Brigand Christmas
Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck in Emelgem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.46
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oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Brigand Christmas from Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Draught (Shared with KB, thanks!). Orangeish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is toffee, fruits, hops, herbs and caramel. Nice floral notes as well. Flavour is sices, yeast, mild alcohol, fruits and some toffee in a nice balance. Quite longlasting and burning alcohol in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
on tap @ cafe Olivier, Utrecht. Golden with a white head. Fruity yeasty aroma. Spicy taste with a lot of sweetness. Tastes like a spiced up regular Brigand but otherwise not very interesting.
mike_77 (15875) reviewed Brigand Christmas from Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bright, clear blond appearance. Has some soft, light malt flavours. It’s quite thick and a bit furry feeling. Warming alcohol finish.
laiti (11645) reviewed Brigand Christmas from Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught @ Gastropub Tuulensuu. Rated on 27.11.2010
Aroma is sweet with malt, some brown sugar and spices. Flavour has malt, some orange peel, hints of brown sugar and warming alcohol that gets stronger towards the finish. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Very difficult to get. Only brewed for export to specialist beer bars in Holland and always in casks, no bottles. I managed to review it at the 16th Essen Christmas beer festival 2010, where they always try and get a barrel. Darker than the regular Brigand and with a better head which remained intact for longer than the regular too. Stronger in flavour also, maltier and spiced? I could detect coriander both in the smell and taste. The hop content is certainly overpowered by the malty character of the brew. The alcohol is masked by a sweetness from the malts, but this isn’t one of those sickly winter brews you sometimes come across in Belgium, this is very good indeed.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
15cl draft sample @ Kerstbierfestival ’11, Essen. Dorée, blanche. Arôme garde ce profile de houblon bien belge, laissant des notes métalliques, le tout avec un léger fruit. En bouche; malt léger notes amer de fruits et grains, alcool reste en retrait, aspect foin allant vers la saison, note sucrée, le tout restant plus dans le houblon amer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Brigand Xmas (by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5
17/12/2011 on tap as "Winter Brigand" @ Kerstbierfestival (Essen) - BB: n/a (2011-714)
Clear blond to light orange beer, creamy white head, unstable, very adhesive. Aroma: oranges, witbier like, spicy, hops, coriander? MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: malty, citrus fruits, quite some rotten fruits too, green banana, bit of spices, pepper. Aftertaste: metallic, hop bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap as ’Winter Brigand’
Amber gold colour, white head. Malty aroma, spices, candy sugar, light fruit, somewhat tart, green apple and raisins. Flavour sweet, somewhat tart, quite spicy. Not my favourite.
(Draught @ local pub in Nijmegen)
Benzai (24515) reviewed Brigand Christmas from Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Dark amber color, small white head. Smell malts, sweetness and some spices. Taste malts, spices and dark fruits I think. Nice carbo and body.
Deanso (15673) reviewed Brigand Christmas from Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at the Brouwcafe Scheveningen, Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Not much head. Clear blond colour.