St. Bernardus Brouwerij Kombine

Kombine

 

St. Bernardus Brouwerij in Watou, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Collab with: Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
  Lager - Helles Special
Score
7.07
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 73
Kombine 2025 is an unfiltered, full-bodied blond beer (6% ABV) with a subtle hoppy aroma. A first for St.Bernardus as we have never before brewed a bottom-fermented beer. Additionally, this beer does not undergo bottle fermentation, another first in our brewing tradition. And if that was not challenging enough, we also committed to brewing this according to the German Reinheitsgebot*! We used Weihenstephan’s yeast and a blend of hops from both our own and Weihenstephan.

Connoisseurs will recognize the ‘oxymoron’ or the apparent contradiction in the beer’s style and name. An unfiltered Helles is, by definition, a contradiction. We find this tension incredibly intriguing, as it mirrors the duality of our brewery: our beers are iconic and steeped in tradition and authenticity, yet we also enjoy pushing boundaries to appeal to the adventurous beer drinker.
 

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6

A slightly hazy pale golden yellow beer with a white lacing. Aroma of intense grainy malt, straw. Taste of dry grainy malt, straw, cereals, moderate bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2026 at 12:51


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours a mid gold colour with a thin white head, plenty of hops and citrus fruits especially lemon in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle at House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate) on 01 Feb 2026 at 19:56


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared, opaque orange golden beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, fruit, malt. Taste is the same, sweet, fruit, malt, grainy bite, bitter, nice

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2026 at 13:25


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cerveza dorada, radiante, espuma blanca de retención media. Aroma limpio y fresco con notas de cereal y flores y albaricoque maduro. En boca es fresca, chispeante, muy bebible, notas de malta, cereal en grano, pan fresco, trago largo y refrescante. Muy disfrutable

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2026 at 12:47

gave a cheers!

6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours hazy gold with a white head. Aroma of light malt, bread. Similar taste. Grass. Perhaps a faint amount of Belgian yeast.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2026 at 04:37


7

Bottle from the LCBO here in Toronto. Decently thick malt, with a mild sweetness, toasty hay, with mild bitterness on top. A nice example of the style.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2026 at 00:34


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Heller, karamellig getreidiger Beginn. Moderate Süße, erfrischend, hohe Süffigkeit, mittellanger Nachhall, ok. 9/7/9/8/9/8

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2025 at 14:23


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Systembolaget. I really didn't quite understand the point of this. Sure it delivers a little more Belgian profile to lager, which gave it a satisfying ending but it didn't stand out.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2025 at 18:33


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Gold pour Thin foam around the glass. Scattered lace. Lemongrass with brown sugar or caramel notes. Light bodied and light carbonation

Tried from Can from Wine Warehouse - Charlottesville on 22 Oct 2025 at 23:28


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Bread, caramel nose with skunky overtones. Hazy amber, medium head. Caramel, lemongrass, bread crust. Medium body moderate carbonation. Elements of both an ESB and Helles. I like it.

Tried from Bottle from Wine Warehouse - Charlottesville on 22 Oct 2025 at 22:39