Excellence du Val-Dieu (Bourbon)
Brasserie de l'Abbaye du Val-Dieu in Aubel, Liège, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Special|
Score
7.50
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Immerse yourself in a rare taste experience where brewing tradition and heritage boldly meet. Aged for a year in authentic Bourbon barrels from the legendary “Old Heaven Hill Springs” distillery, Val-Dieu Grand-Cru matures over time to offer a symphony of complex flavors and an inimitable character.
Time shapes rich notes of caramel, vanilla and oak, for an intense and complex tasting. Each numbered bottle reflects the perfect alliance between exceptional know-how and a product of rare elegance. To savor, in all its singularity, in a very limited edition.
Time shapes rich notes of caramel, vanilla and oak, for an intense and complex tasting. Each numbered bottle reflects the perfect alliance between exceptional know-how and a product of rare elegance. To savor, in all its singularity, in a very limited edition.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled many thanks to Lore. Hazy orange body with a white head. Aroma and taste of orange zest, bourbon, sugar syrup, floral hops, apples and nutmeg. Maybe even some cinnamon. Really cool complex beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2026
at 17:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
75cl bottle from Cora in Brussels.
F: medium, white, good retention.
C: amber, hazy.
A: woody, bourbon, marzipan, toffee, honey, floral.
T: full malty base, bourbon, woody, red berries, honey, toffee, caramel, bit warming alcohol, nice balanced bitterness, vanilla, medium carbonation, not so complex and bit too boozy yet tasty for sure, enjoyable.
F: medium, white, good retention.
C: amber, hazy.
A: woody, bourbon, marzipan, toffee, honey, floral.
T: full malty base, bourbon, woody, red berries, honey, toffee, caramel, bit warming alcohol, nice balanced bitterness, vanilla, medium carbonation, not so complex and bit too boozy yet tasty for sure, enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2025
at 20:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
thanks omhper! Honeyish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is floral, nectary and some mild toffeeish, honey and some wooden tones with a bit bourbon and vanilla to it. Flavour is sweet fruits and mild wooden tones with honey and some
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2025
at 22:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml bottle. Pours a dark amber with full foamy head. Aromas of tobacco, coconut, peanut brittle, dull dry bourbon, and toasted malts. Flavors of oaky bourbon, raisins, dry candi sugar, and sharp toasted malts. Nice warm finish. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 19:42
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled, from Systembolaget. Hazy deep golden, mid sized head. Intense bourbony marmalade aroma. Sweet with full body and dense, rounded mouthfeel. Marmalade, bourbon and marzipan. Warming mildly bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 22:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Color: Slightly hazy amber, thin off-white head. Aroma: Malty, notes of Bourbon, fruity hints. Taste: Malty, notes of Bourbon, yeasty notes, fruity hints of stone fruit and caramel. Hoppy backbone. Over medium body, bit creamy mouthfeel. Just below average carbonation. Over moderate sweet, light to moderate bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Bierhandel Willems
on 26 Jan 2025
at 15:51