AleSmith Brewing Company Grand Cru

Grand Cru

 

AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating
Score
7.59
ABV: 10.0% IBU: 17 Ticks: 183
Our other famous Belgian-style offering is our Grand Cru. As with Horny Devil, it is fermented using yeast which originated in a Trappist monastery in Belgium. A darker type of Belgian candi sugar gives it more color and a richer complexity of flavor, consistent with the Belgian style. Qualities Medium-dark brown, with tan head. Sweet, malty aroma with a satisfying balance of hoppiness. Tremendously intriguing, complex flavors play upon the palate shifting from sweet to tangy to hoppy and so on. The medium-dryfinish leaves you eager for the next sip. Awards Multiple awards, including Silver and Bronze in its category at the California State Fair, multiple years.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled. Poured a dark brown w/very little head. Lots of yeast and pretty light bodies. Fruits etc. Pretty good.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:49


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

huge aroma of malt, cherries, and chocolate. flavour is super malty, and have some wonderful notes of fruit cake, and ripe fruit. Quite a significant sherry finish. Nice and sweet, a good winter warmer. very doppelbockesque.

Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2025 at 09:36


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Аромат классический для Бельгии и этого стиля, он очень пряный, гвоздика, перец и прочие, немного темных фруктов, умеренный солод с нотками шоколада, хлеба и карамели. Цвет не полностью темный, скорее темно коричневый, пенка средняя но держится долго. Вкус тоже хороший, очень сбалансирован. Прежде всего темные фрукты, затем в теле ( кстати не сильно плотный для таких градусов ) есть нотки тех же пряностей. Послевкусие более дрожжевое, уже нотки шоколада и карамели, но без приторности, снова очень сбалансированно. Могут быть нотки от алкоголя. В целом просто отличный эль в стиле.

Tried on 01 Feb 2025 at 11:30


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 750mL bottle (because I don't have luggage room to bring it back; 2015 vintage; bottled 12/07/2015). Mild gusher. Light mahogany brown with small beige head. Belgian yeast, caramel malt, feint esters, solid Belgian strong. Feint oxidation.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2024 at 12:15


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Lukt: Frukter, rosin, karamell. Utseende: Brun. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum. Smak: Frukter, rosin, karamell. Medium: Rating:3.8-748415, Flaske@750ml, ABV@10%, Når@03.02.2024. Hvor: Arkeologisk utgraving av ølkjelleren til Gunnar. AleSmith Grand Cru Belgian Ale - Strong Dark

Tried on 03 Feb 2024 at 20:04


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

2017 bottle drunk 2023. Spotty off white head on a reddish brown still body. Boozy aroma with raisin & toffee. Medium bodied, smooth thinning out to a clean back. Chocolate, malt, toffee & raisin tastes with a fruity body. This has lost some body but still very tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2023 at 16:59


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Amber with a white head - Malt aroma with some belgian yeaty notes - Malt body with some caramle and some yeaty notes - The malt and yeasty flavours goes into the finish - This was good

Tried on 12 Sep 2020 at 20:28


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. A- Malty, bread dough, slightly fruity, caramel. A- Copper color, clear liquid, minimal head. T- Malty, fruit cake, caramel, mild booze. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, malty finish. O- 5 years old. Pretty basic if you ask me. Not complex and really just bready malt and caramel. Wonder if this was better back in the day. I sure was not impressed.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2020 at 00:06


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

From backlog. Taster from old bottle at bottleshare, Escondido, Ca. Amber with offwhite head. Malts, belgian yeast, hops, caramel, sweetness,

Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2019 at 22:55


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

LCRBM2: Vinous aroma with grapes and raisin. Sweet, vinous flavor. Raisinny hoppy finish. Very good.

Tried on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07