Grottenbier Bruin

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

Serve in Trappist glass

Reddish brown pour with a big rocky head of big bubbles. Aroma is a little sour a little earthy. Nice full flavor of dark fruit, some sourness. A little odd but pretty decent.

UPDATED: MAR 5, 2008 slight spicy aroma, barely noticable...appearance is a dark cloudy brown. taste is nutty with roasted qualities found in dark beers. has a nice ’fizz" to the carbonation...

Bottle. Pours a nice, semi-opaque brown with a large, foamy, solid head. Not too much lacing. Scents of alcohol, yeast, apricot, some wood notes. Tastes are similar although I surmised some gamey meat qualities to it as the beer warmed up. Wonderful stuff.

Bottle. Dark brown coloured beer, with an average off-white head. Very heavy sweet spicy and malty aroma, some light hints of yeast and caramel. Full creamy body with a intensive bitter spicy and malty finish. Little roasted and a nice long aftertaste.

This is the best brown beer i have tasted in Belgium, picture is of the old bottles.

Best before 2005 – Clear red-brown body, huge creamy beige head, some laces; Big a little sharp nose, deep, interesting and pleasant, lots of different ripe green and red fruits, different malt notes, maybe a little grain and dust as well; Huge, very light carbonation, balanced body, watery soft texture; Quite long balanced a little bitter finish, lots of different red fruits, from strawberry to plum and again lots of different malt. Great beer!

Slightly hazy brown body with a huge frothy off-white head. Sweet spice and yeast aroma. Light banana flavor, some spice and light fruit.

Deep dark brown/black color. Spicy and yeasty aroma, a bit floral. Very complex taste of spices, sweets and bitterness. Maybe liquorice? The bitterness is very distinct. Nice one! Very special brew!