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Grimbergen Optimo Bruno
Brouwerij Alken-Maes
- From:
- Brouwerij Alken-Maes
- Belgium
- Style:
- Quadrupel (Quad)
Ranked #122 - ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #21,581 - Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 16.53%
- Reviews:
- 51
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 02, 2022
- Added:
- Feb 14, 2003
- Wants:
- 15
- Gots:
- 22
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Ratings by jazzyjeff13:
Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England
3.95/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A 330ml bottle with a BB of April 2011. Picked up cheap from my local beer specialist.
Poured into a Stella chalice. A dark reddish-brown hue with good carbonation. Forms a huge head of tan-coloured foam that lasts for a few minutes before reducing to a surface layer. Rich fruity aroma with notes of bananas, yeast esters and dried fruits - accompanied by a considerable whiff of alcohol.
The taste has a heavy, fruity sweetness with notes of banana, yeast, bread and dried fruit. Has a slightly sour hint to it. Alcohol lends a warming finish to round it off. Rich and complex. Mouthfeel is smooth and leaves the palate slightly dry. Mild aftertaste of dried fruit with an acidic note.
Very nice, with a rich sweet character reminiscent of wee heavy. Probably best limited to one in a session, as it's quite cloying. A good beer to finish with, and worth sampling if you have the opportunity.
Apr 18, 2011Poured into a Stella chalice. A dark reddish-brown hue with good carbonation. Forms a huge head of tan-coloured foam that lasts for a few minutes before reducing to a surface layer. Rich fruity aroma with notes of bananas, yeast esters and dried fruits - accompanied by a considerable whiff of alcohol.
The taste has a heavy, fruity sweetness with notes of banana, yeast, bread and dried fruit. Has a slightly sour hint to it. Alcohol lends a warming finish to round it off. Rich and complex. Mouthfeel is smooth and leaves the palate slightly dry. Mild aftertaste of dried fruit with an acidic note.
Very nice, with a rich sweet character reminiscent of wee heavy. Probably best limited to one in a session, as it's quite cloying. A good beer to finish with, and worth sampling if you have the opportunity.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
4/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottled and purchased from Beermoth in Manchester City centre
Pours a chestnut brown body with foamy tan headband
Aroma is sugared almonds
Flavour is cherrywood and dark abbey
Sep 02, 2022Pours a chestnut brown body with foamy tan headband
Aroma is sugared almonds
Flavour is cherrywood and dark abbey
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.48/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.48/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
330 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 10%. Copper coloured beer with a big and lasting beige head. Nice aroma of malts, caramel, brown sugar and balsamic vinegar. The flavour is malty sweet with some unwanted metallic sidenotes, also notes of caramel and brown sugar, hints of spices, moderate hops in the finish. Alcohol is noticeable throughout. Not in the league of the trappists this one.
May 15, 2021Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.59/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
L- Deep chestnut, clear, pours with 3mm just off-white head.
S- Rich deep malts and a liquor-ish note.
T- Follows the smell^ with a fruity note into the finish ... something like fresh/light raisons
F- It is astonishing that this is 10%, credit to the brewers for managing to have that not stand out making a a thumper of a beer.
O- I consider ABV% like foundations of a building, at say 4% a beer has to be really skilfully brewed to have much impact on me at all. The flip-side is that at 10% this beer should be dazzling me but it's not. It seems pretty one-dimensional. Pleasant to drink, but not quite the gem I was anticipating.
Bought from: BelgiumInABox Antwerp/BE for home delivery to me in London/UK. BB: 330ml bottle Euro2.70
Jul 13, 2020S- Rich deep malts and a liquor-ish note.
T- Follows the smell^ with a fruity note into the finish ... something like fresh/light raisons
F- It is astonishing that this is 10%, credit to the brewers for managing to have that not stand out making a a thumper of a beer.
O- I consider ABV% like foundations of a building, at say 4% a beer has to be really skilfully brewed to have much impact on me at all. The flip-side is that at 10% this beer should be dazzling me but it's not. It seems pretty one-dimensional. Pleasant to drink, but not quite the gem I was anticipating.
Bought from: BelgiumInABox Antwerp/BE for home delivery to me in London/UK. BB: 330ml bottle Euro2.70
Reviewed by OlaB from Norway
3.67/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a deep dark-brown color with a medium top of beige head that dissolves slowly.
Aroma is of caramel, dark bread,malts, plums, dried fruits and spices.
The taste is sweet and malty with notes of dried fruits ,caramel and spices. It finish of slightly bitter with the roasted notes in the back. The sweetness is a little to much, and it lacks a little ballance. The aftertaste has a decent lenght. Mouthfeel is smooth and oily. Medium carbonation with a medium body.
A good quadruple, but is far from being among the best belgian quads.
Apr 06, 2019Aroma is of caramel, dark bread,malts, plums, dried fruits and spices.
The taste is sweet and malty with notes of dried fruits ,caramel and spices. It finish of slightly bitter with the roasted notes in the back. The sweetness is a little to much, and it lacks a little ballance. The aftertaste has a decent lenght. Mouthfeel is smooth and oily. Medium carbonation with a medium body.
A good quadruple, but is far from being among the best belgian quads.
Reviewed by ArnoldStotzer from Florida
4.25/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Deep red in appearance, clear body with decent head. Head is away in a flash, like many that have gone before it, and is becoming a common issue for my sampling!
Oct 08, 2017Reviewed by The_Bujon from Ireland
4.29/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Deep red in appearance, clear body with decent head. Head is away in a flash, like many that have gone before it, and is becoming a common issue for my sampling!
Aroma is difficult to pin down, too subtle, don't really get anything worth shouting about, the best I can do is a light caramel malt.
Taste is awesome, possibly one of the best tasting beers I have ever had, sweet figs, with tonnes of caramel aftertaste. This brew really hides the 10% ass kicking abv, and invites you to down another one immediately, which I will surly do!
Overall a real mixed bag of a beverage, great great great taste, but mediocre in aroma, and only very good everywhere else.......still this is a great beer from a mass producer, and not sure I'm on the same page as the rest of the BA troopers, but hey ho.
Jun 17, 2017Aroma is difficult to pin down, too subtle, don't really get anything worth shouting about, the best I can do is a light caramel malt.
Taste is awesome, possibly one of the best tasting beers I have ever had, sweet figs, with tonnes of caramel aftertaste. This brew really hides the 10% ass kicking abv, and invites you to down another one immediately, which I will surly do!
Overall a real mixed bag of a beverage, great great great taste, but mediocre in aroma, and only very good everywhere else.......still this is a great beer from a mass producer, and not sure I'm on the same page as the rest of the BA troopers, but hey ho.
Rated by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.74/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.74/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
I won't review this as I got a strong sour after-taste no other reviewers detected. Must be me.
Refer to MJ's "Great Beers of Belgium."
Jul 17, 2016Refer to MJ's "Great Beers of Belgium."
Grimbergen Optimo Bruno from Brouwerij Alken-Maes
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
128 ratings
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