Barbar Winter Bok

Brewed by Brasserie Lefebvre
Style: Dunkler Bock
Rebecq-Quenast, Belgium

Beautiful dark brown beer, off-white head. Aroma of chocolate, caramel, malts, some fruits. Flavour is soft and sweet, dark chocolate, fruits, caramel, roasted malts, some honey. Thick and creamy mouthfeel, very smooth palate. Wonderful stuff.

11.2 oz bottle-Pours a dark brown with a ruby tint with a nice small off tan head. Aroma of caramel and spices. Taste of dark malt, sweetness, and spices and finishes with a nice dryness. This full bodied brew is very well balanced and has a slight tingle of alcohol. Nice tasting brew.

Bottle. Pours black with a fluffy beige head that lasts forever. A beauty. Aroma of dark fruits, caramel and spices. Flavour is raisins, orange, clove and sweet malts. Alcoholic bite at the finish. Great brew.

33cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex honey ale, hazy, rocky head, good Winter brew

Bottle on sale from Sam’s ($3.99/4 pack). Dark, pretty much black pour with off-white head. Lots of spice on this one. Candied orange peel in full effect, nutmeg, clove, some cola tastes. Okay, but not really my bag; glad I got it on sale.

Bottle at Århus Ølfestival 2008. Pours amber with a beige head. Aroma and flavour are both sweet, malty, fruity and vinious.

It looks like a great root beer coming out of the bottle, until you have to wait for the 75% glass of foam to dissipate to try it. The color settles do a dark brown, only see through when held to light. HEad retention is fair. Aroma is medium malt, brown sugar, orange, and cilantro. The flavor is a powerful, sugary malt, with a sultry citrus character. There is a bit of sweetness to the flavor too, like honey or raw sugar. It’s medium-light on the palate with a fizzy after-feel. The finish tastes like wheat malt and is smooth, and only lasts a second. In other words, it’s clean. I’d rate this higher, but it’s a bit on the sweet side to be in the top rank of beers.

I thought Barbar original was quite good for a honey beer but felt a little let down by this. A little like a cadburys fruit and nut without the chocolate. Not a bad beer but had better too much for this to be high on my list.