Hivern'ale
Brasserie de Rochehaut in Rochehaut, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Winter|
Score
6.78
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L’Hivern’ALE est une bière pleine de caractère. Très attendue en cette fin d’année, elle perpétue la tradition des maîtres brasseurs qui conservaient leurs meilleurs orges et houblons pour la brasser une fois par an. Cette bière d’hi-ver dévoile des arômes modérément maltés, des notes de sucre brun, de noisettes, de caramel et de subtiles touches épicées. Elle nous offre une belle longueur en bouche.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at home shared with Laura. Brownish color, full sized beige head. Aroma and flavor are malts, a bit sweet, some spices, somewhat bitter in the finish. Actually some lingering bitterness. Pretty decent actually.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2026
at 22:57
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
1/II/25 - 75cl bottle from… De Hopduvel maybe? I forgot. Shared @ Nieuwjaarsreceptie Gentse Biervereniging (Ledeberg), BB: 13/VIII/26, lot: 2024/128 à 131 (2025-68)
Clear amber beer, small irregular aery head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: yeasty, very malty, cow fodder, caramel, meh. Not much winter vibes from this one? MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: yeasty, very malty, grains, bitter touch, a bit watery, grassy. Aftertaste: some caramel, malty, yeasty, lots of cow fodder, hay, a little bitter.
Clear amber beer, small irregular aery head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: yeasty, very malty, cow fodder, caramel, meh. Not much winter vibes from this one? MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: yeasty, very malty, grains, bitter touch, a bit watery, grassy. Aftertaste: some caramel, malty, yeasty, lots of cow fodder, hay, a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Bierwinkel De Hopduvel
on 01 Feb 2025
at 17:30
7/10
Botella @Cerveceria Internacional, Sevilla. 06/12/2024. Color ambarino corona de espuma blanca aromas y sabores especiados, caramelo, dulce.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2024
at 19:49
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2022
at 21:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Rusty-brown beer, yellow sheen, under a cream to mango yellow head, medium and reasonably stable. End of bottle solid yeast. Brown candi sugar, maltsugars, alcohol& fusels. Parsley, fresh bread, yeast, pastry. Bitter main flavour, bit vegetable in character, but with a lot of rest- and other sugars underneath. Wood, slightly metallic, some roast. Again brown candi, caramel but the sweetness never fully develops; Again some yeast features. Chewy, viscous, full bodied with a good carbonation. Long lasting flavours, and despite the yeast dependency, a good balance achieved. Given blind, I would have ventured a good barley wine. Txs to L&Y for bringing!
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2022
at 12:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle from Carrefour market LA CHASSE (BRUSSEL). F: medium, tan, quick gone. C: brown, hazy. A: malty, caramel, toast, bit herbal, mellow fruity, spicy. T: full malty base, a lot of caramel, mellow fruity, dried fruity, bit toffee, spicy, molasses, bit herbal, decent bitterness, bit more on the sweet side yet not bad, enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2021
at 19:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle. A clear dark amber beer with a beige head. Aroma of riped fruits, resins, strong caramelized malt. Taste of strong caramelized dark malt, riped red fruits, raisins, slightly boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2021
at 20:51
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2021
at 17:13