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Augustijn Grand Cru 33cl

Augustijn Grand Cru from the brewery in Ertvelde, East Flanders, is known for sweet-sour brown ales like Duchesse de Bourgogne, but this example from their generically-named abbey beer range is blond and tastily dry. Augustijn Grand Cru is a very delicate straw-coloured bottle conditioned beer that exudes an initially citric, later honeyed aroma full of the promise of hops. In the mouth it has a lively bead and is bone dry but honey-textured on the tongue. The taste is complex: very herby, with some tangy, sherberty mango and passion fruit, intense hoppy dryness, and soft, phenolic and almost wheaty notes that finish with a flash of alcohol in a lingering finish. Augustijn Grand Cru might suggest something in the style of Hoegaarden's Grand Cru but this isn't thick, rich or peachy enough and, despite the aromatic flavours, is not spiced.

Strength: 9.00% ABV
Only £2.45