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Brewery De Graal (the name is Dutch for 'the grail') is a young Belgian artisanal, yet automated, brewery located in Brakel, in the heart of the beautiful region that is commonly called 'the Flemish Ardennes'. The brewery of graduate brewer Wim Saeyens started in early 2002, and has known a consistent growth ever since. In the summer of 2016 the brewery moved to a new building.
Continuous investments in the latest brewing technologies have made it possible for brewery De Graal to keep up with the increasing demand for high quality beers. The export market to countries such as the US, Japan, Italy and Denmark is particularly on the rise. In addition to the main activity, the brewing of six different beers under its own De Graal brand name, the brewery is also specialized in producing custom-made specialty beers.
Continuous investments in the latest brewing technologies have made it possible for brewery De Graal to keep up with the increasing demand for high quality beers. The export market to countries such as the US, Japan, Italy and Denmark is particularly on the rise. In addition to the main activity, the brewing of six different beers under its own De Graal brand name, the brewery is also specialized in producing custom-made specialty beers.
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle: Poured a murky yellow with a short carbonated white head. Aroma is very wheat with that typical witbier citrus smell. The taste is pretty sweet and not very expected wheat, there is a slight spicy cutrus finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2007
at 13:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a murky yellow with white froathy color head. The aroma jumped out of the glass as I was pouring it, very spicy with ginger bread wheat smell. The tingle was pleasant to my tongue and the dry veggy like finish was pretty good too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2007
at 12:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a dark brown with a red hint to it, the head was short tan. The aroma is fruit and malt, soft suttle spice also mixed in. The taste started off fruit with hints of berry, transitioned to sweet dark malt. Finally it ended sweet dry sugary on the tongue.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2007
at 12:49
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught: Poured a hazy yellow with off white color head. Aroma was a floral and very hoppy. Taste is a metalic floral with that blast of hoppiness that was designed to slap you in the face.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2007
at 11:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught: Poured a bright yellow with a thin white head. Aroma is spicy and hoppy. The taste is similar and attacks your taste buds with that hoppy spice tingle.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2007
at 11:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle Clear, blond body. Creamy, white head with an excellent lace. Aroma of hops, yeast, caramel (lightly), grass. The aroma is not really bad, but also not exciting - rather subtle. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour. Bit tonic-like, ginger inside. Not bad, ok triple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2007
at 02:54
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle at LCRBM3. Cloudy orange gold colour with thin white head. Some lemon, some chalk, odd spice, some bubblegum. Very odd indeed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2007
at 11:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy ochre-orange; small, irregular white head. Spicy nose, with distinctly ginger but also some synthetic fabric; Japanese herbs, Japanese ginger for sushi. Bitterish, very spicy taste. Ginger present, but not alone that; After a time, bit toasted-sharp vegetable/herbal. Quite dry finish. Light bodied, but grist slickness. One goes down well, but I fear the spiciness would prevent many to follow. Many thanks to Geroen!
Tried
on 12 Sep 2007
at 12:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of fiulijn. Hazy golden with a tall and lively and somewhat rough head. Rather spicy aroma with some yeast. Quite full-bodied, plenty of fruit accents, lightly sweet malts and some phenols. The carbonation is quite lively. Surprisingly hoppy finish - for a Belgian that is. 310807
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2007
at 09:51
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Hazy yellow; small whitish rim. Spicy, citrussy nose, candi sugar, bit lactic. Again citrussy in the flavour, with white candi sugar (which cannot be tasted, of course, according to the brewersβ evangelium), garden herbs. Ends a lot drier. Medium bodied, well attenuated. Well-made, technically, but, as so often these days, not one to go raving about.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Sep 2007
at 07:28