Grand Cru
North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.20
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Originally released as Twentieth Anniversary Ale in 2009 and then re-released in 2011 and again in 2013 for North Coast's 25th Anniversary.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
This comes to me in a 500 ml bottle obtained in south Ft. Worth early in the fall from a local HEB. I lift the cork and pour into my ABGB tulip glass seeing an opaque dark gold body. The head is non-existent but there is a healthy stream of carbonation. Getting a smell I detect peach, mango, grain and hay. Tilting for a drink. Hmm. Initially quite sweet with peach, caramel, hard candy. There is also some yeastiness and a flowery touch. Not exactly what I prefer in American ale, but appreciated for the try. The alcohol makes itself known at the end with a nice little burn. The label says 12.9%. Actually the experience improves as the beer warms. My horizons are expanded.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottke, shared at Beer Temple, thanks Henk! Hazy orange color. Off white head, quickly receding. Aroma’s: bourbon, fruit, alcohol. Retronasal there’s soft fruit, berries, sourish, alcohol, bourbon, light wood, vanilla. Flavor is above moderate sweet with some fruity sourness. Strong alcohol feel. Almost full bodied. Long woody finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle as North Coast Grand Cru, gusher on opening. Pours quite hazy peach, surprisingly small head, beige with little residual beyond a ring and some lacing. Aroma is sweet, honey, some belgian spice. Flavor is quite sweet, light bitter, hot, honey, agave I guess with some oak tannins and Belgian style spices, coriander, cloves. Medium body, soft carbonation, quite hot throughout with a sweet lingering finish along with some herbal notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
The pour is a light golden color with some haze. The aroma is light and citrus with some of the booziness coming through. The agave comes through together with nice fruity notes, vanilla and sugar. Quite easy for the abv.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Flaska från SB. 2013 vintage. Smak och doft av torkad frukt, äpple, persika, röda bär med toner av trä, bourbonfat och vanij. Agavesötma, fruktig, fin syrlighet, komplexa smaker som sammanflätas på ett angenämt sätt. Lättsam att dricka trots sina 12%. Bästa ölet denna kväll.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Flaska från SB. 2013 vintage. Söt, fruktig och med en lite fin syrlighet som ger ölen en lätthet som är ovanlig för en 12%s fatlagrad pjäs. Lätt borbountouch, stora komplexa maltig smaker med vanilj, fat, torkad frukt, lite kokos och en fin fruktighet med lite persika och röda bär. Fantastiskt gott.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft at Churchkey. Hazy golden yellow color, medium white head. Aroma of vanilla, summer fruit, light dust. Taste is lightly funky summer fruit. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
16.9 oz. bottle shared 5 ways and labeled as Grand Cru with a an ABV of 12.9 %. Pale yellow color light thin head in the snifter. Aroma is honey, agave, mild oak and a weak pear or apple note.
The flavor is nice and pretty much identical to the aroma. A larger dose of sugar and yeast hints in the flavor. The ABV is covered nicely but mostly from the sweet, sugary flavors. Overall this is a nice drink and the flavor is pretty interesting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at Craig’s. Massive gusher! Pours hazy gold, with thin white a head. Aromas of marzipan, light sugar. Taste is sweet, something green, must be the agave. Odd.