Grim grimbergens

Grimbergen Ambree, a dubbel at 6.5%
Grimbergen Cuvee Ambree, a dubbel at 6.5%

Yeah, right.

I’m currently "ticking" a beer I have already had twice, but am prepared to lose that tick for the sake of database correctness.

Ugh, this is the trouble with Grimbergen. The brand is owned by two different breweries according to the market (NL and BE is brewed in BE, FR and other markets are brewed in France). I’m not sure if they should be split up, as the two are obviously going different ways. Grimbergen by Carlsberg has given us atrocities like the Rouge and Poire (Red Fruits and Pear), while Grimbergen Belgium (by Heineken) seems to be a little more respective towards Belgian brewing traditions. Also hard to keep track as beers are not always entered under the correct brewery, and I can only keep track of the Belgian beer scene...

What’s other peoples thoughts on this?

If they were from the same brewer, they should be merged.

They’re basically different breweries at this point, that’s true. But not everything is entered according to that, like this one: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/grimbergen-blonde/3948/ I think that’s actually also brewed by both breweries? It’s a bit of a mess now, and it’s hard to decide what’s an alias and what not. I’d say either alias everything that’s basically the same, or split up everuthing by brewery. Now it’s a bit of both and that’s confusing.

Grimbergen is really a mess. Take Benelux alone while owned by Heineken Dutch distribution rights is done by Grolsch.

Man, that sounds like a bit of a trainwreck. For the big guys, the brand companies, the brewery isn’t necessarily the most important thing, as so much is BUL.

If it were up to me, I’d say alias everything to Alken-Maes, as this was the first and original brewery. But then again, the shitty ones (like pear) are only made in France...

Maybe alias the obvious ones from France to the Belgian original entries?

In some mayor african breweries, regarding the same beer (most of the cases the only one they produce) we find different entries for several countries. Should apply the same rule.

Originally posted by Lowenbrau
In some mayor african breweries, regarding the same beer (most of the cases the only one they produce) we find different entries for several countries. Should apply the same rule.