Grimbergen Optimo Bruno
Brouwerijen Alken-Maes in Alken, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
6.69
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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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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. Frothy off-white excellent mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Slightly acetic. Moderate bitter flavor. Soapy notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2009
at 00:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark amber. Aroma and taste are alcohol, plums, raisin soap and perfume.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2009
at 08:36
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 33cl. @ home.Clear medium to dark red amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, berry, wood, vinegar. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, moderate bitter and vinegar acetic with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090109]
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2009
at 14:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Nice look to it... brown and has off-white head... lighter than would be expected for a brown beer. Dark fruit and yeast aroma. Taste is relatively free from alcohol and quite smooth. Sweet taste of dark fruits and a lot of malts to back it up.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2009
at 10:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pale brown colour with thin lacy head. Oaky, vinous aroma. Flavour is very rich and has similarities to red wine in it’s ripe fruitiness and alcoholic strength.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2009
at 14:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 10%. Copper coloured beer with a big and lasting beige head. Nice aroma of malts, caramel, brown sugar and balsamic vinegar. The flavour is malty sweet with some unwanted metallic sidenotes, also notes of caramel and brown sugar, hints of spices, moderate hops in the finish. Alcohol is noticeable throughout. Not in the league of the trappists this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2008
at 14:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark chocolate brown with plenty of beige head. No remarkable aroma. Medium body and carbonation. Sweet malt with miscellaneous other flavours giving some complexity. Strong and drinkable but unremarkable.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2008
at 20:33
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Dranken Geers. Reddish brown with thin beige head. Malty fruity aroma. I suppose it’s a bit like a quad, but tastes more of a cross between a brune and a European strong lager. The alcohol is too obvious. Aroma of fruit and dry malt is attractive. Bit unsubtle and not enough body and flavour to support the alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2008
at 05:58
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bbf 06-09. clear dark brown, small yellowishbrown head. aroma is sour, and acid. strange... flavor is your typical real good belgian quad, add a few spoons of vinagre.. strange... i guess the sourheads will praise this one, if it is intended to be like this. nuts, sweet brown sugar, dark fruits (delicate), sour notes (hence the vinagra). half a drop of tabasco for bitterness. if this beer had not been sour it woul’ve been very very good.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2008
at 13:38
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber brown colour, off-white head. Aroma of dark fruits, brown sugar and malts. Flavour is very sweet, brown sugar and malts. Alcoholic finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2008
at 09:30