Gruut Bruin
Gentse Gruut Brouwerij

Pours dark amber with white head. Body is full and tangy. Taste is sour, dark fruit, caramel malt, herbs. Finish is long and sour. Nice brew.

 

 

 

 

 

330ml bottle from Beers of Europe online shop (£3.99):
Dark brown with tonnes of carbonation, the bottle spilled everywhere when opened. The head is a half cm, bubbly tan one that holds well through. Sweet malts & herbal notes with some yeast & a few darker fruits, caramel & subtle spices at the end. Very similar tasting, perhaps not as sweet with more bread malts & herbs. It's strongly carbonated with a medium to full body & a lively feel.

 

 

Pours a murky brown color with a small top off white head that dissolves quickly.
Aroma is bread, dark malts, caramel, raisins,
ripe plums and herbs.
The taste is sweet with notes of dried fruits and spices, with malty caramel notes in the background. The finish is slightly bitter with herbal notes, while i also sense some slight sour notes in the flavour as well. Aftertaste has a decent lenght.
Smooth mouthfeel with a medium carbonation and a medium body.
As my first gruit i have to say it was good, but not more than that. I dont think i will but this one again.

L- Deep chestnut with a hint of red, quite cloudy, with a mid-tan head that continued to 'grow of it's own accord' for a minute and threatened to climb out the top of the *over-sized* glass. Bloody lucky I didn't use my regular 330ml glass as that wldn't have been fun... Head had now reduced back to about 1Cm and appears calmer/settled.
S- Quite a bright/piquant smell, hints of herbs.
T- Notably toasty and malty, very deep malts in fact. The herbs do a decent job as a substitute for the absent hops.
F- Pungent malty richness, but the interesting thing is the herbs balance it really well so there isn't a hint of sweetness to it (something I do NOT like! :)). Comes across as a pretty solid easy-drinking beer.
O- This is the 5th or 6th gruit I've had from a brewery multi-pack. I'd vowed early on that 'If this is what gruits are like I won't be buying any more', but ironicially by chance this is the last one and I'm generally enjoying this one.
330ml bottle BB: 19/01/2022. Not sure if my experience pouring this is normal, but if so an over-size glass cld save you a clean-up. Bought from BelgiumInABox at Antwerp/BE for home delivery to me in London/UK.
Note: ABV now reduced at 7%.

Pours a slightly cloudy, deep, dark amber coloration with a medium, fluffy head. Smells of sweet, quite bready, caramel malt, some estery spice and herbal notes, as well as just a hint of nuttiness. Taste is a good balance of quite sweet bready, caramel malt, dark fruit: fig raisin, estery spice: clove, some herbal, bitter accents and just a hint of chocolate and nuts coming through as well. Finishes with a medium bitterness and some estery spice and herbal accents lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation.

Considering that this is a Gruit beer at heart, brewed with herbs and nuts instead of hops, it really makes for a surprisingly enjoyable Dubbel. Perhaps a tad too sweet, but the malts, never feel too cloying, being balanced by a surprising herbal bitterness, with some estery spice and nutty notes adding some depth to this.

 

 

 

 

 

From XXXII. In Teku glass. Playing Goodbye Deponia. Although I was eskeptical at this style without hops, ive been gladly surprise. Really nice taste and good aroma. 3 months after BB date. Ill try to get it fresh as well as trying to get other gruit brews. Avg 4.05

6 Oct 2017. From Belgiuminabox. Shared with Agu at his house, in Teku glass. Molasses, brown sugar in mouth and nose, and a peculiar herbal taste. Body watery, not as I remembered, and with time the herbal profile becomes a bit tiresome