Monday, March 12, 2018

Grotten Sante

Grotten Sante. Brouwerij Kazematten, leper, West-valanderaaen, Belgium. 6.5% ABV.

Very opaque, burgundy-hued, large and lasting lush, creamy head. Looking fantastic.

In the nose: Fruit, spice, funk. Lots of the dark fruits, fig, raisin, grape, plum, a trifle sweet. Rich and vinous, small amount of sourness. Exquisitely complex Belgian character takes hold, though it can't be quantified or categorized. There aren't always words for the specialness of Belgian ales, but we have to try. Candi sugar in this one, rich, deep, dark malts, too. Brown sugar. I've spent so much time on smell, I'm dying to taste.

In the mouth: Boom. Fruit, spice, sweet, tiny tartness. Tasty. A lot of tasty. Very wine-like, deep, dark fruits. Grape, plum, raisin, again. This is delightfully delicious. Not quite a dubbed, more than an amber or a brown, far from a quadruple, but very unique and flavorful. Starts sweet, ends dry, spends time in the mouth most magical and transcendent. I can't help but like it. Yum, yum, yum.

Grotten Santé is an darkbrown, spicy beer of 6 % ABV, with small quantities of an ‘exotic’ ingredient that creates a slight dryness.

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