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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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Yeasty aroma, a little sourness. Some fruitiness. I seem to detect some sort of artificial cherry aromas?! Quite clear, brown colour. Fizzy light brown head. Dry, Chimaylike aftertaste. Peppery flavour almost burning my throat?! Also quite malty with some marcipan. Rough carbonation, needs a bit of a swirl to get it right. Big floaties in the bottom of the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2005
at 04:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery in Brugge: Served in a trappist glass with a good 1 ½ inch of head with good retention. Aroma is very interesting with some sweet notes mix with a nice choice of malt. It seems that the beers from this brewery are way more interesting when drank freshly from the tap then when they are bottled and sent overseas.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2004
at 09:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled 1998. This pours a deep ruby brown with a quickly fading head. Carbonation is low. The aroma is like a barleywine. Flavor is smooth malt caramel and alcohol. Could be a little more robust. Probably at it's peak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2004
at 16:46
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
3 years old, corked bottle
Beautiful red-amber color. Nice spicy and malty aroma, good full malty flavor; caramel; sweet. The keyword is FULL. Not complex but satisfying: I like it!
Beautiful red-amber color. Nice spicy and malty aroma, good full malty flavor; caramel; sweet. The keyword is FULL. Not complex but satisfying: I like it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2004
at 11:20
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cherry, raisins, citrus, honey, wood and a bit burned sugar. Deep red brown, not much carbonation, creamy low head. Dark burned sugar flavors, a bit fruitiness, woody brandy aftertaste. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2003
at 13:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very dark chestnut, hazy. Thick yellow-brown head, quite stable. Very alcoholic nose, sweet liqueurish, portwine (BBd is passed!), walnut oil. Sweet taste, overlayed with heavy, perfumed notes of cigar leaf, bittersweet chocolate, vinous. Esters. Very filling, very alcoholic, but velvety. Very good try. Makes the blonde pale in more than one meaning.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2003
at 13:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Slightly hazy ruby color, medium brownish head. Some big-bubbled carbonation. Aroma is very malty, licorice. Malty taste, quite metallic also. Sweet metallic palate, slightly bitter, light alcoholic burn. Indeed a bit like Leffe Brune.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2003
at 11:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottled. Deep ruby. Caramel aroma. Dry with clean hard mouthfeel. Hoppy, resiny finish with pleasant finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2003
at 11:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown colour. Aroma: malt, vinegar, wheat, sweet. Bitter, malt flavour, little sweet too. Very nice beer.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2003
at 14:35
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Reddish-chestnut, hazy, w/ thick pockmarked head; aroma of plums and pear brandy, with traces of yeast, alcohol and Special B; alcholic and light, sweet, apple notes jump to the fore of the palate, leading into a malty middle. The finish, however, is harsh - stinging carbonation, a touch too much acidity (or not enough, if that's what they were going for) and no complexity to the malty sweetness. Good, but could do with less CO2, as the malts would be allowed to strut their stuff a little more and the finish would be so much smoother.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2001
at 01:06