Grottenbier Bruin

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

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.

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.

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)

Bottle, not sure how old, but doubtful that it’s fresh based on the fact that it was the last bottle of it on a shelf of beers that clearly sees little action. Aroma has lots of stuff going on, including mint, bubblegum watermelon, lemon, dark malt, spice, and earth, all with a sort of Jolly Rancher feel to things, though the feel was not associated with any particular fruit. Though for me it wasn’t the highlight of the aroma, the spiciness really comes to the forefront in the mouth on a mellow malty background with candy sugar and sweetish fruit notes popping up more toward the finish, most notably cherry, along with more of the spiciness. A lighter Dubbel, and quite an interesting one, more complex than I have done it justice.

0,33l bottle 6,5alc. brown color, hazy. off-white head. very tasty, complex enough to be quite interesting.

Appearance: Dark redish brown, slightly hazy. OK amount of off-white head. Aroma: Quite fruity. Bit of yeast and alcohol. Taste: Fruit and some malt. Nice bitterness. Nice. Info: 330ml bottle, 3/7-2009, 25/100

33 cl bottle. A murky brown beer. The head is medium-sized and it has durable lace. The aroma is sweet, fruity and yeasty. Banana, bubblegum candi sugar and spicy yeastiness. Spices come up more in the finish: licorice, some aniseed and definately coriander. Lingering and almost woody finish with complex yeasty notes. The flavor begins sweetish but turns dry and slightly woody in the finish. Alcohol gives warmth. Medium bodied palate is a bit too carbonated. Sicky and dry finish. Overall a delicate and coplex dubbel.

Expired in 05/2008 and I’m tasting it right now. Beautiful aroma, dark coloured appearance with a small white head. Very complex aroma and flavour. But lacks some body. Very good beer, never drank a fresh one. This is great stuff. (Bottle 33cl)