Kombine
St. Bernardus Brouwerij in Watou, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Collab with: Bayerische Staatsbrauerei WeihenstephanLager - Helles Special
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Score
7.13
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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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Mansquito (18977) reviewed Kombine from St. Bernardus Brouwerij 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
From Manayunk Foodery: gold with white head. Aroma is bready, weirdly yeasty, weird Belgian malty heaviness. Pretty buttery and spicy. Sweetish. Easy.
gave a cheers!
Fergus (31281) reviewed Kombine from St. Bernardus Brouwerij 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Bottle at home picked up from HOTM. A light hazed brushed gold, straw coloured pour with a lasting sticky white head. Aroma is semi sweet, little buttery, biscuit, straw, wet grass, damp hay, Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rustic grains, buttery biscuit, some stewed fruit, grass, little flabby, alcohol bite, Palate is semi sweet, light tang, spicy , highish carbonation. Not great.
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Pinball (15843) reviewed Kombine from St. Bernardus Brouwerij 3 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at the loom las palmas.
Yeasty , fruity , citrud fruity.
Flavor is smooth belgian yeasty with butterscotch malts. Totally weird beer but very very tasty with the belgian yeasts lifting the malts to a whole new level
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bhensonb (22552) reviewed Kombine from St. Bernardus Brouwerij 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Bottle from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours translucent gold with a large foamy white head. Aroma is citrus/bready/spicy. Medium body. It's fairly dry and at least moderately bitter. Flavor is bready, citrus and Noble grass/spice. The spice lingers and lingers. Very nice beer.
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aaake (171) ticked Kombine from St. Bernardus Brouwerij 3 months ago
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fonefan (84235) reviewed Kombine from St. Bernardus Brouwerij 3 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
EB - Bottle 330ml. @ [ Trinntorp 🇸🇪 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 ☀️ 🐝🦋 [ As St. Bernardus Kombine ]. ABV: 6.0%. [20250816]. 6/3/7/3/-13
Biruski (4767) reviewed Kombine from St. Bernardus Brouwerij 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
A light cloudiness on this gold beer. Grain, snappy hops, floral, and some toasted malt. Medium bodied. Finish is grain and lightly sweet toasted malt. Nice beer.
Stuu (34926) ticked Kombine from St. Bernardus Brouwerij 4 months ago
Keg at sleeping village. Pours hazy golden, nose is yeasty, grassy, toffee, taste is citrus, yeasty, hay, bread. 7
Idiosynkrasie (17715) reviewed Kombine from St. Bernardus Brouwerij 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
330ml bottle. Slightly cloudy, yellow-ish, dark golden colour with average to huge, dense, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Slightly husky and minimally spicy, pale malty as well as slightly yeasty fruity and minimally doughy yeasty aroma, hints of mirabelle, apricot, brioche, whiffs of protein. Taste is sweet-ish, biscuity, pale malty, yeasty fruity and mildly bitter, fruity hoppy, notes of apricot, mirabelle, a touch of mandarine, orange, some protein.
Creamy-watery texture, smooth and soft palate, medium, dense, creamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Well crafted, refreshing, a tad sweet though - good.
SaltyGrog (4602) reviewed Kombine from St. Bernardus Brouwerij 4 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Bottle via Bottlecraft North Park, stamped 7/2026; $5.25.
Stemless wineglass back at the hotel after my last day.
Chill hazed, more like LA smog, honey gold with a rich bleached lather.
Smells of sweet breakfast flakes & faded veggie Euro hops.
Itchy upfront, more pronounced herbal hops, very sweet helles middle, some slight menthol on the finish.
Crispy, somewhat acidic, easy but basic & more than a bit boring.
Whatever.