St. Sebastiaan Grand Réserve

I admit, I bought this because the bottle looked cool and I figured I’d use it for homebrew. Pours a clear bright orange with big bubbly white foam on top - quickly dissapates. Aroma is very sweet - caramel, honey, and oranges. Mouthfeel surprisingly light. Flavor caramel sweetness and honeyish. Slight apple tartness and tad bit of bitter finish. No yeasty flavor or spices that is present in many belgians. Also, no detection of the 10%abv. Overall, enjoyable, but lacks a bit of depth.

16 oz ceramic swingtop, bb 09/11/11. Mostly unclouded orange-copper, with a creamy half-inch of foam and a thick frosting of lace. Light aroma of honey, wood and alcohol. Flavors of earthy tea leaf, orange-cocoa liqueur, oak, beeswax and honeycomb. Light-medium body is soft, dry and a little fizzy. Seems like more earthy-citrus hop in this beer than typically found in Belgians.

Pours a slightly cloudy golden colour with a while head that settles down to a very thin layer. Some lacing is left over, but not much. Strong spicey, honey-like aroma which is great. Thick mouthfeel with an honey-ish and alcoholic taste. Slight bitterness, but not hoppy. Typically Belgian, but in a very good way. I love the swing-top bottle too.

This golden amber ale poured with a bubbly off-white head and a malty aroma. There is a heavy caramel malt flavor with candy sugar and dark fruit notes and a bitter finish.

... kinda nice, good after a tiring day at work ..." if you label me, you negate me" ... tastes of honey, crunchies, dust, NA mead ... goes down easily, abv is well covered ... light orange-gold with a slight haze ... nothing that will blow you away but an enjoyable kinda tasty beer...