Cookie Beer - Brasserie D'Ecaussinnes

Dentist666

Russian Federation

3.85/5  rDev +19.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours cloudy amber beer with large off-white head and brown sediment above. Complex spiced aroma of ginger, cinnamon and cookie. Nice sweet taste of spices prevailing, subtle malt body with slender hints of hop and alcohol, pleasant as a dessert beer.

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2010 14:03:18 | More by Dentist666

JoeAmerican77

Colorado

3.6/5  rDev +12.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

A - Pours a hazy orange and fights me to build a head, what does build is quickly gone...

S - Smells like a rich pumpkin ale from the States, fulll of cinnamon and nutmeg, also a hint of flintstones vitamins.

T - Holy handgrenade of sweet beer; brown sugar to name the sweetener. Huge amounts of baking spices packed into a biscuity autumn treat. It envelopes and tempts to overpower the palate. Good news, there is a subtle gourdlike bitter at the back end.

M - A medium body and medium amount of multi size bubble excites the tongue.

Overall, I like sweet beers, as well as autumnal offerings. I don't know if that is what Brasserie D'Ecaussinnes was aiming for however it worked for me. I'd recommend.

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2013 13:59:19 | More by JoeAmerican77

EmperorBevis

United Kingdom (England)

3.1/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

Smell Cinnamon & brown sugar
taste cinnamon & artificial sweetener
look cloudy beer full of cinnamon
not too fizzy (then again it did half explode on opening

strange brew I do hop so much that it is sugar and not some godawful sweet&lo deal in it
perhaps if it was left to age

I like cookies
I love cinnamon
I live for beer
but this was a bit much for me

Serving type: bottle

04-05-2013 21:52:55 | More by EmperorBevis

CStrife187

North Carolina

2.96/5  rDev -7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from a 33cl bottle into a tasting glass

A - Pours a hazy amber with a thin quickly dissipating head that leaves almost no lacing.

S - Smells strongly of Belgian yeast and brown sugar, with an estery apple note.

T - Very sweet. I guess that's to be expected given the name. Tastes somewhat like fruit bubble gum with a hint of spice. And odd bitterness in the finish lingers behind with the fruity aroma.

M - Thin and Highly carbonated. This feels more like a boutique soda on the tongue than a beer. As it sits the carbonation fades quickly and the beer takes on a slightly syrupy texture.

O - Well, I guess this is what I get for drinking a "cookie beer." The bottle doesn't lie. Worth a try for the curious, but I won't be trying one again. Maybe it would be better to think of this as a dessert than as a drink.

Serving type: bottle

01-26-2013 17:43:18 | More by CStrife187

v1k1ng01

Germany

3.98/5  rDev +24%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

• Out of the bottle at the Bruges Beer Fest.
• Cloudy Amber Ale with soft lightly foamy head. Slowly settles in a few minutes.
• Smells sweet malty, molasses and spices. Like a Pumpkin Ale without the pumpkin…
• Tastes like Christmas… nutmeg, ginger, brown sugar and, sweet maltyness.
• Feels thick, heavy and, wheat-like; almost like figgy-duff pudding but in a bottle.
• Overall a refreshing holiday style treat.
• Would make a good Fall or Christmas spiced ale. It was so good I went to Beer Temple and picked-up a six-pack.

Serving type: bottle

10-14-2012 20:42:53 | More by v1k1ng01

Hebi

Japan

1.75/5  rDev -45.5%

10-12-2012 15:00:50 | More by Hebi

oline73

Maryland

2.25/5  rDev -29.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass.

Appearance: pours a cloudy golden amber with a finger of off white head and some good retention. There is some brown sediment that doesn't look great.

Smell: very sweet with some belgian spice. I'm getting some fruit, banana and pineapple. Other than sweetness, not much resembling a cookie.

Taste: Slightly better than the smell. Too sweet, malt and brown sugar. Banana and pineapple hints are there too. Maybe a slight cinnamon note.

Mouthfeel: a bit syrupy, medium carbonation, dry finish.

Overall: really bad beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-09-2012 22:12:59 | More by oline73

slammgrass

Belgium

3.08/5  rDev -4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Bought from ABC Drinks Leuven in Feb 2012. Poured from the bottle into a Duvel tulip. Served cold, and allowed to warm up.

Appearance: golden, minimal carbonation, translucent lacing on top, and lots of yeast floating around (not a bad characteristic in my opinion). No head or retention of foam on top.

Smell/Aroma: sweet; crushed dates, reminds me a much darker Belgian (perhaps a double). Candied ginger as it warms.

Taste: At first, the beer straight from the fridge and poured into a rinsed out Duvel tulip fell very flat. It was remarkably sweet (it is a cookie beer after all); when allowed to warm up a bit I can taste more notes of cinnamon. I even paired it with a speculoos/speculaas (Belgian gingerbread cookies, aka Biscoff) cracker towards the end of my beer. Nutmeg and candy ginger.

