Cru d'Or
North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.53
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for pure ingredients as the Abbey and Farmhouse Belgian ales of the past.
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Maverick (5074) reviewed Cru d'Or from North Coast Brewing Company 9 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours dark but kind of watery and not a whole lot of personality, sort of generic for a belgian ale.
superspak (10160) reviewed Cru d'Or from North Coast Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours very hazy dark reddish brown color with a 1 finger fairly dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace that lingers. Spotty wisps of foamy lacing cling on the glass. Aromas of raisin, prune, caramel, toffee, toast, chocolate, dark bread, earth, and light yeast spiciness. Nice aromas with good balance and decent strength. Taste of raisin, prune, toffee, caramel, toast, chocolate, earth, bread, and light yeast spiciness. Lingering notes of dark fruit, toffee, caramel, toast, chocolate, bread, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a bit. Very nice balance and complexity of flavors; nicely robust with zero cloying flavors on the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied; with a creamy and slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very good Belgian dark ale. Nice complexity, balance, and robustness of flavors; and very smooth to sip on. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Cru d'Or from North Coast Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A hazed brown ale with a thin brown head. In aroma, light candy sugar with notes of dark fruits, plum and mineral water. In mouth, a sweet molassey malt with notes of burned sugar, orange peels, a bit boring...
flatmatt (2380) reviewed Cru d'Or from North Coast Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 oz bottle. Pours amber with an off-white head. Candied fruit aroma, berry, cherry, banana, and bubble gum. Flavor immediately reminds me of cotton candy, sugary with banana, berry, caramel, toffee, raisin. Actually unique and quite nice.
popery (1998) reviewed Cru d'Or from North Coast Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
A deep golden beer with a nice head, the beer looks pretty good. The head dissipates a bit rapidly. Fairly sweet and well-balanced but a bit light for my taste. Good for North Coast for making an organic Dubbel but unless you buy based on this one criteria, you’re better served elsewhere.
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Cru d'Or from North Coast Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Chevy Chase, 2/22/10
Aroma: Nose is sugary, quite fruity, banana, clove, pepper, other spices, some raisin
Appearance: Pours a nice mahogany color with a fizzy beige head, drippy lace
Flavor: Taste is moderate to heavy sweet, quite fruity, a bit toasty, sugary, spicy
Palate: The body is both sticky and slick, it has a somewhat lively amount of carbonation
Overall Impression: This is a pretty sweet brew. This might come off as an odd description, but it almost has a pastry-like feel to it. There's sugary flavors, a good amount of spice, some toasty bread flavors, and some fruitiness too. This beer is interesting. It has a good amount of complexity to it, but it might be a drop to sweet, and missing some cohesiveness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
12 oz. bottle. Deep mahogany body under thin head. Sugary Belgian beer smell, with raising and dark Belgian malt smell. Comes across more like a dubbel. Taste has that same sweetness on top of a brown ale base. Slight tartness. Very apparent alcohol. Nice fizzy texture. But I can’t quite get as enthusiastic as the description copy does. It’s possible I really can get behind the excessively sweet Belgians.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours light mahogany into a tulip. Off-white head quickly recedes to barely touch rim. Sweet burnt molasses aromas. Thin with dark caramel upfront turning sweet and yeasty in the burnt finish.
Irishboy (4674) reviewed Cru d'Or from North Coast Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12 oz bottle from Bottle Barn. Nose of rye bread, candi sugar, and caramelly sweetness. Hazy rust color with a big cinnamon head. Flavor is light sweetness, clovey and peppery spices, and a bit of alcohol. Pretty good stuff!
smith4498 (4269) reviewed Cru d'Or from North Coast Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours reddish brown color with a light tan head. Aromas of sour cherries and gummi bears. Dark fruit, cherry, candy sugar and yeast flavors. Medium body with moderate carbonation and a chewy, syrupy mouthfeel.