La Guillotine
Brouwerij Huyghe in Melle, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.68
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Ter gelegenheid van de viering van 200 jaar Franse revolutie ontwierp brouwerij Huyghe in 1989 het gelegenheidsbier La Guillotine, een hoppig bier met dry-hopping van 8,5% VOL alcohol. Heel vlug sloeg het bier in een tiental landen aan waardoor La Guillotine nu een eervolle tweede plaats heeft verkregen in het Huyghe gamma.
Kleur en uitzicht: Goudblond, meergranen bier met een zeer persistente, wandklevende schuimkraag.
Geur: In deze complexe geur, ontwaren we een citrusachtig aroma, gevolgd door hoparoma's zoals Saaz, Brewers Gold en Amarillo.
Smaak: De eerste aanzet is zoetig, komende van de aanwezige alcohol. De intense smaak en volmondigheid maskeren de aanwezigheid van de hoge bitterheid.
Kleur en uitzicht: Goudblond, meergranen bier met een zeer persistente, wandklevende schuimkraag.
Geur: In deze complexe geur, ontwaren we een citrusachtig aroma, gevolgd door hoparoma's zoals Saaz, Brewers Gold en Amarillo.
Smaak: De eerste aanzet is zoetig, komende van de aanwezige alcohol. De intense smaak en volmondigheid maskeren de aanwezigheid van de hoge bitterheid.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 8.5%. Dark yellow with big foamy off-white head. Aroma is malt, yeast, fruit, hops and spices. Flavour is malt, yeast, fruit, hop, little over carbonated, medium sweet, medium bitter with notes of alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2012
at 05:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a cloudy golden color, a bit lighter than expected for a Belgian strong ale, but lots of suspended matter in this brew.. Fairly chunky, as the carbonation keeps the bits swirling in the glass. Fizzy mouthfeel, with slightly sour flavor and tangy mouthfeel. Delicious!
Tried
on 25 Sep 2012
at 15:15
4.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
YUCK! should’nt have poured the whole bottle !this is just too filthy for words, how many flying-around-things can be in a beer? and it doenst go away, i’ve rested it like 15 minutes, still flying there... so, mind to 0 and having a taste. the things that ruin it is 1) the feeling of swallowing so much stuff ( like 10 flys in every sip kinda feeling) and , appart from that, to much gas. kinda bitter. wanna be duvel? anyway would get much more if not this filthy ! drained after some ( of the hardest ever) sips
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2012
at 00:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Draught at Delirium tap bar, Brussels, 18 July 2012) Golden amber colour with frothy, white head. Malty, fruity nose with dried fruit, marzipan, honey and grassy hops. Malty, fruity taste with notes of tropical fruit, candy sugar, honey, caramel and a gentle, spicy bitterness in a finish with a certain alcohol bite. Almost full body, quite sweet. A bit boozy and unrefined, but quite decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2012
at 07:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A - SRM of 5. 1 finger cream head glassy
S - Flowers. Spice, honey, creamy and like vanilla
T - Belgian dry yeast. Saison. Peppers and basil and pine needles and pilsner?
M - 20% carb. Mild dry finish.
O – pretty good. Easy to drink with a lot of saison characteristics. I enjoyed drinking this. 4/5
S - Flowers. Spice, honey, creamy and like vanilla
T - Belgian dry yeast. Saison. Peppers and basil and pine needles and pilsner?
M - 20% carb. Mild dry finish.
O – pretty good. Easy to drink with a lot of saison characteristics. I enjoyed drinking this. 4/5
Tried
on 04 Jun 2012
at 16:48
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Suprised to find I’d not reviewed this beer before, as I’ve had it many times over the years: anyway this review is of a 330ml bottle, plastic designer covered. Best before Oct 2013, taken during one of my ’mixed tasting evenings’ March 2011. Poured into a Westmalle chalice: dull orange/old gold in colour, with a large white head which stayed but produced minimal lacing. The nose was sweet and yet with citrus notes within. The sweetness carried on into the taste, the sour citrus smells did not. Alcohol took over the mouthfeel, which was almost too fizzy, certainly well carbonated, if not overly. Just a bit too sweet and lacking in body for me, as well as the alcohol content being too obvious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2012
at 02:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
33cl bottle. Golden colour with a frothy and foamy off-white head. Aroma has Belgian yeasty notes, with some hoppy hints. Flavour is yeasty, moderate sweet, slightly caramel and alcoholic. The final is alcoholic with a moderate bitterness. Carbonation is medium to high. Body is medium to high.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2012
at 13:16
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours amber with lots of big chunks of sediment floating round.Nose shows candi sugar, golden syrup, sweet bread and fruit cake. Incredibly sweet smelling.Flavours include the same sweet bready malt and candi sugar. Way too sweet and cloying.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Feb 2012
at 20:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Deep clear golden color with a huge white head. Pleasant aroma of slightly spicy yeast, some fruitiness and some spicy hops. Flavor starts sweet with malt, fruits, and light honey hints and continues drier and spicy with some hops and alcohol in the finish. Medium-bodied. Not bad. would have been nice if it was just a tad drier, but still not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2012
at 15:21