Overall: While not a favorite, this beer is fun in that it's a cookie beer. I'm glad I stuck through the entire tasting, and saved this for a time when I went on a beer run nearby to pick up lots of new things. This will most certainly be sold in Belgian beer shops, but you'll never find it anywhere in a cafe. It's fun and creative, perhaps can even be enjoyed as a dessert beer. It's unique, and since it's Belgium and the craft beer scene hasn't exploded, I'm giving these guys props, but next time I'll stick to the some speculaas cookies instead. Btw, this beer pairs excellently with gingerbread, or perhaps speculaas crusted cheesecake?

Serving type: bottle

03-12-2012 19:00:35 | More by slammgrass

kja157

Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +55.8%

02-07-2012 19:11:41 | More by kja157

bonbini26

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +40.2%

01-13-2012 16:17:40 | More by bonbini26

kojevergas

California

2.88/5  rDev -10.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Bottle acquired in Bruges, Belgium, and served into ZBF 2010 stemware in Ghent, Belgium. Best before date is January 11th, 2011 or 2013; it's hard to tell. Reviewed live.

A: Four finger head of no cream. Head is quite thin but retains quite well, especially for the ABV. Yeast particles are present alongside the dark murky copper colour.

Sm: Not really at all like a cookie. Pure barley and malt, with floral and citrus notes that seem bland. A mild strength scent.

T: Malt, strange sort of grainy hops, with some slight floral nuts and maybe some nut, but if so it's on the fringe. The yeast doesn't add anything of substance. Cinnamon spice. No chocolate or toffee notes, as one may expect from something labelled Cookie Beer. And wait a second, what the fuck is this? Banana? BANANA? In a cookie beer? Seriously? Not complex, but certainly subtle. Balanced but far from bold.

Mf: Smooth and wet, but nicely handled. Actually pretty well done if you consider how it affects and supports the [lack of] flavours. A bit thick for how light the flavours are, but it's forgivable.

Dr: A high price for a mediocre beer. Not worth a try for anyone serious about beer. The "cookie" mentioned is actually a Belgian style cookie, so don't expect Granny's chocolate chip homebaked when you drink it. Think of a stale biscuit with some random banana thrown in haphazardly. I suspect they literally crumbled cookie into this beer prior to bottling, the bastards.

Serving type: bottle

06-28-2011 20:46:14 | More by kojevergas

Rutager

British Columbia (Canada)

1.93/5  rDev -39.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Appearance. Pours a hazy amber-straw with chunks of crud floating around. Massive fluffy white head that lasts some time and leaves thick lacing.

Smell. Cloves, ginger, nutmeg and a little yeast.

Taste. Sweet, heavy spice. Ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon. Hints of malt and belgian yeast funk.

Mouthfeel. Thick and sticky with strong carbonation. If it wasn't for the carbonation, this would be unbearable.

Overall. I see what they're going for here, but the strength and combination of spices used just doesn't work for me. Will avoid in the future.

Serving type: bottle

04-13-2011 02:20:44 | More by Rutager

smcolw

Massachusetts

3.13/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Very cloudy. Greenish, light amber color. Definite yeasty beasties in the brew. Large starting head--leaves some spotty lace.

Strong ginger aroma; this seems to mask anything else that might be present.

Less cookie and more ginger in the taste, which is particularly strong in the swallow and aftertaste. Very good body--rich with a lower bubble level. There's an element medicine to the taste. All of the traditional tastes seem to be missing. Too much of a good thing?

Serving type: bottle

08-27-2010 23:31:53 | More by smcolw

Grunewald

British Columbia (Canada)

3.3/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A - poured from a 330ml bottle into a tulip glass. It pours cloudy yellow amber with lots of white suspended particles. The head is white and leaves a dusting of lace on the glass while settling to form a ring on the liquid surface.

S - white cake, desert spices, cinnamon, licorice, hints of fruit and yeast

T - very sweet and syrupy, nectar, caramel, licorice, enduring spice, ripe fruit (not harsh at all) and light yeast

M - medium-light carbonation, medium body, syrupy, oily but not sticky, and a wet finish that warms the throat

D - one of the sweetest beers I have tasted. The smell is good but the details do not carry over into the taste.

Serving type: bottle

08-26-2010 01:42:07 | More by Grunewald

morebeergood

Massachusetts

3.65/5  rDev +13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Split a bottle with my wife after dinner at Chambar in Vancouver. Poured into two Belgian style tulip glasses. Hazy yellow colored body. Nice fluffy white head formed. Lots of lacing. Smell was pungent with cinnamon and cloves. This beer smelled like a holiday candle. Taste was just like a cookie: a lot of sugar, molasses, cinnamon, gingerbread, and nutmeg. Mouthfeel was on the thick side. If you could drink a Christmas cookie, this would be the beer. This is definitely a dessert beer, and would not pair well with dinner. Also, the flavor is very strong, which might turn some people off. A half glass was plenty for me. I would not want a whole bottle or more. The flavor was at times overpowering. A unique beer to try, but I felt it was overpriced a bit at CAD$10.

Serving type: bottle

07-07-2010 19:36:07 | More by morebeergood

HeyItsChili

South Carolina

3.33/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A - Pours an opaque gold with a foamy, tightly bubbled ecru head.

