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

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RATINGS: 621   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.39   EST. CALORIES: 240   ABV: 8%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottled conditioned. Keg: Filtered.
In 1996, the brewery innovates and launches Barbãr, a lager with honey.
Born of the ancestral know-how of a family brewery, Barbar beer will please you with its malt taste and subtle flavour of honey. It is brewed using water drawn from artesian wells on the site of the brewery, at Quenast, a small village to the south of Brussels. This area is well-known for the quality and the diversity of its beers.
Barbar beer is prepared from a secret and harmonious mixture of barley malts, hops and honey carefully selected by our Master Brewer. The traditional brewing method, associated with our unique strain of yeast, and the secondary fermentation in the bottle, gives Barbar the authentic flavour of a very special ale.


readbaron's rating

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
readbaron (70) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - JUL 10, 2012
Crisp golden beer with plentiful white foam. Aroma is unusual - a touch astringent, some alcohol, spicy clove yeast, and a touch of malt. Flavor is more mild. Cloves, some orange, a touch of bready yeast, some bittering hops and honey on the finish. Unusual and well put together beer.


most recent ratings

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
The_Bish (864) - West Midlands, ENGLAND - MAY 20, 2013
Liked this lots more than expected. Finished far too quickly with much enthusiasm. Bit like me in the sack.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Vignale (1371) - Malmö, SWEDEN - MAY 17, 2013
Flaska från beernavigator. Gyllenfärgad, klar vätska, lågt vitt skum. Stor fruktig doft av mogna äpplen, söt tung blomdoft och honung. Smaken är söt men inte för mycket, den är elegant, som ett ljust sött vin, smak av honung, söta gröna druvor, gröna russin och mogna äpplen. Liten beska och jästsmak. Riktigt god.

2.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
czar (2232) - Québec, Quebec, CANADA - MAY 15, 2013
pours almost clear light golden with a decent white head, some retention and lacing. loads of coriander, honeyed and sugared malts, pale fruitiness, some phenols, candi golden sugar, candied ginger and coriander, very spicy brew - also some pepper and yeast. very hint of acidity. bright carbonation, light body - oily, decent grassy-spicy finish. boozy, sugary and the rest of the brew is overshadowed by coriander. DP.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
sfhodense (4793) - Odense NØ, DENMARK - MAY 14, 2013
Pours cloudy copper with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, honey, alcohol and paper. Flavour is caramel, sweet honey and alcohol.

3.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
foxo82 (478) - Tamworth (via Leicester), Staffordshire, ENGLAND - MAY 12, 2013
Bottle at Toone, Brussels. Cloudy blonde - I think - but served in a frosted glass so hard to tell how cloudy. Decent head. Slight lambix citrus aroma. Taste has marzipan, banana and is well balanced with a bitter tang. Slight fizz. Very good.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Mrnoluv (41) - long beach, California, USA - MAY 10, 2013
Smells like honey, little bit of alcohol, you can smell the sweetness, beautiful honey color, citrusy. You can smell the alcohol a little, but you sure can’t taste it, which is a downer. I love the aftertaste, little bitter, tangy but way too much CO2! Almost a great beer, needs more ABV maybe some age and you have a great beer.

3.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 14/20
Jeroenhensen (62) - NETHERLANDS - MAY 4, 2013
Wat een mooi flesje zit deze barbar in. Lekker zacht biertje met een lekker soepele afdronk. Iets teveel honing alleen

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Deu (395) - IRELAND - MAY 4, 2013
UPDATED: MAY 11, 2013 Bottle 33cl at V&B in Quimper. Yellow colour. Honey taste. Medium body. Very nice. I recommend. Y

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Dommod2011 (429) - Birmingham, West Midlands, ENGLAND - MAY 2, 2013
The honey was a little overpowering but I adored the secondary fermentation so what’s a brother going to do?

4.6
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
dwyerpg (4067) - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - APR 28, 2013
This was solid all the way through. A nice fresh aroma, some definite honey in both aroma and beer but not too much. Crisp and refreshing.


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