Hérétique
Brouwerij De Feniks in Heule, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.72
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A strong and solid dark beer, the color does not come from dark malts but from the herbs. Not for the faint hearted. It's name is a reference to our brewmaster's past life as a master brewer for the Unibroue brewery (Quebec, Canada). A beer worth burning for... only for heretics.
Ingredients: Water, barley malt (pilsner, pale ale, caramel), Saaz hops, spices and aromatics (bitter orange peel, star anice, cumin, cardamone, liquorice, chili pepper, unrefined cane sugar, caramel sugar and yeast.
Ingredients: Water, barley malt (pilsner, pale ale, caramel), Saaz hops, spices and aromatics (bitter orange peel, star anice, cumin, cardamone, liquorice, chili pepper, unrefined cane sugar, caramel sugar and yeast.
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7/10
Bottle from Drinks Vanuxeem, Ploegsteert, Belgium. Pours a deep mahogany colour with a thinnish creamy beige head. Aromas of dry dark fruits, plums, chocolate and some liquorice. Taste has more dark fruits, plums and liquorice with some added notes of aniseed and warming alcohol. Also some brown sugar on a sweet finish. Medium body with fairly low carbonation. Quite boozy but pretty good if a bit on the sweetish side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2023
at 23:04
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Smell- weak caramel, malt, weak Belgian tones, Foam- thin, caramel, malt, roast, sweetness, Belgian tones. Head is quite large light white-brown in color. Sticks. Appearance- generic bottle cap, simple label. Clear ruby color, weak carbonation. From - pint Taste - weak caramel, malt, some sweetness, Belgian tones. Quite sweet, malty and boozy aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2023
at 18:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Color: Clear copper, beige head. Aroma: Mal'ty, spicy. Taste: Malty, caramel, spicy. Anis, subtlw hints of pepper. Just over medium body, just under average carbonation. Moderate sweet, light to moderate bitterness. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2022
at 14:48
6.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2021
at 17:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle from Prik & Tik Dranken Marlou. F: medium, tanned, good retention. C: dark, opaque. A: rich malty, dark fruits, bit chocolate, spicy, ginger, banana, bit dried fruits. T: full malty base, dark dried fruits, bit dates, spicy, herbal, cardamom, chocolate touch, bit warming alcohol, smooth mouthfeel, bit more spicy but good balanced for the style and enjoyable for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2021
at 18:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.33l bottle. Amber body with a beige head. Aroma and taste of caramel, cloves, nutmeg, orange zest and a tiny bit of floral hops. Sweet and spicy. Good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2020
at 19:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle. Slightly cloudy, mahogany colour with ruby glimmer and small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Toasty and caramel malty as well as spicy aroma, hints of aniseed, a touch of cardamom. Taste is slightly dry, toasty malty and spicy, hints of aniseed, some chili, a touch of cardamom. This is a heavy spiced dark beer, but not a heavily spiced dark beer. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2020
at 19:54
5/10
Tried
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:48
7/10
Basterdsuiker, wat speculaaskruiden en dat was het wel. Maar wel weekend!
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2019
at 21:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330 ml bottle, from Det Bette Ølhus, Ålbæk. ABV is 9.6%. IBU 18. Very dark brown colour, moderate off-white head. Aroma of malts and various spices (which are actual ingredients in the beer), also dark sugars and orange peel. Medium sweet, malty and spicy flavour, star anise comes through, hardly any noticeable hops. Despite the spiciness there is no \"burn\", and the finish is rather dull.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2019
at 19:52