S - Really nothing to write home about. Mildly sweet.

T - Spicy and sweet. Reminiscent of gingerbread, brown sugary, candy sweet. Very faint alcohol finish.

M - Sort of sticky, a little chewy, decent carbonation.

Notes - Just got this beer for sort of a goof, didn't expect too much from it, but was fairly happy with the results. Won't be buying it again, but I'm not upset by any means.

Serving type: bottle

11-20-2009 17:20:35 | More by HeyItsChili

BDTyre

British Columbia (Canada)

3.4/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Decent, unique beer.

Very pale, cloudy yellow with a nice white head. Bitter, spiced smell almost like a Christmas beer. Raisins, ginger and brown sugar abound.

Sweeter on the mouth, mostly notes of brown sugar, ginger, cinammon and all spice. Like a ginger snap cookie. Slight hop notes.

Decent mouthfeel, but this comes off as a desssert beer and I don't think I could have more than one of these a night.

Serving type: bottle

07-24-2009 23:43:16 | More by BDTyre

steeltown71

Pennsylvania

1.95/5  rDev -39.3%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

When I was browsing the store I must have been in the mood for an actual cookie because upon seeing the label I had to go for it.

A: Pours Belgian blonde, considerable carbonation and head retention, moderately cloudy, noticeable yeast.

S: Not actually that fragrant, but picking up some citrus, banana.

T: Not that far from from what you'd expect from blonde ales but lacking in complexity. Definitely not noticing anything resembling cookie/biscotti flavors other than up-front sweetness. Not sure how to describe the finish except for a noticeable but not overwhelming off-flavor.

M: Lively carbonation but offset with over-stickiness.

D: I think the trouble is I'd rather have almost any standard Belgian strong/blonde ale. It's not worthless, just not noteworthy in any way.

The only thing I actually like is the picture of the cookie on the label.

Serving type: bottle

07-21-2009 18:57:27 | More by steeltown71

wl0307

United Kingdom (England)

3.18/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

BB 20/06/19, served lightly chilled in Hapkn's tulip-shaped bowl sniffer.

A: pours a deep dark orange hue with chunky bits of yeast sediments floating in the mildly carbonated liquid; the creamy and tight beige froth comes big and thick, slowly settling to a 0.5cm thick cap to last throughout the drink.
S: really weird, like lemon-zests, ginger syrup and cinnamon hovering over a sweet buttery cookie and malty base. The sweet edge is a bit overpowering, but occasionally the yeasty hints still manage to pierce through the foamy head and a light-bodied citric aroma also shows up occasionally.
T: rather pungently savoury-sour taste like ginger beer mixed with oxidised honey, Chinese licorice-flavoured salted prunes, hawthorn-fruit candy and ginger candy. Closely at the back follows a whiff of cinnamon aroma and a dry-ish bitter edge of citrus-zest, yeasts, and hops, but overall the flavour is somewhat unbalanced due to the predominantly gingery taste of the "Belgian cookies" (whatever they taste like before being mashed into the wort?).
M&D: not bad on the carbonation, pretty soft and refreshing, and the body remains moderate and never falls thin despite the messy flavour profile. All in all, this is an intriguing beer that is worth tasting once in any beer lover's life time.

Serving type: bottle

03-01-2009 18:50:17 | More by wl0307

stcules

Italy

2.03/5  rDev -36.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

It has an hazy orange color, with an average foam, compact, some lacing.
The smell is sweet, tending to melon, and some cookie (not too much). Mou, and ripe fruitiness.
It is a bit too cloying.
Even olive, and salamoia (?). Definitely strange.
Strange taste, too. It can remember garlic (!), and again olives. On a malty base.
Bah.

Serving type: bottle

11-05-2008 00:19:26 | More by stcules

3frog

Arizona

4.43/5  rDev +38%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Had on tap at the Zythos festival.

Drinkability first, since to me this was about the cookie-beer experience. I would call this a true dessert beer, and from that perspective I thought it was spot on. This was my 2nd favorite beer at ZBF, though few that I spoke with agreed.

A-Nice golden color with lots of head that wouldn't go away.

S-Cookies!! Speculoos-like; lots of ginger and other spices

T-Cookies!! yet again. Same spice characteristics and quite sweet.

M-not exactly viscous, but I'd definitely call it full-bodied.

If my mom had given me this when I was growing up, I'd have started my hobby much earlier...
If you like spiced beers, I'd say to check it out with the right frame of mind. PS: their other beers were all too sweet for me, as they didn't have other flavors to balance the malt.

Serving type: on-tap

03-04-2008 19:57:33 | More by 3frog

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

3.28/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Bottle: Poured a deep cloudy golden color ale with a huge pure white foamy head with excellent retention. Aroma of cookie dough and sweet malt are dominating. Taste is also dominated by some sweet malt and some sweet cookie dough notes. Texture is oily with a quite full body and some medium carbonation. A well intentioned beer that is just too sweet for its own good.

Serving type: bottle

09-13-2007 17:51:58 | More by Phyl21ca