Helleketelbier

Brewed by Brouwerij de Bie
Style: Belgian Ale
Waregem, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle from Ploegsteert beer warehouse, Belgium. I used to love this beer but it has certainly changed over time. An orange/amber coloured pour with a large white head. Malty, spice Belgian aroma. Tastes malty, spice, fruity, sweet, slightly sour too. This used to be a cracking beer IMO about 10 years ago, what the hell happened to it?

Brown bottle, 33 cl, bottled in July 2006, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on April 7 2011; eye: copper, clear, minimal effervescence, tiny ring of kaki head, light lacing; nose: malt, caramel, light Madeira, slight spices, light honey; mouth: malt, light Madeira, slight spices, slight honey, finale in malt with slight presence of Madeira, medium body, average carbonation, a bit thin; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, embouteillée en juillet 2006, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 7 avril 2011; œil : cuivrée, claire, effervescence minime, petit anneau de mousse kaki, légère dentelle; nez : malt, caramel, léger madère, très léger épice, léger miel; bouche : malt, léger madère, très léger épices, très léger miel, finale en malt avec très légère présence de madère, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, un peu mince; en résumé : ordinaire

meet aroma,golden, clear, white foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, medium body, creamy, somthing wrong??????

I think this one has been wrongly stored, has notes of meat, bouillon. Meaty and unpleasent aroma, meat. Flavor is moderate sweet, notes of boullion, soup.

Bottle from beer planet cloudy orange with floaties, huge creamy smooth offwhite head. slightly fruity or sourish aroma, sweet malts, belgian yeast, sugar flavor is sweet malty, grassy and yellow fruity, tea, citrussy, not sweet, almost dry. ends faint citrussy, sweet and bitter malty.

Bouteille de 33cl. Couleur dorée foncé légèrement trouble, énooorme mousse crémeuse qui a une incroyable tenue. Arômes de fruits, de cognac, de caramel, assez sucrée. Texture très agréable. Trouvée à Ploegstaert - Vanuxeem.

Bottle. Frothy white fair mostly deminishng head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Almost no fruit. Light bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish. Watery palate. Rubish.

Bottle @ Plan B. Medium head with medium duration. Color is hazy golden. roma and taste are yeast, fruits, malt, caramel and hops.

330ml bottle (Garre, Bruges)
5 Hardly getting any aroma, served a little cold
4 Rich orange, slightly hazy. Large rocky off-white head
6 Sweet honey retronasals, some toffee. Slightly dull and caramalt-oriented, lacking crispness in the flavour.
3+ Sweet palate, crisp carbonation. Some quite nice caramel in the finish.
12 Adequate, but a bit too sweet. Spicing can barely break through.

28th May 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Sharp and tangy beer (but not lambic wince inducing). Good depth of flavour with some wheat beer and amber beer characteristics. Good stuff!