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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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, Sent in a picture to be uploaded. Smells and drinks like a great strong Dubbel. Pours with a large off -white head that leaves a film over thee dark brown body. Good spider lacing left on the glass. Aroma of fruity esters, dark fruits, vanilla, spice, alcohol, and nice florals. Taste is fruity and very Belgian yeasty with a bit of sweetness from an unfinished beer, fruity esters, tobacco and leather. Creamy mouthfeel, light bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2008
at 05:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from South Bay Drug. Very dark ruby amber color with a decent light tan head. Aromas of roast malt, darkish fruits, and spicey hops. Full bodied with creamy frothy carbonation. Flavors of roast malt, darker fruits, banana?, spice, yeast, and something really different - overall it finishes astringent. No heat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2008
at 20:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at the brewery. Pours slight hazy black to brown with a lacing tan head. Spiced and roasted malt aroma. Smooth roasted malt and light hoppy base flavour. Light liqourice and fruity yeasty belgian base flavour following this. Smooth yeasty and slight roasted malty finish.7-4-7-4-15=3.7
From bottle, blind #15. Pours dark brown, hazy and slight off-white to light tan head. Spiced and slight roasted malt aroma. Roasted malt, spiced and medium dry flavoured. Light breadish and roasted flavoured info a medium dry finish.7-3-7-4-14=3.5
From bottle, blind #15. Pours dark brown, hazy and slight off-white to light tan head. Spiced and slight roasted malt aroma. Roasted malt, spiced and medium dry flavoured. Light breadish and roasted flavoured info a medium dry finish.7-3-7-4-14=3.5
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2008
at 07:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Golden-brown colour. Dark fruits and olives on the nose with raisins, dark sugars and bubblegum. Thick, sweet sugar taste with light raisin and fruit. Typical oversweet American Belgian attempt..I will never like this type of unbalanced beer.
Tried
from Can
on 11 May 2008
at 10:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught Yellow head, small, over dark brown beer with amber highlights. (Too) sharp-spicy nose, and the famous 4-vinyl guaiacol: bubblegum, cloves; treated wood, more fruity esters. Not very Belgian, BTW. Medium to well-bodied; very slick-oily, rather than full bodied. Sorry guys, to me this is more a Dunkel Weizenbock, than something powerful Belgian.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2008
at 04:43