Abdij van Grimbergen
Microbrewery
in
Grimbergen,
Flemish Brabant,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by
Brouwerijen Alken-Maes
Established in 2021
Contact
Description
Microbrewery in the abbey. Run by Alken-Maes and Carlsberg.
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Clear light brown colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour are spicy like a gingerbread. Boiled oranges too. Too spicy for me.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2021
at 21:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes spices, yeast, malt, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of Belgian yeast, malt, and straw, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2021
at 18:25
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. A golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, spices, straw, yeast, fruit, and malt. The flavor is sweet wtih notes of straw, yeast, fruit, spices, hops, and malt, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2021
at 16:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A nut brown beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of smoke, candy sugar, dried fruit, wood, and malt. The falvor is sweet with notes of smoke, candy sugar, wood, spices, dried fruit, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2021
at 19:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark amber colour, white creamy foam. Nose of dried fruit, plums, wood, some light smokiness. Medium sweet, light bitter, ok.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2021
at 11:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Grimbergen. Hazy yellow colour, white foam. Citrussy, bitter, some sweetness, rather dry and bitter. Not bad for a Grimbergen beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jul 2021
at 11:40
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
18/VII/21 - 33cl bottle from the abbey, shared @ my parents’ place, BB: II/2022 (2021-645) Thanks to Rik S. for getting me the bottle!
Pretty clear deep orange beer, small creamy dense off-white head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: alcohol, yeast, lots of banana, phenols, some cloves, bit leathery. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and malty, lots of alcohol, ripe banana, bitter touch, bit earthy. Aftertaste: malty, slightly sourish, bit fruity, banana peel, orange peel, some caramel.
Pretty clear deep orange beer, small creamy dense off-white head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: alcohol, yeast, lots of banana, phenols, some cloves, bit leathery. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and malty, lots of alcohol, ripe banana, bitter touch, bit earthy. Aftertaste: malty, slightly sourish, bit fruity, banana peel, orange peel, some caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2021
at 12:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
18/VII/21 - 33cl bottle from the abbey, shared @ my parents’ place, BB: II/2022 (2021-644) Thanks to Rik S. for getting me the bottle!
Cloudy gold blond beer, lots and lots of chunks floating under a small creamy white irregular head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very malty, hint of citrus, tangerines, bit yeasty, grains. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, malty grains, bit grassy, some citrus. Aftertaste: bitter, grassy, yeast, some banana, somewhat fruity, citrus, dry and very bitter finish.
Cloudy gold blond beer, lots and lots of chunks floating under a small creamy white irregular head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very malty, hint of citrus, tangerines, bit yeasty, grains. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, malty grains, bit grassy, some citrus. Aftertaste: bitter, grassy, yeast, some banana, somewhat fruity, citrus, dry and very bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2021
at 11:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
18/VII/21 - 33cl bottle from the abbey, shared @ my parents’ place, BB: II/2022 (2021-643) Thanks to Rik S. for getting me the bottle!
Clear pale yellow blond beer, small creamy white head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: very malty, bit fruity, pretty yeasty. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish, malty touch, yeasty, floral, some roses, some banana. Aftertaste: spicy, some alcohol, nice gentle yeast touch, bit of citrus, floral touch.
Clear pale yellow blond beer, small creamy white head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: very malty, bit fruity, pretty yeasty. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish, malty touch, yeasty, floral, some roses, some banana. Aftertaste: spicy, some alcohol, nice gentle yeast touch, bit of citrus, floral touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2021
at 11:00