La Mère Noël
Brouwerij Huyghe in Melle, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.11
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Seasonal Christmas Beer
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Christmas ale Huyghe took over from Duwac, with kind of camp label. Yellowish white foam, not thick but stable, deep colour of ’old gold’, cloudy yeast. Fruity nose of orange, pear, apricot, caramel, herbal hops, pepper, cinnamon; fresh fruity onset with sweetness (gingerbread, honey, red apple) nicely playing with sourishness (citrus peel), but leading nowhere, since there is no structural finish worth mentioning, though dryer in the end than in the beginning.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2014
at 13:03
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Botella de 33cl en pacos. Diciembre de 2012. Una de navidad sin mucho que decir. Sabores herbáceos y dulces con un cuerpo interesante de 8.5 vol. Buena.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2014
at 12:13
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at wbpf Pours clear , light blonde . Good white head No real smell Sweet buttery , actualy quite bad
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Oct 2013
at 04:05
Tried
on 27 Sep 2013
at 19:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Finally got round to opening my 0.75 litre bottle when a mate stayed for the weekend (25 May 2013): poured into two ’Duvel’ glassses. I love sweet beers and this did the trick for me. Pours an orange gold colour with a white staying, but thin head. Sweet nose and taste: like sugar has been poured into the final stages of the brewing process, or added to the bottle (like the old home brewing way) before closing the cap. Spicy notes too, corriander and cloves came to mind along with yeast esters and pie crust. The sweetness however overpowers everything else and I couldn’t keep my eyes from Santa’s crutch, I’m sure it was winking at me!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2013
at 00:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Srednie w smaku i zlozonosc uboga, finisz wytrawny i lekko alkoholizujacy. Piana srednia ale bardzo trwala. kolor lekko metny ciemno zolty. Zapach za to mocno owocowy. truskawkowo-malinowy troche owocow lesnych. silne nagazowanie. ładna buteleczka z typowo swiatecznymi akcentami
Tried
on 19 Mar 2013
at 07:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Drunk on Dec. 1, 2012 A bottle from Craft Beer Base, it poured a highly carbonated gold with a light fluffy quickly dissipating head. Very belgian flavor profile with a great fruity nose and a nice mild sourness. The aftertaste was a bit mossy though... You do feel the 8.5% so be careful drinking this one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2013
at 04:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Petit papa Noël Quand tu descendras du ciel Avec des jouets par milliers N'oublie pas mon petit soulier. So ist ein Teil eines bekannten französischen Weihnachtsliedes, dass ich zu meiner Schulzeit lernen musste. Hat mit dem Bier aber absolut nix zu tun. Erzeugt aber Aufmerksamkeit. Und das will wohl auch das Bild auf dem Etikett, das eine frivole, sexy Weihnachtsfrau zeigt. Frivol ist auch der scharfe Geschmack nach Pfeffer, der sich hinter der Wand aus feinen Weihnachtsgewürzen versteckt. Dazu ein bisschen Frucht und ordentlich Alk. Die Mama will ja abgefüllt werden. Es ist kein schlechtes Bier und an einem (sehr, sehr) einsamen Adventabend sicher gut, aber von der Aromenfülle und Balance gibt es interessantere.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Känguruh
on 08 Feb 2013
at 21:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33 cl bottle @ Kahdet Kasvot. Rated on 15.01.2010
Aroma is somewhat fruity with apricot, some spices and Belgian yeast. Flavour is slightly sweet and somewhat fruity with caramel, Belgian yeast, some spices and distant floral notes. Quite typical Belgian christmas beer.
Aroma is somewhat fruity with apricot, some spices and Belgian yeast. Flavour is slightly sweet and somewhat fruity with caramel, Belgian yeast, some spices and distant floral notes. Quite typical Belgian christmas beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2013
at 03:28
3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
330ml bottle. Clear golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Aroma of artificial, esteric sweet guck arouses the danger and the reminiscence of headache at once; unpleasant dry, herbal overtones. Taste is sweet, artificial with unpleasant and improper dry herbal overtones. Ugh!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2012
at 14:36