St. Sebastiaan Grand Reserve
Brouwerij Sterkens in Meer, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Van Den BosscheBelgian Style - Strong Ale Special
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6.60
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 ounce ceramic bottle into tulip glass, best before 4/12/2017. Pours slightly hazy golden orange color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon zest, orange peel, apricot, pear, apple, light banana, clove, pepper, honey, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and pale malt sweetness; with solid strength. Taste of lemon zest, orange peel, apricot, pear, apple, light banana, clove, pepper, honey, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of earthy yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon/orange zest, apricot, pear, apple, light banana, clove, pepper, honey, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity and balance and fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop flavors; with a crisp malt/yeast spice balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, and fairly prickly/dry mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warming well after the finish. Overall this is a very nice Belgian strong pale ale. All around good complexity and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle courtesy of me, thank me very much! Cloudy yellow color, thick white head. Aroma of fruity pepper and lemon. Taste is slightly sour lemon bread.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Fajna kamionka z krachla, i puszysta piana. Slodowo i mocno alkoholowo, niestety wyczuwalem to i nieco draznilo
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ Papsø-Grand-Tasting, September 2010. Pours cloudy golden with a off white head. Dark fruit and yeast. Malty . . A bit of rye-bread and caramel. Some alcohol warmth. Full bodied. Good
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Ceramic bottle 16fl.oz. w. swing top.Clear medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, vintage malt, malty, oxidide notes, overripe fruit notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, vintage malt, dried berries - fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100910]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy amber with a medium off white head. Malty nose with overripe fruits, caramel, yeast and toasted malt. Flavor was sweet with toasted malt, caramel, overripe fruits and plums. Finished sweet.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
clear orange, smooth small white head. flowery aroma, boozy in a nice way, flavor is sweet, fruity, herbal ,
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cheramic bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin light tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and straw, leading to a dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
16 fl oz ceramic bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is dry and slight oxidised malty. Roasted malty and slight overripe fruity note. Fruity and malty finish. Persisting overripe fruity note.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Ceramic bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of wavers1. Pours a pale amber with a slight haze and a small off-white head. Oxidized aroma, tobacco and phenols. Medium body, lots of tobacco, vitamins and oxidized fruits. Quite some alcohol in the finish. 100910