Abdij van Grimbergen

Microbrewery in Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by Brouwerijen Alken-Maes

Established in 2021

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Abdijstraat 20, Grimbergen, 1820, Belgium
Description
Microbrewery in the abbey. Run by Alken-Maes and Carlsberg.

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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle 75 cl. Pours a clear, deep amber with a neat, lacing off-white head. Overripe fruity aromas, brown sugars and a hint of both Belgian yeast and smoke. Rich, malty body, caramelly but not overly sweet. Warming alcohol finish with no bitterness. 291125

Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2025 at 11:56


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle 75 cl. Pours a clear, deep amber with a neat, lacing off-white head. Overripe fruity aromas, brown sugars and a hint of both Belgian yeast and smoke. Rich, malty body, caramelly but not overly sweet. Warming alcohol finish with no bitterness. 291125

Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2025 at 11:56


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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle 750ml. @ home - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏠🇩🇰 💻👀 🍂🍁 ☁️☂️ [ As Grimbergen 1128 Quadrupel ]. ABV: 10.0%. [20251017]. 6/3/6/4/12

Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2025 at 13:00


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle, 10%. Good dark caramel aroma. Spicy sugar notes. Almost clear dark brown colour. Small off-white head. The flavour is peppery with a spicy sugar note and a hint of peat. Pretty good. 737319

Tried on 14 Oct 2025 at 16:44


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Føtex 30dkk/75cl. nice price
light red amber, beige head.
flowery perfumey dried dark fruty aroma. i would blind guess this aroma to grimbergen.
Flavor is dried dark fruits, perfumey flowery notes, faint alc. taste, but alc. also adds body so it's not as bad as it could be. In a way almost have some barley wine qualities.
for a quad it's a bit perfumey and not very yeasty. tastes a bit like when danish breweries tries to make a quad and fails.
overall a decent booze-bomb but not top of the line from belgium.
At the low price, it is value for money.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2025 at 01:41


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Føtex @ Jakobs. Pours clear dark brown with a fading offwhite head. Aroma of malt, yeast, caramal, dark fruit. Flavor is sweet, malt, candy sugar, sweet dried dark fruit. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, sweet finish. 270625

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2025 at 15:20


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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

75cl bottle from Carrefour as 1128 Brut Bier. Misty yellow pour with a short-lived white head. Gentle floral nose, some nelson sauvin hop notes. Certainly quite dry as befits the Brut tag. Tastes a little empty on the palate though welcome distant, slightly faint, Nelson Sauvin notes waft through. Never understood the appeal of brut beers and this does little to sway me.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2025 at 18:33


7

Bottle, 75cl. Straight forward, nothing particular going on. Dark dried fruit, caramel, yeast and a wee smoke hint. Decent. A bit young perhaps. 747413 250530

Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2025 at 19:54


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

75 cl bottle picked up at a Netto discounter poured into a Trappist glass. Slightly hazy dark mahogany colour with with a thin, white head. Sweet aroma with caramel malts, prunes, nuts, resin, and a slightly vinous note. The taste is sweet. Full body. Slightly drying sweet finish. Lacks complexity compared to the best Belgian quadruples, still good value for money, trough.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2025 at 18:33


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours nearly clear copper brown with airy off-white head. Clear aroma of malt, caramel, and yeast, with notes of dried fruit. Sweetish flavour of malt and fruit, with notes of yeast, and bitter, hoppy touches. Bitter and malty aftertaste with estery touches. Warming alcohol presence. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 10 May 2025 at 20:03


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