Grand Cru
Green Flash Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.28
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Our Belgian Style Dark Ale is inspired by traditional Abbey Ales to deliver the richest of malt flavors but with a slightly elevated hopping and increased complexity given from two different yeast strains. This malt laden ale is designed to satiate and keep your taste buds dancing.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
650 ml bottle. Pours a dark rad/brown with light head. Rich aromas of roasted malt, red berries, and caramel. Flavors of toffee, dark fruit, and a bit of spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2012
at 20:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
17th July 2010
Clear dark brown beer. Little biscuit coloured head. Nose of sweet malt and a pinch of spice. Slightly dry palate. Milky sweet malt, somewhat soft, with sweet coca cola and fruits. Trace of nuts before a little aniseed alcohol in the smooth finish. Well joined up and slips down easy.
Clear dark brown beer. Little biscuit coloured head. Nose of sweet malt and a pinch of spice. Slightly dry palate. Milky sweet malt, somewhat soft, with sweet coca cola and fruits. Trace of nuts before a little aniseed alcohol in the smooth finish. Well joined up and slips down easy.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2012
at 04:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Fra flaske på Cardinal: spennende aroma men litt gmll.dansk- bitterhet med snev av einer og bitre urter? En ubestemmelig skarphet i ettersmaken. Nytt forsøk på Cardinal mai-13: En mysteriøs og mørk deilig smak med fin balanse sødme/bitterhet. Laget med både belgisk og amerikansk gjær. En god am. belgier som jeg hever fra 3.3 til 3.7
Tried
on 18 Jun 2012
at 12:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear medium brown, white head. Sweet aroma. Sweet flavor that follows the aroma. Simple but lacks a bit of complexity that i look for in anything "Belgian".
Tried
on 28 Apr 2012
at 12:45
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is fruit, coffee, malt, hop. Flavour is fruit, coffee, malt, hop, caramel, yeast. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2012
at 23:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from beernovice39. Pours medium brown color with tan head. Aromas of ripe fruit, candii sugar and booze. Sweet dark fruit flavor, yeast and candi sugar. Boozy. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation. Thanks Mark.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2012
at 18:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle, 0.65 l, at Pikkulintu, 20111031) The beer poured dark brown and quite clear. Its head was medium sized and light brown. Aroma had dark fruits, malts, sweetness and Belgian style yeast. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, roasted malts, ash, dark fruits, hops and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and lightly bitter. Aroma made me assume this would be sweeter so the roastedness in the taste surprised me positively.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2011
at 12:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
650ml bottle @ Pikkulintu, Helsinki
Pours pitch black with a small bubbly head. Aroma has notes of raisin, malts, caramel and toffee. Taste is malty with hints of sweet syrup, raisin and spices. Finish is quite sticky and sweet. Okay, a bit untypical Belgian dark ale. 8-4-8-3-14 = 3.8
Re-rated on 25.4.2012 @ Pikkulintu. Slightly sweeter and more malty with a lot of rye notes. A bit more unbalanced than before.
Pours pitch black with a small bubbly head. Aroma has notes of raisin, malts, caramel and toffee. Taste is malty with hints of sweet syrup, raisin and spices. Finish is quite sticky and sweet. Okay, a bit untypical Belgian dark ale. 8-4-8-3-14 = 3.8
Re-rated on 25.4.2012 @ Pikkulintu. Slightly sweeter and more malty with a lot of rye notes. A bit more unbalanced than before.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2011
at 09:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bomber. Fruity, caramel aroma with a bit of smoke. Smoke takes over the flavor, with a bit of coffee, wood, caramel, light fruit. Quite sweet. Dominated by smoke in an interesting but slightly monotonous manner.
Tried
on 08 Oct 2011
at 19:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 9.1%. Very dark brown colour, creamy beige head. Strong malty sweetish aroma, loads of caramel, molasses and brown kandij sugar, hints of spices. Warming mouthfeel. The flavour is sweet (but not too sweet) and malty, notes of caramel and spices, balanced by moderate hops. Drinkable and decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2011
at 09:51