Barbar Winter Bok

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

Bottle. Dark with off white head. Sweet, malty caramel aroma with elements of yeast and dark fruit. Sweet flavour with notes of brown sugar, some dark fruit and honey. Nice.

Had last night at Chesters in Hamilton. amazing sweet nose, some dried fruit in there too, pours with very little head but nice dark color, taste is again sweet with maybe rasins or prunes and alcohol but very nice

Belgian beer festival Brussels 2006: I really like this beer. had it twice at the festival...which is dumb because there are more types of beer to drink than you ever could.

Bottle, 75cl. Dark brown/amber colour with a tan head. Yeasty & fruity aroma. Yeasty, sweet flavour with a tone of grape fruits.

33cl bottle from Noel Cuveliers, Abele. Deep ruby colour with lasting beige head. Some syrupy malt aroma. Some dark fruits. A rather good (if sweet) bok with some great choc/dark fruit malts. Not a bad finish, some good fruits. Bit of hop. Warming on a day of blizzards.

tap. dark amber color. large head. sweet malty aroma. deep malts. fruity and sweet. light on the dark fruits. sweet.

A Mes rate: Stunned to discover we had not already rated this and the regular Barbar so we squeezed a couple of quick ones in at ZBF. Easily superior to the pale version. Great cloudy dark brown colour thick tan head goes the same was as the blonde. Sweet again like the regular Barbar and obvious honey but more dark malt character showing though here thankfully. More complex than the blonde and some nice bitterness adding some balance for the finish. Sadly I always find this over carbed. Best enjoyed at slightly above room temperature in front of a log fire on a cold winters day if you ask me.

Deep amber with an off white head. Crisp yeast aroma with notes of forest berries. Taste of malt, sour oranges and subtle honey hints. Slightly watery with a metallic finish. It’s Barbar with knobs on (as a certain manc would say).