Barbar Belgian Honey Ale

Brewed by Brasserie Lefebvre
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Rebecq-Quenast, Belgium

Bottle sampled. Pours Pale golden with a decent size white head. Aroma of spices, yeast, and fruit. The flavor is sweet upfront, fruit, spices, smooth for 8%, and a presence of hops in the finish.

New-ish in Town. Has a healthy dose of fusel alcohol with some dry grain notes and a sort of spent aroma associated with very dry bread just before it turns stale. The body is a light golden color and holds a thumb thick white head that fades slowly. Kind of medicinal/herbal bitter in the fore with a dry spicy malt/honey finish. Reminds me a lot of another honey brewed beer, Orange Blossom Pilsener...only this one has much more noticeable alcohol.

From tap: pretty tasty beer, kind of yeasty, some spice, some hops, pretty malty, little medicinal, some grapes notes, of course the honey is evident, very sweet and a little alcoholic.

Bottled, in regulation frosted mug. Have never actually seen this beer before, despite having drank it many times...pours hazy gold with a thick creamy head going nowhere. Evocatively Belgian aromas of liquorice, coriander and beeswax. Sweet, medicinal, warming and oatily thick. Possibly some piney hops emerging as it warms. The wheat is buried in honey, spice and alcohol. What a way to go. Unsubtle but tasty ale.

Pours a yellow color with a nice white head. Aroma of caramel malt, fruits, and some spices. Flavor of honey, malt, and coriander, quite smooth. A good belgian strong.

Pours a clear golden color, small white head around the edge. Nose is full of orange zest with a little honey in the backround. Starts thick and sweet, the honey and spice is definitely present. Mouthfeel is thick and smooth. Almost no bite at the end. Not bad.

11.2 oz. bottle. Honey, orange, and raspberry scents, but there is a pronounced presence of noble hops aromas as well, like a fruit-sweet spin on a Czech pilsner. Pours a clear, sparkling brass with a small to moderate amount of off-white head. Surprisingly dry, saison-like taste. Honey, lemon, and various spices present in the flavor. Hops noticeable. The honey sweetness balances well with the hoppy dryness. An unwelcome touch of Pine-Sol-like taste, but that’s not quite as bad as it sounds. Bitter hoppy aftertaste. Medium body. Lively, frothy, at times oily, and, as previously mentioned, parchingly dry in the palate. Barbar defied my expectations on the way to surpassing them. An intriguing and appetizing brew.

Bottle. Pours a nice golden colour with a nice big bubbly creamish mostly lasting white head. Good lacing. Sweet aroma of honey, alcohol, yeats, fruits and caramel. Good champagneish mouthfeel to it. The flavour is sweet with honey and caramel, fruity, malty, alcoholic, bit of spices and yeast. Sweet spitzy honey finish.