La Guillotine
Brouwerij Huyghe in Melle, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.67
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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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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught. Dark golden yellow with medium foamy whitish head, malt-coriander aroma, low carbonation, sharp alcohol taste partially masked by hops flavor, long finish with alcohol aftertaste. Not bad but also not great
Tried
on 23 Oct 2014
at 10:27
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Pours a slightly hazy golden color topped with lots of white frothy head. Malty aroma, notes of alcohol and yeasty smell. The taste is malty, yeasty with pretty strong alcohol taste. Very dry. Not my favourite really.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2014
at 10:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Deep golden blonde, heavy Huyghe ale with off-white head, relatively stable seen its strength. Fruity, citrussy aroma, caramel malts, sweetish taste, quite light body for such a heavy beer, yeasty spiciness, grassy hop bitter finish with a lot of gin-like warming alcohol and yeast bitterness. Rough and uneducated, but actually not thàt bad c.q. one of the better Huyghe beers.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2014
at 12:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Best before date of May 16, 2015.
A loud pop when I pulled the cork out, it pours a medium gold with a 2 finger head of foam that seems to keep on growing...well above the lip of my glass.
The smell is of citrus hops, some spice..err...peppery notes, a real dank kind of smell that you get from some well made IPAs.
It’s pretty hoppy from the get go but I DO get a smidgeon of sweetness deep beneath that biter flavour and there is a nice peppery sort of spiciness going on. The citrus, malt, yeast, and pepper are doing a good job of satisfying my palate and the alcohol is there but not invasive.
Medium bodied for the most part; it thins out a tad in the finish.
I had never heard of this brew but it’s very enjoyable and easy drinking and dry enough to make it "thirst quenching", if there’s such a thing with beer. :^)
A loud pop when I pulled the cork out, it pours a medium gold with a 2 finger head of foam that seems to keep on growing...well above the lip of my glass.
The smell is of citrus hops, some spice..err...peppery notes, a real dank kind of smell that you get from some well made IPAs.
It’s pretty hoppy from the get go but I DO get a smidgeon of sweetness deep beneath that biter flavour and there is a nice peppery sort of spiciness going on. The citrus, malt, yeast, and pepper are doing a good job of satisfying my palate and the alcohol is there but not invasive.
Medium bodied for the most part; it thins out a tad in the finish.
I had never heard of this brew but it’s very enjoyable and easy drinking and dry enough to make it "thirst quenching", if there’s such a thing with beer. :^)
Tried
on 23 Jul 2014
at 15:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught @ Le Trappiste, Brugge. Pours slightly hazy golden with airy but stable white head. Clear aroma of hops and flowers, with fruity notes and estery touches. Sweetish flavour of fruit and malt, giving way to bitter, hoppy notes and touches of yeast. Bitter, slightly metallic aftertaste. Okay but it smells better than it tastes.
Tried
on 21 Jul 2014
at 12:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330mL bottle. Pours bright gold, large billowy white head, no lacing. Aroma of Belgian sugars, hay, barnyard, some toffee. Taste is very much the combination of a traditional Blonde Ale combined with the yeast and sugars of a Belgian Ale, think Delirium Tremens "light". Nice short crisp finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2014
at 00:56
8/10
Tried
on 25 Jun 2014
at 10:00
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Nose is cereal, yeast slight corn nuts. Taste is uneven, candy sugar, leading to bitter spice and pepper. The alcohol is poorly handled giving an unpleasant petrol note which pervades the finish. Not a particularly nice drink.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jun 2014
at 14:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a yellow color with an offwhite frothy head. Smells of toffee, nuts, candi sugar, some spice and lots of malt.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jun 2014
at 13:34
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 9/5/2012. Pours moderately cloudy golden color with a 3 finger fairly dense and rocky white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Great dense foamy lacing clings around the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of apricot, pear, apple, white grape, bread, candi sugar, light pepper, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big apricot, pear, apple, white grape, pepper, light banana, candi sugar, bread, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of earthy yeast spiciness/floral bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of apricot, pear, apple, white grape, pepper, candi sugar, bread, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and pale malt flavors; with a great malt/yeast balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. High carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, and moderately prickly mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice Belgian strong pale. All around good complexity and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and pale malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2014
at 19:43