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

bottled
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common

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RATINGS: 517   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.49   EST. CALORIES: 240   ABV: 8%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle conditioned. Keg: Filtered
Previously known as Winter Bok
Because the warrior needs to rest in winter as well, the Lefebvre Brewery has produced for you, from October to February, a winter Barbar Brassin.
Issue of high fermentation, Barbar winter Brassin is a brown ale containing Honey (2,5%). It is consumed cold, at approximately 5°C.


Drake's rating

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Drake (6507) - Ivy, Virginia, USA - NOV 9, 2009
12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market Cary, NC. Got it for a buck. Hooray! Pours a hazy orange tinted brown color with a dense looking moderate sized tan head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of dark malts, sweet cherries, honey and spice. Taste is sweet dark malts, tart cherries, dark fruits, brown sugar. Tart throughout. Medium bodied. Tasty beer.


most recent ratings

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
DiarmaidBHK (2288) - Pennsylvania, USA - MAY 5, 2013
Bottle from Bruisin’ Ales. Pours. Dark brown with a thin khaki head. A bit of caramel on the nose. Tastes of honey on the tongue. Finishes clean. Hides its alcohol well. Quaffable.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Deu (396) - IRELAND - MAY 4, 2013
UPDATED: MAY 11, 2013 On tap at le sur mesure in Nantes. Dark colour. Medium carbonation. Heavy body. Taste of honey and fruit. Nice beer. N

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
mansquito (2514) - Nueva York, New York, USA - APR 2, 2013
Whole Foods, Bowery 33cl ($4): Pours dark brown with a smallish head. Aroma is loads of dark fruit and liqueur. Taste is very, very sweet. Perhaps too sweet. I guess the honey is making its mark. This tastes like a thick honey pastry. I think I have all the same problems with this as with the Barbar blonde.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
EdwinLitzau (44) - NETHERLANDS - MAR 30, 2013
bread, roasty, licorice, black, hazy, minimal head, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, medium sourness, salty, full body, average carbonation,

4.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
giorossonero (4) - - MAR 19, 2013 does not count
La classica dubbel belga rossa dal sapore rotondo; il suo sapore avvolgente lascia una nota dolce di miele in bocca.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
stevoj (931) - Ramstein-Miesenbach, GERMANY - FEB 28, 2013
Sweetish brew, dark brown in color, had on tap in Reims. Decent but have had better....

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
olio (4094) - Tampere, FINLAND - FEB 27, 2013
33 cl bottle.
Originally rated on 20101120.
Pours copper color with a small head. Aroma of malts, caramel and some toffee. Flavor of caramel, malts, yeast and spice notes.

3.9
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
MrW (228) - Londerzeel, BELGIUM - FEB 11, 2013
33cl bottle. Sweet aroma, honey, fresh spices. Really dark brown, tan head, quickly disappearing. Warm mouthfeel, but not from alcohol. Sweet, spicy, honey. Long herbal aftertaste slowly changing into bitterness. Sticky mouthfeel.

4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Lore (429) - Budapest, HUNGARY - FEB 3, 2013
very dark colour, minimal brownish head; aroma of yeast, honey and fruits; taste of roasted sugar, some honey, fruits, bitterness of hops and spicy alcoholic aftertaste

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
bubbleflubber (1423) - Asheville, North Carolina, USA - JAN 30, 2013
Pours a deep ruby into the glass, with no real retentive head nor lacing of which to speak. The nose is of sour yeasty dough and under-ripened citrus. Flavors have malt, lots of yeasty sours, a ton of sour fruit and light flowery greens, with a crisp sour finish. Bitters balance out the brew relatively well, but the overactive carbonation and seltzery mouthfeel leave this medium-bodied offering a bit out-of-kilter.


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