Beer Discovery: Cuvée du Château

Beer: Cuvée du Château

Brewery: Castle Brewery van Honsebrouck
Country: Belgium

Style: Quad

ABV: 11%

I have had the pleasure of drinking both the 2011 (on tap) and 2012 (bottle) variants of this outstanding beer. It represents, in my opinion, the pinnacle of Kasteels (Castle Brewery) brewing. Based on the 10 year cellar aged Kasteel Donker (Castle Dark), this beer should represent a similar taste experience. This is great news if you don't have the patience to wait for 10 years for your beer to age. Unfortunately for me, I can't yet comment on the similarities between Cuvée du Château and an aged Kasteel Donker, but having drunk a regular Kasteel Donker, there are definite similarities. 

Drinking a Cuvee du Chateau

Cuvée du Château has a dark brown color and little foam. The beer has a great complexity: combining spicy, fruity flavors together with sweet caramel and roasted malts. There are also hints of port which can be identified when drinking this beer, giving it a pleasant sweet taste. The Cuvee is very smooth to drink, making it quite dangerous due to its high alcohol percentage. Having had the good fortune to be able to drink it from a keg, i remember the tap version to be slightly smoother (and more dangerous still).

On tap :D


Definitely one of my favourite beers, a great complexity of taste's and aromas, and being extremely smooth to drink even with its significant alcohol percentage. 

My Rating: 4.5 / 5


Cheers!


Brewery Website: http://www.vanhonsebrouck.be/en/