oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Mercator Beer from Brasserie Grain d'Orge 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled. Ruby colour with a slightly off-white creamy head, that leaves good lace. Aroma is floral, some spicy, sweet malty and a bit dried dark ripe fruity tones. Flavour is yeasty spices, some caramel, mild alcohol as well as some slight toffeeish and mild berryish and ripe fruity tones. Feels more like an ale than a doppelbock.
lore (7878) reviewed Lixhurieuse Blonde from Brasserie Grain d'Orge 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
hazy pale golden colour, medium sized dense off-white head; aroma of floral honey-honeycomb toffee, fruity-apple peel, some earthy-Belgian yeasty and maybe minimal soy sauce notes; taste is similar to the aroma with some dried apricot notes and spicy aftertaste; quite good one
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Golden colour with thin head. Aroma has a little boiled carrots and corn. Flavour has sweetish grainy corn. Seems not optimal.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
33cl bottle. A clear orange brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of cinnamon, anis, caramel, bread, spices. Taste of cinnamon, anis, speculaas, gingerbread, dark malt.
beerhunter111 (50581) reviewed Grelotte from Brasserie Grain d'Orge 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
33cl bottle. A clear orange brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of caramelized red malt, some spices. Taste of metallic bitter hops, red malt, spices, caramel.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Borgia from Brasserie Grain d'Orge 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Commissioned Belgian strong blonde with a dash of New World hopping, a good example of how traditional Belgian brewing has been unable to withstand the global craft beer movement and got 'infused' by those postmodern elements here and there; steinie bottle from the Delhaize Zwijnaarde. Snow white, cobweb-lacing, irregular, moussy, slowly opening but generally very well-retaining head on an initially clear, warm orange- to almost amberish-tinged 'old golden' robe with lively sparkling, misty and deeper orange with sediment but visibly well-brewed. Strong aroma of orange zest and even orange cake (orange aromas apparently having been added - an insane idea when dry-hopping with Cascade, among others, can lead to similar effects), sweet red apple, moist biscuit, honey smeared on brioche bread, banana, strawberry-flavoured candy somewhere, hints of soap, caramel, dry straw, bubblegum, lavender, pear drops, old bread crust. Spritzy, fruity onset, banana, strawberry, pear and peach, tad bubblegummy but not exaggeratedly so, minerally and somewhat stingy carbonation, slick but full, bit resinous mouthfeel; smooth caramelly and cereally malt sweet middle with a layer of residual honeyish sweetness on top and a slight metallic 'zing' around the edges, additionally flavoured with indeed orange, in a zesty and fairly credible, but still somewhat 'perfumey' way. The hops provide additional citrus peel effects (though a bit muffled and 'dry') as well as hints of dried lemonbalm and bitterroot, effectuating an adequate, lingering, bit rooty bitterness which more or less matches the orange effect, if bitter orange peel is brought to mind. Some phenolic clove-like effects too, lingering residual sweetness and warming, brandy-ish alcohol, the latter becoming a tad (too) wry in the very end. All things considered, not the most unpleasant Belgian 'tripel-oid' strong ale, but the added aromas are absolutely uncalled for as far as I am concerned - why is it that so many Walloon breweries seem to resort to that kind of thing lately?
Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Walcourt Dry Hopping from Brasserie Grain d'Orge 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
33cl bottle (6,8%) from Carrefour market LA CHASSE (BRUSSEL). F: big, white, good retention. C: pale gold, hazy with yeasty debris. A: apricot, orange, banana, bit spicy, red apples peels. T: medium malty base, orange, bit apricot, orange, floral, bit bready, nice balanced bitterness, medium carbonation, quite nice, enjoyed.
jefverstraete (7489) reviewed Borgia from Brasserie Grain d'Orge 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Hazy orange amber colour, white foam. Nose of citrus, spices, some ripe fruit. Sweet, light tart, a bit citrussy, spicy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Opalescent golden colour, minimal creamy off-white head; aroma and taste of grainy, intensive fruity (peach and some apple), some floral-honey like notes and definite hoppyness in the taste ; really good tripel