Brugse Straffe Hendrik Brune
Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan in Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.94
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n the 80’s the interest for traditional regional beers increased. Véronique, daughter of Henri IV, launched a new special beer in 1981. It was a blond beer of high fermentation. The first time it was brewed it was for the inauguration of the Saint-Arnold statue in Bruges. Saint-Arnold is the patron of the brewers … However, the beer was a success and the Mayor asked for it to be served at receptions in the townhall. The beer was a bit stronger than other beers and that is why it got the appropriated name of ‘Straffe Hendrik’ (Strong Henri). In 1988 Riva NV took over the beer brand. Straffe Hendrik have been brewed by Riva in Bruges until 2002.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Brown / red (mahogany) color with a average fizzy fair lacing mostly lasting off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty and yeasty, alcohol, marzipan, dry fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2007
at 10:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Nice head with ok duration. Color is borwn. Aroma is fruit and spices. Taste is same. Lively carbonation. Sourish finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2007
at 05:33
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Frothy off-white mostly lasting head. Brown unclear colour. Moderate malty light hoppy aroma. Moderate sweet flavor. Light bitter average finish. Watery/oily palate. Not a great brune.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2007
at 11:28
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Deep nut brown colour, nice thick head. Big roasted malty nose. Flavour is malty and has an almost bitter caramel sweetness. On the downside there’s a tiny bit of an aniseed aftertaste but that’s easily replaced with another mouthfull.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2007
at 15:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark amber with bubbly fast disappearing white head. Malty sweet aroma and taste - caramel, sugar, yeast & earthy. Dark fruits -raisins/plum. Easy alcohol warmth. Almost sparkling in my mouth. Filling body. Fine Belgian brune!
Tried
on 07 Mar 2007
at 14:55
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
(25 cl bottle at The Rover, Göteborg) Dark brown color with a small tan head. Lots of yeast particles. Sweet glue and cheese scent, also fruity and yeasty. Sweet sugary and yeasty taste. Also fruity and some chewing gum. Big but spritzy mouthfel. Swwet sirupy aftertaste. Low bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2007
at 18:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Hazy brown colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is caramel, malts, yeast, toffee and slight hints of alcohol. Flavour is caramel, alcohol, toffee and yeast. Dry dark fruits in finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2007
at 10:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled Brugs de’ Beertje 05-11-05, last visit here before going home tomorrow. Reddy brown colour, good thick off white head, spicy and caramel aroma, lead to a pleasant malty sweetish beer with some dried fruits and yeastiness in the flavour dept’ very nice think i’ll take a bottle home with me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2006
at 01:43
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Cloudy reddish brown beerwith disappearing white head. Typical brown beer with bit of candy sugar, darkish malts, some fruits and bit of hoppiness in the end. Fine but nothing that special
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2005
at 16:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Bottle 25 cl) One of my all time faves this. Dark brown with a warm reddish hue. Very hazy - almost unclear. Incredibly tall and frothy head. Dark, roasted malty flavours, but never too sweet. Very harmonic balance between the sweet and the bitter. Perhaps it lacks just a bit to be really great. 241097
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2005
at 09:59