Brouwerijen Alken-Maes Grimbergen Optimo Bruno

Grimbergen Optimo Bruno

 

Brouwerijen Alken-Maes in Alken, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular
Score
6.68
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 129
A sweet bitterness can be found in this powerful abbey beer. Grimbergen Optimo Bruno is made of high-quality raw materials and has a concentrated full-bodied taste and warm aftertaste. Brewed since 1988 and originally an Easter beer.
 

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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

For a Grimbergen, it is a really interesting beer, full of red fruits, plum, apricot, cynamon, pear, porto, hop and malt, complex. 30.04.2018, De Siebenthal at Montagny.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Mar 2025 at 08:45

gave a cheers!

7.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

20.09.18 Aromat lekko octowy i słodki, słód drożdże belgijskie, troszkę winny. Drobna kremowa piana dosyć gruba długo utrzymująca się z leasingiem. kolor rubinowy przejrzyste. Smak: głownie smak słodów jakby melanoidyny oraz troszke w tle śliwka suszona. Goryczka nie ma prawie, nie ma też prawie słodyczy . Wysycenie wysokie, alkohol trochę wyczuwalny wytrawny finisz, ciało średnie tekstura trochę drapiąca

Tried on 05 Mar 2025 at 04:29


4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

Aroma of malt, caramel, sweet and overripe dark fruits, sugar, raisins. Flavour is sickeningly sweet and alcoholic. Sticky mouthfeel. Nasty artificial aspect to it that totally ruins this beer. Overrated junk.

Tried on 16 Feb 2025 at 13:44


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle 0,33ltr: Clear brown brew that i have an long time not drunk. Taste of carameland some fruity hints, and an slightly burning mouthfeel.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:39


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Servida en su cáliz. Color marrón, rojizo al trasluz, corona de espuma beige cremosa bien retenida. En nariz no esta mal, salen notas de fruta madura, ciruelas, dátiles, pasas, toque de frutos secos, especialmente nuez y avellana, malta, caramelo... En boca dominan las notas de malta tostada, regaliz, caramelo, frutos secos. Es curioso, a pesar de sus 10º, y de su agradable aroma, esta cerveza no logra hacerme 'trascender' como hacen otras quadrupel, me deja mucho a deber en boca como para trasportarme a los cielos del placer. Tenía muchas ganas de volverla a probar, pues la primera optimo Bruno la caté hace casi treinta años, absolutamente impregnado en ignorancia cervecera por aquel entonces, y no la había vuelto a degustar hasta hoy...Ahora que la he vuelto a probar pienso que no pasa absolutamente nada si vuelven a pasar otros treinta años antes de volverla a beber.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2023 at 22:00



6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

A decent strong ale, very herbal, not too sweet. Lots of Candi sugar, burnt molasses, caramel. Not bad.

Tried from Can on 03 Aug 2022 at 21:04


6

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2021 at 22:58


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Brown colour, minimal head, fair lacing. Aroma is intensive blackcurrant and raspberry, some caramel. Some alcohol. Medium sweetness. Lively carbonation. Very good.

Tried on 15 Dec 2020 at 20:33


6

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2020 at 17:41