Grand Cru

Bottled 330ml. -from bierkompass.de; Birthday gift from my girlfriend.
Deep brown coloured, medium sized beige head, dark fruits and malty nose. Sweet malty, dried fruits and alcohol with notes of spices and caramel. Well balanced. For sure it’s nice beer but in my opinion a bit overrated.

Bottle that I picked up at Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Nr Gent, Belgium, 08-03-10 consumed 11-03-10 Pours brown with some haze and there is a slight reddiness to this as you hold it towards the light.There is a beige head atop but this soon departed. Very clean nose. This isn’t as sweet or as malty as I expected, there is dried fruits, cane sugar, some caramel and a hint of chocolate. A7 A3 F7 P4 Ov14 3.5

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma with some hints of dark fruit. Sweetish malty spicy flavor with some alcoholic hints and some hints of dark fruit. Has a sweetish malty spicy finish.

Bottle. Pours a clear dark amber with a lot of sediment. Head is think and yellowish brown that lasts. Aroma is full of both dark and light fruits, particularly cherries and raisins with some undertones of caramel and dried fruits. A strong caramel note starts the flavor with some underlying nuts and light fruits. The beer is quite nice on the tongue.

75cl Bottle. Deep reddish brown colour, lots of typical AdR floaties, dense beige head. Aroma of dried fruits, yeast, lots of sweet malts, some port wine/raisins. Flavour is sweet, malty, dried dark fruits, some yeast, light spicy, a bit of roasted malts, caramel, light spicy bitter finish, but mostly sweet. Medium to fullbodied.

bottle, pours an amber with a quickly dissapating head. Aroma is raisin, clove, and carmel malt. Flavor is rich with sweet dark sugars and malts, applesauce, green raisins and not a trace of the 9.5%. Awesome

Brown bottle, 1,5 l, best before 10/2010, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on August 21 2009; eye: copper, clear, good effervescence, thick sheet of creamy beige head, no lacing; nose: malt, alcohol, candied fruits, light hops, light Madeira; mouth: malt, alcohol, candied fruits, light Madeira, molasses, finale in alcohol with presence of malt, below-average carbonation, medium-full body, mildly sweet, lightly bitter, slight astringency, rich; overall: disappointing FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1,5 l, meilleure avant 10/2010, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 21 août 2009; œil : cuivrée, claire, bonne effervescence, épaisse couverture de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : malt, alcool, fruits confits, léger houblon, léger madère; bouche : malt, alcool, fruits confits, léger madère, mélasse, finale en alcool avec présence de malt, carbonatation sous la moyenne, corps moyen-corsé, moyennement sucrée, légèrement amère, très légère astringence, riche; en résumé : déçu

Dark red brown with lots of floaties. Lasting off-white head. Really great, complex aroma with citrus and other tropical fruits, dried fruits, licorice, chocolate, cranberries. The silly marketing blabber is actually somewhat right: Flavour of caramel and cherries, chocolate and almonds. Rather sweet, very spicy, tasty and complex. I’m not a fan of the brewery in general, but they have done amazingly here. Still ugly with all those floaties though.

(Bottle at One Pint Pub Belgian weeks ’09 -- shared with many people, thanks to of you!) Murky brown and cloudy. Small white head. Malts, sweetness and pepper in aroma. Full bodied palate with medium carbonation. Malts, sweetness, pepper, bitterness, some liquorice and caramell in taste. Malts and bitterness in aftertaste.