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Grottenbier Bruin

Grottenbier Bruin - Abbey Dubbel

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

Watou, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6193.59/5.03.58/5.06.7%90.1Trappist glass
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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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 BVery (446), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Sep 12, 2009  
TAP: hazy brown pour, beige head. Aroma is grape/raison, Belgian taste of yeast, malt, fairly complex. Really good stuff.


 Allen (1282), Switzerland
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 3, 2009  
Bottled 33cl. 6.5 ABV. Hazy brown beer with a huge mountainous light beige head which leaves some lacework. Sweet spicy aroma with caramel, honey, clove, nutmeg, a lot of plum, orange peel, vitamin tablets and a strong yeast character which is reminiscent of Unibroue. Sweet yeasty taste with plum, yeast, clove, nutmeg and orange peel showing up. A tad acidic, citrusy. Lively carbonation. Yeasty finish with lingering hints of marmite, very faint burnt plastic and nutmeg. A very yeasty, spicy brew I didn’t enjoy a lot. Interesting.


 daknole (2802), Plantation, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 2, 2009  
Bottle. Nice beer! Brown pour, tan head. Prunes, raisins, yeast, spice aroma. Flavor is full of the prune and raisin flavors with some interesting tartness. I liked it. arrogantb is right, good food beer.


 arrogantb (695), Denver, Colorado, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 1, 2009  
A friend was kind enough to share this with me. It had a cloudy yellow color that looked murky and the head was a white sticky pillow. The smell was musty and earthy to me. The flavors tastes yeasty, Belgian, and not much fruit. For some reason I think this would be perfect with some mussels and pomme frites. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 09-12-2007 14:58:02


 JK54B (913), Helsinki, Finland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 3, 2009  
A 0.33L bottle from Alko shop. Fruity nose. Pale beige head. Hazy pale brown colour. Spicy malty taste with some hints of prunes. Not sweet. Slightly sour. At the end hoppiness and bitterness.


kapusta (84), Dover, Delaware, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/515/20
Jul 26, 2009  
Brown body. Sweet taste with fall spice flavors, maybe cinnamon. Easy to drink , but not as complex as I would have like. Mild and average.


 Geiserich (1775), Vienna, Austria
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 21, 2009  
Bottled: Aroma is sourly/fruity, notes of plums, spices and herbs. Hazy, brown color, foamy off-white head. Fruity, sourly flavor. Notes of bananas, grapes, lemon peel, herbs and some alcohol. Notes of cinammon, cloves, herbal hops in the end. Dry, quite bitter end. Complex, tasty beer.


 LilBeerDoctor (1480), East Setauket, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Jul 19, 2009  
Bottle, mostly likely aged for a year or so. Pours a cloudy brown with a thick off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, some light spices (pepper, allspice even) and a touch of roasted malt. Flavor of yeast and sweet fruits initially with some roasted malt and spices in the finish. Pretty decent--I was a little scared of this beer considering that I didn’t know how old it was/how well it held up over time, but it was fine! Not too sweet either, which often plagues some abbey dubbels. Nice beer! 7/4/8/4/14 (3.7/5)



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