Saison Regal
Brasserie du Bocq in Purnode, Namur, Belgium 🇧🇪
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.36
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The beer has been brewed since 1940. Originally it was brewed by Brasserie Centrale in Marbaix-la-Tour. When this brewery was taken over by Brasserie du Bocq in 1967, it also took over the beer.
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Unfortunately not good anymore. Perhaps 35 years old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2025
at 16:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Frothy head, dark amber color. Citric caramelaroma. Peppery, malty, hoppy flavor with some licorice. Full bodied. Excellent Belgian saison.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1
At Hopishop 2017. Aroma of dusty waste, raisin and yeast. Taste has dusty malt, yeast and flavors I would expect to come from the garbage bin. I'm happy this one was free, what a disgusting beer.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2017
at 12:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Du Bocq’s representation of the saison style, with thick, moussy, stable, off-white head and coppery amber colour with somewhat brownish hue, hazy. Fruity and yeasty aroma of strawberry, melon, orange, mango, mint, candi sugar, tea, pepper, sweet sherry, honey, leather. Fruity and softly malty taste, caramelly and nutty like a ’spéciale belge’, sweet spices (star aniseed), hop bitterish finish. Less earthy than the Dupont, Vapeur or Fantôme saisons and losing lots of its flair (including the ethereal spices) when aged, but still a complex, well-made beer.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2014
at 12:58
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle. Golden colour, fluffy white head. Medium-bodied, fruity and refreshing. Lively carbonation. Shy hops in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2014
at 10:52
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Saison Regal (by Brasserie Du Bocq):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.7/5
29/XII/13 - 33cl bottle from De Bierloods / Zytholoog (Adegem) @ home - BB: 6/VII/12 (2013-1195)
Note: when I learned that this beer would be discontinued I tried in quite a few places to get a hold of it. Took me almost a year to find a bottle, and by then it was of course expired. Oh well...
Clear dark orange beer, fluffy aery white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: spicy, coriander, hay, bit sugary, candy syrup, caramel. MF: lots of carbon, medium to light body. TAste: little malty, sweet, grains, some citrus, bit spicy, coriander, caramel. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, caramel, orange peel, coriander, card board, but I'm willing to ignore that last part, because of the age.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.7/5
29/XII/13 - 33cl bottle from De Bierloods / Zytholoog (Adegem) @ home - BB: 6/VII/12 (2013-1195)
Note: when I learned that this beer would be discontinued I tried in quite a few places to get a hold of it. Took me almost a year to find a bottle, and by then it was of course expired. Oh well...
Clear dark orange beer, fluffy aery white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: spicy, coriander, hay, bit sugary, candy syrup, caramel. MF: lots of carbon, medium to light body. TAste: little malty, sweet, grains, some citrus, bit spicy, coriander, caramel. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, caramel, orange peel, coriander, card board, but I'm willing to ignore that last part, because of the age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2013
at 11:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Fles 33cl thuis. Fris fruitig. Licht kruidig. Vanille, banaan, sinaasappel. (12-2013).
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2013
at 11:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cloudy copper colour, thin off-white fizzy head. Sweet malty and fruity aroma, caramel, floral. Taste medium bitter, slightly sweet, citrus. Yeasty mouthfeel, bit spicy, light to medium body, dry mild bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2013
at 10:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
From notes. Bottle. Hazy golden amber color, medium white head. Aroma of hay, light bread, earthy citrus. Taste is earthy straw, dry finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2013
at 10:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Clear dark amber coloured body wit ha bit of a bronze glow and a tint of amber with a thin tan oily head. Aroma of alcohol, yeast, metal, hay and grass - strong and pungent. Medium-bodied; Super strong pungent yeast and alcohol flavours with a big hay and grassy flavour at first and a big noticeable bit of grapes, cherries and medicine right afterwards. Aftertaste shows relatively pungent flavours with the hay, grass, medicine and alcohol notes the strongest. Overall, not such a great beer an definitely not a good saison - this one fits better in the belgie ale category, and even then - not so good. Neat to sample, but I wish I didn’t wast space in my suitcase for this one! I sampled this 25 cL bottle purchased from Beer Mania in Bruxelles, Belgium on 19-August-2013 for €1,99 sampled at home on this side of the Atlantic in Washington on 24-September-2013.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2013
at 01:01