This tastes like it will get old quickly (like, by the end of the bottle), but it is interesting.

Bottled, at least a few years old. Poured clear, deep garnet with a delightful creamy cap of beige head that stayed ’til the end. The aroma picked up a nice, dry, spicy yeast strain with some white pepper, light fruits, and some piney notes.. soft, a touch sour, and very well-composed. The flavor didn’t dissapoint.. chocolate and aged caramel at the mildly sour core with darker fruit skins, pepper, and crusty bread riding the edges.. mild fruity bitterness. Just shy of medium-bodied with a nice sweet/sour contrast throughout.. dry and refreshing on the palate. Great beer!

Draft: Reddish brown, aroma of burnt caramel, I couldn’t pick up much flavor, kinda bland.

Dark ruby brown with a fluffy white head. Yeasty vinous aroma. Sweet caramel flavor. Light and spritzy.

25/10 0.33 l bottle at Hopdevil. Poured dark reddish brown colored body with big brownish head. Aroma is a sourish with caramel and fruity, primarily orange, then also some dark tropical fruits. Flavor is better, quite full and fruity as well. Chocolate felt inside, caramel also. Aftertaste is short, sweetish, very pleasant with oily texture both in the glass and on palate. Very nice beer, thanks Petra for choosing this one as well.