St. Sebastiaan Grand Réserve
A single batch of St. Sebastiaan Grand Réserve is brewed each year. This limited edition release from Brewery Sterkens is brewed with utmost care to be one of the finest beers in the world.
3.4
211 reviews
Meer, Belgium
Community reviews
Bottle shared by Travlr. Pours lightly hazy pale orange with a medium, frothy white head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is cookie and biscuit malt with honey notes, spicy alcohol. Flavor is malt forward with light hops and bitterness, fruity esters and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation.
Aroma: lemon, banana, cool
Appearance: very thick white head, cloudy golden color, head really lasts and laces nicely
Taste: smooth, creamy, banana, light hoppy aftertaste
Palate: smooth, creamy, crisp,
Overall: pretty good beer, subtle comes to mind, nothing too prominent in this beer, would drink again
Ceramic type bottle with grolsch style lid. Pours a cloudy yellow/tan color with a very large, lasting head and sticky lacing.
Aroma is fruity, spicy, with clove and banana, citrus, a little hops and some biscuit malt.
Flavor is tasty, it’s got tons of spiciness, with clove, coriander, pepper notes, banana and bubblegum, and some funk.
Body is pretty thick with plenty of carbonation and slightly noticeable EtOH.
Overall it’s tasty. A nice Belgian Strong Pale that fits the style nicely.
Triple with nice spice taste.
Very easy to drink. Not too complex. I would rather this be in a 6 pack given the simplicity of this Belgian.
From bottle. Has yellow color is bright white head. Aroma is fruity. Taste starts smooth and finishes banana and a bit of booze.
Color is golden yellow, with small white head. Smells of fruits; taste is fruity, malty, sweet, and yeasty. Very good....
We were so excited to find this amazing ceramic bottle and a beer inside with such a cool background. This beer is brewed once a year by monks! Sadly, we were not happy with the flavor, and a few weeks after opening the re-closeable lid, half a bottle of this beer is still in our fridge. I think we’re going to pour it down the drain.
A nice hazy golden color that when served in the right chalice has an extremely smooth, very slight hop accent.flavored. doesn’t linger as long as would be preferred but the buzz is fantastic! At 10% abv it gets u pretty good for just one beer.
bottled (very nice bottle btw), Nice creamy white head with hazy yellow color, balanced and warming, cereal and yeast, not hoppy. good after taste.
Bottle pours yellow with white head. Really looked like a tripel. Aroma light fruits. Taste light fruits, malts, honey, Belgian yeasts. Full palate. Alcohol fairly noticeable.
Unremarkable Belgian ale.
Greatest of the Belgium Belgian Strong Ale, not too overly hoppy and not overly malty, it’s smooth and creamy delicious with a really cool bottle.
Bottle pours a copper not much head pretty sweet with a bit of spice not bad at all would I buy it again prob not but cool bottle.
Fajna kamionka z krachla, i puszysta piana. Slodowo i mocno alkoholowo, niestety wyczuwalem to i nieco draznilo
A - pours hazy straw golden with 1 finger high white head that dissipates quickly. S - strong Belgian yeasts upfront, hint of bubble gym, farmyard, floral notes. Very Belgian aromas. M - high carb, heavy syrupy body. Lingering funky sweet ending. T - funky Belgian yeast up front. Spicy notes, grasses, and overly sweet malts on the palate. Lingering warmer alcohol, bubble gum sweet Belgian ending. O - average Belgian ale. 5+/6-
16 ounce ceramic bottle. Pours a cloudy orange gold with a nice fluffy white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, and some fruit. Taste is malt, honey, caramel, and sweet fruit. On the sweet side, but delicious.
bottled pours hazy pale yellow with a tinge of orange. aromas of soap, dough, grass and citrus. it is almost honey sweet. surprisingly full bodied. finished with a sweet honey overtone. different than i was expecting, but a good beer.
Porcelain bottle pours an unfiltered unclear orange ish gold. Nose is strange, green grape, pinot grigio like crisp fruity smell but also has a strong cereal smell. Taste is similarly different but good, golden raisin, cereal, dates and a funky plum flavor, nice sweetness. Not a lot of carbonation, when cold the alcohol does not show at all but it creeps in with the warmth. The finish is clean and pretty smooth, fruity and a little on the malt side but with some balancing dryness. Good brew overall.
16oz bottle.
Hazy blonde beer with a white head.
Smells of sweet citrusy fruits, with some hints of floral and spice.
Feels smooth, oily. Active carbonation.
Tastes a bit boozy, but sweet and malty.
Has a bit of an aftertaste that wanes on you after awhile.
Sampled at an esbls tasting. I brought it. Almost clear golden with a small white head. I smell yeast and malt. This feels well carbonated and smooth. I taste yeast and fruit with alcohol. This is good.
Poured light in color with small head smelled of.orange yeast and sweet tasted very sweet with orange in there as well.decent beer
Looks and tastes like an amped up apple cider! Gotta love that stone bottle though! Definitely keeping that one for my collection and future re-use!! Very fine all-around Belgian strong ale. Go slow and savor the flavor. This would be excellent when paired up with some wild game!
This is a very smooth beer. There’s hints of caramel with a sweet finish. Would drink again.
Bottle @ Papsø-Grand-Tasting, September 2010. Pours cloudy golden with a off white head. Dark fruit and yeast. Malty . . A bit of rye-bread and caramel. Some alcohol warmth. Full bodied. Good
Ceramic bottle 16fl.oz. w. swing top.
Clear medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, vintage malt, malty, oxidide notes, overripe fruit notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, vintage malt, dried berries - fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100910]
Hazy amber with a medium off white head. Malty nose with overripe fruits, caramel, yeast and toasted malt. Flavor was sweet with toasted malt, caramel, overripe fruits and plums. Finished sweet.
clear orange, smooth small white head.
flowery aroma, boozy in a nice way,
flavor is sweet, fruity, herbal ,
Cheramic bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin light tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and straw, leading to a dry finish.
16 fl oz ceramic bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is dry and slight oxidised malty. Roasted malty and slight overripe fruity note. Fruity and malty finish. Persisting overripe fruity note.
Ceramic bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of wavers1. Pours a pale amber with a slight haze and a small off-white head. Oxidized aroma, tobacco and phenols. Medium body, lots of tobacco, vitamins and oxidized fruits. Quite some alcohol in the finish. 100910
7/11/10. Pint flip-top shared by daknole. Funky and bready Belgian aroma with a sweet estery and malty flavor.