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

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RATINGS: 539   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.37   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.


3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
jerohen (1793) - Bussum, - SEP 4, 2002
UPDATED: DEC 17, 2009 Re-rate: Sweet honey aroma. Creamy, smooth and a bit malty flavour. Good, but a bit less good as i initially thought. Re-rate: Aged sample BB 2004, sampled end 2009. Still lots of sweetness (honey). Some notes of aging but not as much as i had hoped for. Still a cloyingly sweet finish.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
mutz (121) - NETHERLANDS - MAY 4, 2012
Goudkleurig, aroma van inderdaad wat honing, en mout. Smaakt zoetig naar honing. Zoetbittere nasmaak. Medium body. Drinkt wel vlot weg maar heeft weinig diepgang.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
vipinvelp (324) - Velp, NETHERLANDS - APR 26, 2012
Good color with strong white foam head. Although I usually don’t like these sweetened beers, this one is different. I realy like it, there is bitter beer taste and yet sweet honey. (Utrecht 201203)

3.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Acid303 (78) - Barcelona, SPAIN - APR 25, 2012
Dark golden colour and medium white head, nice appearence. Aroma is quite strange, taste is definetely a mix of malts, honey, alcohol and a hint of hops. Medium body and good carbonation.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
GSAP (84) - NETHERLANDS - APR 21, 2012
De honing komt door in aroma, zoetig fruit, wat helemaal in de smaak wordt voortgezet, met wat pit als gember, vanille en koriander. Drinkt heerlijk.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
drowland (3881) - Tallahassee, Florida, USA - APR 19, 2012
4/19/12. 12oz bottle clearly labeled as "ale," but this matches the name and brewery. Slightly hazy golden pour with a small frothy white head. Big orange aroma with plenty of yeast character. Flavor parallels that but with a touch of tartness as well. Not terrible.

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
Nordcore (633) - Lyngen alps, NORWAY - APR 18, 2012
Bottle 33 cl. Amber, clear with a large white foamy head. Armoa of malt, honney, spices and alc. Sweet taste with a alc - honney end. I did not like the aftertaste on this one....

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
BlackHaddock (1709) - Shropshire, ENGLAND - APR 18, 2012
Aug 2010: Flip-top brown bottle (33cl) poured into my new ’Abbot Ale’ glass tankard. Suprised to see I hadn’t reviewed this beer before, glad I checked before popping it open! The body is a good looking golden colour and the pure white head on top gives it an overal high score for looks, pity the whole head couldn’t hang around longer though, it thinned quickly, but was still a full covering at the end. The nose and taste is a subtle honey one, it isn’t in your face, yet you know it’s there from the off. I like this beer, but only one at a time, I am sure the sweetness that it hides so well would eventually come to the fore and ruin the flavours for me.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 16/20
Fred82 (1824) - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA - APR 17, 2012
330ml from SAQ.

Appearance : Clear pale amber small creamy white head. Lots of lacing.
Aroma : Big honey-ed malt with big spices. Belgian yeast. Quite rich.
Taste : Malty and spicy. Lots of honey. Herbal hops. Moderate bitterness all along. Finish spicy and malty with honey and light alcohol.
Palate : Carbonation is a bit aggressive. Nicely generous but a bit too fizzy.
Overall : Not bad. Nice look. Nice malt. Too spicy for my taste. Nice malty finish. Carbonation is also a bit too agressive... gets much better after some time in the glass. All in all a decent Belgian Strong Ale but nothing special.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
sseb69 (887) - Gatineau, Quebec, CANADA - APR 12, 2012
Bouteille 660 ml. 7.8%. Brassée sous licence par Les Brasseurs R.J. Inc. Couleur jaune un peu voilée, mousse blanche. Arôme de levure et malt. En bouche, agrumes, levures, un peu d’herbes et miel en finale. Bonne.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
mansquito (1809) - washington, Washington DC, USA - APR 3, 2012
DeVinos, DC 330ml ($4): Pours a light amber with a white head. Aroma is strange and not necessarily in a good way. It is kind of too strong. Smells like cheap liquor that homeless men who like too much sugar drink. Kind of an overload of them fruity jawns. Taste is a bit better. It is kind of a weird combination of astringent hops and way too much honey. So the beer is all sticky and sweet. Yet, the body is not all that thick. This beer is very much not my thing.


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