Grimbergen Cuvée de l'Ermitage
Brouwerijen Alken-Maes in Alken, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
6.54
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6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark brown with white froathy head. Sweet to the nose, but also has a hint of sourness. Very smooth with a bitter carmel finish.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2006
at 15:31
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
BBD was 24-07-03. Hazy reddish brown ale with a thin white head. Pleasant maderized sugars with notes of prunes, caramel, and vinous notes. In mouth, oxidized like crazy, this beer does not keep well. Overall, the malt is not bad, but some chalky to carboardy notes have developed, sweet caramel notes, and unpleasant chemical maple. It also doesnt marry weel with cheeses. Sad. This bottle is at least 2 years old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2006
at 16:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark amber. Rich head, doesn’t last long though. Sweet and malty aroma, is there a hint of smoke? Malty flavour with notes of dried fruit. The bitterness comes late.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2005
at 13:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(botlle) Clear red to amber colour with medium foamy white head. Malty aroma with a fruity and liquorice note. Also sweet initial taste but a bitterhoppy finish. Well balanced strong brew.
Tried
on 04 May 2005
at 03:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample quite old. Named "Cuvée de l’Ermitage Christmas", but quite certainly identical to the regular Ermitage Deep red-brown beer; creamy, yellowish head, not stable. Fruity nose (grapes, nuts, raisins, Studentenhaver), madeirisation, liquorice, cinnamon hint, brandycake with a bit of chocolate topping. Still an unmistakable Union stamp: the harsh break between sweet and bitter, even when age has mellowed the suddenness of it. Even the older, stronger version had a real treshold between the sweet and bitter malts. A traditionally unbalanced beer. Madeirisation, liqueurish. Once the break done, rather nicely filled palate, very good body. But in the aftertaste remains a sharp, bitterish tang. One of Belgium’s classics - one I never dug. But it is a "must try" all the same.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2005
at 13:44
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of caramel. The color is dark amber and it has a beutiful head. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of cloves, corriander, and oranges. A good beer, but not as good as I had expected.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2004
at 04:50
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
2008-03-25, 6-4-6-2-11=29
Brown color; creamy head. Despite the nice appearance, this beer is quite simple, with a too light aroma (with some cookies), a caramel flavor and low bitterness. A bit metallic, it requires to be warm. Common.
2003-10-09, 7-5-8-4-15=39
Amber color; creamy head. Strong malty aroma, orange peels and some alcohol. Quite round, but most of all bitter taste, much more bitter than the average Belgian Strong Ale. Ends with a long bitterness (and bitter, roasted caramel).
Brown color; creamy head. Despite the nice appearance, this beer is quite simple, with a too light aroma (with some cookies), a caramel flavor and low bitterness. A bit metallic, it requires to be warm. Common.
2003-10-09, 7-5-8-4-15=39
Amber color; creamy head. Strong malty aroma, orange peels and some alcohol. Quite round, but most of all bitter taste, much more bitter than the average Belgian Strong Ale. Ends with a long bitterness (and bitter, roasted caramel).
Tried
on 10 Oct 2003
at 03:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
1994 vintage, sampled 2003.
Hazy light copper; aroma shows apple fruitiness, brandy, lots of malt. Sweet, plums, apples, oxidized malts. Herbal, dry finish still manages to show some more sherryish malt notes.
Hazy light copper; aroma shows apple fruitiness, brandy, lots of malt. Sweet, plums, apples, oxidized malts. Herbal, dry finish still manages to show some more sherryish malt notes.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2003
at 22:43
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 6
amber, smells sweet. bitter, dry palate. ..................................
Tried
on 12 Nov 2002
at 17:04
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear orange-red color. Small head. Roasted aroma. Malty bocky taste. Bitter alcoholic palate. Grimbergen are definitely not my favorite brews.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2002
at 12:04