Barbar Belgian Honey Ale

pours clear pale gold with huge white fluffy head and enthusiastic bubbling carbonation. Arouma is pale malts citrus, and honey. Taste is similar, sweet but not too cloying with a bit of an alcohol and hop sting. noticeable but not overpowering spicy notes. Mouthfeel is smooth and light bodied. Nice!

(Draught at In De Wildeman, Amsterdam, 1 Aug 2009) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Malty, fruity nose with honey and citrus. Fruity, malty taste with notes of orange, honey and a touch of grass. More than medium body, rather sweet. Smooth and rounded mouthfeel. Rather nice actually.

660ml bottle brewed under license by brasseurs RJ. Slightly hazy gold pour. Aroma is spice bomb, yeast and insipid honey a sort of an empty shell sweet smell. Ouch taste is spice with well felt alcohol and a wee bit of sugar there is a bit of fruit towards the end that does sort of put it in with belgian strongs. I would have liked to know that this was a wheat ale maybe I wouldn’t have bought it.

I disliked this brew. The honey was inauspicious but certainly not hidden. The spicy crazy brew flavor was unexpected. The alcoholo was also very visible. I felt that the drinkability was poor on this brew.

No 799
Rated: 2006
Bottle brown, 330 ml
A regular amber, well saturated body with moderate to small, dense head and a good saturation, pleasant balance between the ale like sourness and natural honey sweetness. Good malty base and yeasty texture. Interesting eastery notes creating together with herbal spices a good Belgian Strong Ale. Again very natural in aroma as well as in flavour.

On tap at flying saucer. Pours a cloudy orange copper with a large frothy white head that leaves behind good sticky lacing. The aroma is a fruity malt with a strong honey. Thin mouthfeel with a dry wheat taste with honey and fruit. A good belgian strong ale.

[Bottle] Pours a golden color with a small white head. Aroma of sweet honey and some light fruits. Lots of honey in the flavor. Some grainy wheat and light hopping as well. Sticky mouthfeel. Low carbonation levels. The alcohol is well hidden. Drinkability is pretty high despite the sweetness.

golden piss color, good head. sweet honey, a bit dry, clean finish, very easy to drink, low bitter, spicy on in the body. alcohol well hidden,