Ceci n'est pas un Barley Wine
Brasserie Sainte Hélène in Florenville, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Barley Wine - Barley Special|
Score
6.67
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Brassée de manière occasionnelle dans l’année, le Barley Wine de la brasserie Sainte-Hélène est une adaptation du style américain sous une forme résolument belge, plus sèche que sa voisine elle n’en demeure pas moins complexe. La puissance du malt qui s’en dégage est contrebalancée par une bonne dose de houblon et une présence en bouche soutenue de l’alcool. Il s’agit d’une bière de dégustation à prendre en pouce café après un bon repas par exemple.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 12% @ FOneFan. Hazy amber7brown with tiny off-white head. Aroma is malt, yeast, fruit, hop, little apple with notes of alcohol. Flavour is malt, fruit, yeast, hop, medium sweet, warming, little bitter, little apple with notes of alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2012
at 10:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with short duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, caramel, alcohol and malt. Nice and warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2012
at 10:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Redelijk aparte fles – 375 ml. Ook geen etiket maar een papier rond de hals. Gekocht tijdens Brassigaume 2012. Mijn oorspronkelijke plan was om dit tijdens het festival te proeven maar de brouwerij was merkwaardig afwezig. Toch maar gekocht aangezien de prijs meeviel en ik dit al een tijdje wou proeven. Thuis opgedronken. Donkerder klassiek amber kleur, wat oneven, redelijk grote witte bubbels als kraag. Geur is redelijk zoet en ruikt als een combinatie van marmelade, sinaasappel schil en een van die producten die vernis in tiptop conditie moeten houden. Ik weet niet, beetje aceton-rijk en industrieel qua geur. Smaak is bittere kruiden, terug die vernis product, marmelade, aceton, wat bitterheid en alcohol bijproducten. Bittere kruidenthee wat karamel, kandijsuiker, onkruid en toffee. Overal aanzienlijk bitter voor wat ik van de stijl verwacht ondanks de zoetheid. Jij voelt ook echt wel de sterkte van dit bier. Olieachtig met maar weinig koolzuur gas – dit is een van die ruige ongepolijste barleywines. Vraag mij altijd af of die dingen bedoelt zijn om zo te eindigen of geraken zij niet helemaal waar zij willen zijn.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2012
at 11:27
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Sweetish malty caramel yeasty flavor with weak hints of dark fruit. Has a sweetish malty yeasty caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2012
at 05:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled at Pressklubben, Stockholm. Cloudy brownish amber, brief head. Fruity nose with some calvados. Dryish with full body. Cidery with har roasted grainy malt. Honey and cognac, slight notes of caramel. Really bitter finish with chalk, wood chips and peppery heat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2012
at 09:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Bier Planet, Brussels (expensive!); bb 02/2016
Cloudy amber color; the carbonation seems to be low, but still able to produce a big head, creamy and persistent. Nice aroma, malt, earthy, with soil, wet soil and manure; demerara sugar. Good body, with some malt, and a clear yeasty and spicy profile; the bitterness is stronger than the average; the sweetness level is very average for strong Belgian beers; traces of vegetables. Too spicy to be a Barley Wine, this is a Strong Belgian Ale, not even very well brewed.
Cloudy amber color; the carbonation seems to be low, but still able to produce a big head, creamy and persistent. Nice aroma, malt, earthy, with soil, wet soil and manure; demerara sugar. Good body, with some malt, and a clear yeasty and spicy profile; the bitterness is stronger than the average; the sweetness level is very average for strong Belgian beers; traces of vegetables. Too spicy to be a Barley Wine, this is a Strong Belgian Ale, not even very well brewed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2012
at 08:02
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle shared @ tasting with Joes and Dutchdrebus. Hazy dark orange color, yeast particles in it, no head. Smell malts, yeast, slightly citrussy, slightly alcohol. Taste malts, pretty sweet, slightly alcohol. Medium body, medium carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2012
at 12:17
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle says 10%. Colour is hazy dark orange to amber with yeast particles. No head. Smells yeast, alcohol, sprite and malts. Tastes mostly sweet, some alcohol, some red fruits.. Overwhelmingly sweet. Not my beer. Full body, warming, low carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2012
at 13:42
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Imported from my RateBeer account as Sainte Hélène Barley Wine (by Brasserie Sainte Hélène):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
6/III/2012 37.5cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: II/16 (2012-221)
Pretty cloudy red to purple beer, big yellowish creamy head, falls down fast to a thin adhesive and stable creamy layer. Lots of purple brownish slimy lumps in the beer. That doesn't look too appealing. Aroma: black cherry jam (from Materne!), bit dusty, alcoholic. MF: almost no carbon, full body, thick syrupy texture. Taste: fruity, red fruits, alcohol, bit vinous, cherries, sugary, sour berries, lemon. Aftertaste: notes of black chocolate, bitter hops, citrus, little dusty, black cherries, woody, dried fruits, warming alcohol in the back of the throat. Complex enough, but just a tad too off to be good.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
6/III/2012 37.5cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: II/16 (2012-221)
Pretty cloudy red to purple beer, big yellowish creamy head, falls down fast to a thin adhesive and stable creamy layer. Lots of purple brownish slimy lumps in the beer. That doesn't look too appealing. Aroma: black cherry jam (from Materne!), bit dusty, alcoholic. MF: almost no carbon, full body, thick syrupy texture. Taste: fruity, red fruits, alcohol, bit vinous, cherries, sugary, sour berries, lemon. Aftertaste: notes of black chocolate, bitter hops, citrus, little dusty, black cherries, woody, dried fruits, warming alcohol in the back of the throat. Complex enough, but just a tad too off to be good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2012
at 09:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle that I picked up at Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Nr Gent consumed at Baz’s, Manchester 19.01.12 Pours hazy dark amber. There is plenty of chocolate about this, touch of powdery bitter cocoa, Baz said that he got caramel. Sweet & fruity with some hops showing, the abv is also noticeable for the warmth that it adds. Nice beer. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2012
at 00:44