Grottenbier Bruin
St. Bernardus Brouwerij in Watou, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.11
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This beer was originally developed by Pierre Celis after his return from the United States. The St. Bernardus Brewery brewed the beer from 2001 till 2016.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Hazy brown with medium tan head. Flavour is malt, sweet, yeast, caramel, dark fruit and spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2011
at 06:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
1st June 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Brown beer with a light and crisp palate. No bitterness at all. Creamy mid and a caramelly malt finish. Refreshing. Very nice.
Warning! Early amateur rating! Brown beer with a light and crisp palate. No bitterness at all. Creamy mid and a caramelly malt finish. Refreshing. Very nice.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2011
at 11:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Het Amsterdammertje with work pales, cons 2010-12-08 Göteborg AR: belgian yeast, apricots AP: hazy brownish red coloured body, 2 cm frothy head, white F: belgian yeast, sour, medium high bitterness, fruity dry finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2010
at 14:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle@Home. Pours darks reddish cobber with a small, shortlasting,ofwhite head. Aroma of sweet fruit, apples, ginger, cinnamon and other spices. Taste is sweet malts, caramel, bread, fruit, some pepper in the finish. Medium body, soft carbonation, sodt oily mouthfeel. 101107
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2010
at 07:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Alko, rated 4.2.2010. Poured brown color with a nice huge white head. Aroma is fruity yeasty and spicy. Flavor similar, quite mostly spicy with some yeasty notes and malt. Creamy mouthfeel, almost oily.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2010
at 10:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle looks simple, but good, the beer in the glass dark brown, nice head. Starts malty, modest dry, fruity notes of plum, a bit rusty. Finish well balanced, a bit softer than the beginning. Drinkable, but notes could be more intense in the end. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2010
at 21:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle @ Trappistenhuis, Gent. copper, light off-white color. aroma, light spices, malty, brown sugar, some baked apples, yeast and herbal. flavors, sweet, caramel malts, some dark fruits, light spices, medium body, dark fruits; date, prune.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2010
at 15:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, starting at 6C. Mahogany with a coating beige head. Aroma of prunes, poached quince, pears, brown sugar, crystallized ginger, cardamon. Slightly syrupy mouthfeel. Sweetness this cold is moderate but very complex - the above fruits and spices and more. Some brandy too. There’s a surprising dryness even before the finish that is a little woody. As it warmed to a more sane temperature (well, it says 6-10 on the bottle) I expected more of a yeast character to emerge and the sweetness to get a lot bigger, but it didn’t much. Interesting beer that might well improve with age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2010
at 05:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap @ ’t Dicke Verschil (Kanne (B)) (who claim it’s the only place in Europe that has this on tap). Nice redbrown color, thick offwhite head. Aroma is malty, grainy, with sweet fruit (raisins) and a bit of spice (coriander). Flavor is sweetish, sweet fruit (not too sweet). Even though it was a hot day, this went down very well.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2010
at 14:41
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Ohtsuki. Rather pretty orange-brown color with an enormous head. Complex aroma with dark fruit and chocolate from afar, yet dusty, slightly funky, spicy from close up. Mellow caramel and fruit flavor, again with some dusty, vegetal funk too. Chocolate and spice. Caramel malt flavors got deeper as it warmed. Slight bitterness in the finish. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2009
at 16:55