Brugse is a 6% abv blond ale that pours a hazy golden color with a beige colored head. There is always nice sediment floating around that adds to the hazy look of this ale. The aroma has a sweet bready nose. The taste can be on the complex side, with its sweet-sour taste with some nice spice, white pepper undertones and citrus flavors.
I am pairing the ale up with an Indian Tabac Cameroon Legend Robusto Grande Cigar today. A solid medium-full bodied Cameroon smoke that has a nice little complexity of woody notes, nutty flavor, fancy raisin and solid spice. I’ll give it a 5.5 on the strength scale for this 5 x 52 sized cigar. The smaller ring gauge, compared to the 58 size, smokes a little warmer and builds the flavor profile up a little.
During this pairing the focus seemed to be on the spice profile of each. The spices seem to be more pronounced with each sip of the ale and every puff of the cigar. I think the citrusy flavors from the ale are battling for attention while the cedary flavors of the cigar are knocking them down a little. This is not a bad pairing. They seem to take a little away from one another but, it is bringing up the spice profile in each.
If, you want to be on the spicy side of Brugse, then light up an Indian Tabac Cameroon Legend Robusto and see what you think.
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