Saint Rieul Grand Cru

Brewed by Brasserie Saint Rieul
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Trumilly, France

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle 330ml.

Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy yeasty, fruity, yeasty, candy. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration, caramel, fruity, candy, caramelized fruity sugar - malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20121019]

33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and toasted malty, light caramelish. Smooth malty, fruity, light sweet and caramelish. Mild bitter and smooth fruity finish.

Bottle @ French Oktoberfest Tasting Ulfborg, 2012. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Fruit, alcohol and metal. Unrefined and overcarbonated.

Cloudy amber color; the big head, frothy, disappears quickly and almost completely; the persistent perlage maintains some islands on the surface. It has a medium aroma, Belgian, lightly woody and fruity, even with very light ammonia. It has a medium mouthfeel, with some residual sweetness, light malt flavor and some disappointing vegetables touch (pea soup, carrots…); overall the flavor is not bad, but quite boring. In the final the high level of carbonation is still pricking the tongue; the alcohol starts warming the mouth; it has an ordinary bitterness. A Strong Ale below average.

Bottle, 33cl. A clear, golden beer with a small off-white head. Sweet on the nose, both sugary sweetness and fruity sweetness, with a peachy scent as well. The flavor is more evident on the peach, rather fruity and sweet. Some bitterness, and a long, peachy and sweet finish. Full-bodied. Surprisingly dry considering the sweet aromas and flavors. A likable beer. (090605)

(33cl bottle, best by 8/09) Giant beige head atop murky dark amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, cotton candy, candi sugar, pear, melon, light vegetal. Taste is moderately sweet, pear, cotton candy, some melon, grape, alcohol. Medium-full body, fairly sticky.

26th May 2009
Cloudy orange - amber beer. Light and frothy palate. Very sweet orange - like orange candy! Frothy sweet finish. A curious but drinkable beer.

Bottle from Wine Specialist. L 08-04, Best Before AOU 09. Hazy orange amber color with a huge off-white head that reduced rather quickly. Aromas of medium dark fruits and some caramel malt. Medium to full bodied with creamy carbonation. Flavor is quite a mix of light kandi, pale fruits, dates, raisins and some noble hop spice. A challenge to the mouth. Very complicated, very tasty, very satisfying.

bottle. Amber colour with an off-white head. Aroma is alcohol, dried fruits. Flavour is sweet, malt, alcohol, dried fruits, hop, spices. Medium body. OK beer.

Cloudy orange color. Effervescent head , but then evaporates. Sweet malty aroma with overtones of caramel and orange. Sweet orange zest flavor, but not much finish. OK, but not great.