Sterkens St. Sebastiaan Grand Reserve

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Bottle: Poured a clear golden color ale with a medium size foamy head with good retention and minimal lacing. Aroma consists of sweet Belgian style malt with some fuse alcohol also noticeable. Taste is also somewhat one-dimensional with some discernable alcohol and some overly sweet Belgian style malt. I thought it was lacing some ester or some yeast character too be truly engaging. Not bad but not something I would go out of my way to try again.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Came in a very cool clay-looking flip-top bottle. Light, but very cloudy orange color with the whitest white head. Tastes rather sweet, light fruits and candi sugar, apricots, and coriander. clean and dry finish, which is nice considering the sweetness. soft and full mouthfeel due to the tiny carbonation. A great beer to imbibe on summer vacation in Maine.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

... kinda nice, good after a tiring day at work ..." if you label me, you negate me" ... tastes of honey, crunchies, dust, NA mead ... goes down easily, abv is well covered ... light orange-gold with a slight haze ... nothing that will blow you away but an enjoyable kinda tasty beer...

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Murky, mucky orange liquid, a big bubbly white cap and massive bacon bit sized chunks swimming around. The solar system of sediment leveled off 1 inch from the bottom by the time I neared the end of the glass. Aroma was really complex and prominent. Fresh and sweet with zippy spice, hops, lots of yeast and warm cooked meat?? You can also pick up the alcohol content too. Taste was very solid with cloves and a spicy background and an orange flavour that had tartness that I definetly noticed. Mouthfeel was velvetly smooth, medium bodied and a touch of alcohol on the back of my tongue that had a vodka quality to it. The alcoholic burn caught up to me and stayed deep in my chest. There was also a late butterscotch aftertaste (very mild). Then get your spork and consume the chunky meal at the bottom of the glass. Excellent beer.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

thanks to beercronic... pours a nice orange Hue, little white bubbly head, quite cloudy with alot of floaties. slight orangeish-yellowish around the edge of the glass. the aroma was sweet, with a nice apricot smell, hints of caramel and a nice smelling spice. the taste on this brew was different with each mouthfull. first one made my mouth water a little, good hops. the second one i tasted butterscotch, third there was a serious kick of spices that appeared. it ended up with a nice warming effect... highly enjoyable brew!! :)

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours a foggy golden cider red-brown with no head or apparent carbonation. Aroma is floral and citrus, mouthfeel is less like a beer and more like iced tea. Flavor is smooth, very sweet, very citrusy. While this might be complex to some, to me this is borderline on becoming something other than a beer. Alcohol noticable.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

This was an above average brew that I enjoyed. So far it's two for two with these guys. A sweet honey nose, with a bit of light fruitiness to it that I thought was appealing. Flavor was also very sweet, not very complex but enjoyable just the same. A bit strong in the alcohol and some light fruits rounded everything out fairly well. I'd have to be in the mood to buy this, but it wasn't bad at all.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours with an orange-amber body topped by a medium thick head with some lacing. It’s sweet and grassy wtih a slight spiciness and a little fruit. Medium bodied and dry.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

The aroma is very malty and somewhat sweet with barleywine characteristics with some spice present as well. The appearance is very dark and a dark red amber with some sediment present with a very small head that discipates very quickly and is not nearly carbonated enough. The mouthfeel is strong and extremely full and robust with nice complexity and very good malt balance. The flavor is very robust and malty and spicey with a dry finish that is desirable and a bit try for that matter, probably because of the ABV. Overall, not too bad but seems a bit watery and not enough carbonation but still is very good and strong, however, the alcohol is masked extremely well and there is no detectable burn in the aftertaste.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Sampled from bottle. Pours a hazy apricot/brown with a minimal head and intricate lacing. The small head is likely a victim of a very high ABV. Aroma is citrus, fruit syrup, spice and notes of alcohol. Sweet with Belgian candy sugar dominating the flavor. Citrus (lemon/orange), butterscotch and dark fruits also present. Full-bodied and warming with little carbonation. Very nice.