Winterkoninkske Grand Cru
Brouwerij Kerkom in Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Winter|
Score
7.54
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Winterkoninkske Grand Cru 13% 750ml from Ohtsuki, shared at a work party. Dark brown with a tan head. The aroma is nutty, chocolate and fruity. Full bodied and smooth. The taste is red berries, fudge and Malts with a light warmth. Very nice stuff.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
28/11/2015 - 15cl sample, last beer @WBF2015, Bierhalle Deconinck Vichte. Dark brown with nice head. Mindblowing nose and taste, would even say a bit overdone. Definetly a beer too end with. Dark malts, chocolate, licorice, dark fruits, some wood, sweetness, some coffee, nice thick mouthfeel. WOW.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sample from 2010 bottle during the 10th Annual Day Before Labor Day Party on 09/06/2015. The beer pours a dark brown-black color with a medium thick tan head that recedes gradually. Small patches of lace. Aroma of malt, dark fruits and yeast. Full-bodied with flavors of malt, earthy yeast, berries and figs. The finish is fruity dates and plums in the aftertaste. Pretty good all around.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at the Jim goes to Malaysia tasting, Den Haag. Poured a clear dark brown with a thin broken light tan head. The aroma is rich liqourice treacle. The flavour is moderate sweet with a rich sweet malt, alcoholic bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Kermis (23416) reviewed Winterkoninkske Grand Cru from Brouwerij Kerkom 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared thanks to jmgreenuk. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of cheesy malt, caramel, fudge, milk chocolate. Flavor is heavy sweet. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Deanso (15673) reviewed Winterkoninkske Grand Cru from Brouwerij Kerkom 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
bottle sampled @Jim is going to Malaysia tasting. Very very thin off white head. Clear deep burgundy pour. Lots of alcohol.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
6th Feb 2015: large sample from a 2013 vintage. De Bierboom (Brugge), cheers Filip for providing this lovely 0.75 litre bottle. Very dark pour to this spicy, strong ale: beige topping on the almost black body. The nose is all about dark fruits and malt molasses, sweet and interesting. The taste also dark fruits and malty, some vanilla and liquorice notes come through the sweetness: boozy feel with hidden spices in the finish. Far too easy to drink, and very pleasant in deed.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
2011 bottle from Otsuki. Nose of chocolate, molasses, brown sugar, orange, spice. Brown with orange, flat. Nicely tangy flavor, oranges, spice, caramel and chocolate, brown sugar. Almost flat, just a bit of light carbonation, silky, just a bit too thin. Very good though.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
"Limburg’s heaviest beer", since 2009, a limited luxury edition of Winterkoninkske but refermented with champagne yeast. Coarse, irregular, deep beige head, almost light brown, dissipating under influence of the alcohol. Very dark mahogany colour, clear, almost blackish. Very rich, vinous aroma of chocolate sauce, maple syrup, pear, candied dates, raisins, calvados, cider, coffee powder, candi sugar, grapefruit, dandelions, sweet white wine. Sweet taste, even a bit cloying, but in a multi-layered, complex way, candied fruits, thick layers of chocolatey and caramelly malts enlightened by a spritzy carbonation, bitterish and aromatic spiciness, mild hop bitterness in the finish, a bit roasted, complex malt sweetness and a long, strong, drying but not astringent, brandy-like alcohol effect. Overpowering and luxurious, this is a fantastic winter beer. Think snowy evenings and fireplaces. I love this.