Grand Cru
Brasserie de l'Abbaye du Val-Dieu in Aubel, Liège, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.56
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Dark beer, almost black with creamy and brown foam. Rich and powerful beer with a very long after-taste. Very complex and still soft aroma. The high level of alcohol is very subtlety hidden. It is prepared with strongly roasted malt which gives its very special taste.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
From a 750ml bottle on 31/12/2023 (shared by Butz with thanks). Pours a slightly hazy amber that pours with a big head that dissipates quickly. The nose is sweet, with dried fruit, bread and Belgian yeast. Tastes of sweet dried fruit, citrus, caramel, brown bread, yeast and nuts. Boozy with sharp, firmish bitterness. Syrupy texture with soft, lively carbonation. An excellent big Belgian sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2023
at 10:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Schönes schwarz-braunes Dunkelbierchen mit Cappuccino-Schaum. In der Nase Malz, Schokolade. Im Trunk kommt der Mönch aber sowas von vorbei, volles Programm mit wehender Kutte, Rosinen baumeln, schön angeröstet, Ihr wisst schon was ich meine. So oder so, nichts für kleine Jungs, das Ding ist viel zu gefährlich. Top Gear!
Tried
on 03 Dec 2023
at 20:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at The Cafe Frape Maastricht. How have I not had this beer?? Pours dark brown nearly black. Lasting beige head. Yes a big malty satisfying beer. Not too heavy. But it has lots of dark berr fruit. Blackberry blackcurrant dark plum flavours. Rich. Like Christmas cake. Nutty even a little praline flavour. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Nov 2023
at 18:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle ordered from Beautiful Beers, Bury St E. Aroma combines an earthiness dark dried fruit and booze. Dark opaque cola brown. Thick foamy off-white head. Medium bitter. Earthiness. Booze. Sweetness from dark dried fruits and a sprinkling of candy sugar. Medium bodied. Creamy. A residue on the back of the teeth. Long slightly astringent finish. Nice enough boozy stuff but pulls its punches.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2023
at 20:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Foodery: pours cola brown with beige head. Aroma is licorice, dark fruit, spiciness. Taste is sweet, fruity, spicy, flowers, herbs. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2023
at 02:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
33 cl. bottle @ the AirBnB in Oost-Maarland, bought @ the brewery. Dark brown with a large off-white head. Dark caramal and roasted malt aroma. Sweet taste with a sour touch. Long boozy warming finish. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2023
at 21:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle picked up from Belgo.de, online shop (near Wurzburg) and consumed at home Thursday 4th May 2023 listening to Steve Lamaq on 6Music (it's Round Table later) cooking Pine Nut Cod with Caponata Sauce. Pours mid to dark brown with an off white head mid sweetness,and a very slight gentle bitterness. Lots of caramel a little spice, some dried fruits, nice mouthfeel, quite a decent punch good carbonation, good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2023
at 09:04
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Smell- weak hops, weak caramel, weak citrus, weak Belgian tones. Foam- thin, hops, caramel, citrus, hops. Head is medium-sized, white with a faint orange tint. Appearance - simple label, brewery color-specific bottle cap. From - pint Taste - weak hops, citrus, caramel, Belgian tones. Average Belgian, weal alco notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2023
at 15:32
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Brunröd vätska med kaffefärgad skumkrona. Aromer av mörk kavring, russin och lite karamell. Ordentlig maltbas med kandisocker och karamell. Mycket behaglig eldig munfyllnad.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2023
at 17:22
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2022
at 17:49