Kombine
St. Bernardus Brouwerij in Watou, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Collab with: Bayerische Staatsbrauerei WeihenstephanLager - Helles Special
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Score
7.07
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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.
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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5.9/10
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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
6/10
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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
7.8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2025
at 18:59
6.6/10
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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
6.5/10
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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
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from the Packie enjoyed at home. Pours a lightly cloudy deep gold color with a bubbly white head that persists. Rich bready crackery toasty malts with earthy hops to counter. Decadent beverage that I thoroughly enjoyed, I should have bought more than a single.
Tried
from Bottle
from
The Packie
on 19 Oct 2025
at 20:50
7/10
Magus, lääge, linnaseline, puuviljane, tsitrus, kuiv. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2025
at 01:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Aromas are malt, dry grass and a little bit of Belgian yeast. Flavors are similar to nose, slightly on the sweet side with enough carbonation and bitter to balance. Drinkable but nothing special at all.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Belgian Style Ales / Monastery Greetings
on 29 Sep 2025
at 00:05
8.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
330ml bottle at Hops & Bottles. Cloudy golden pour, ring of bubbly white head. Fruity aroma, hint of Belgian yeast, notes of lemon, bread dough. Taste opens with some light Belgian yeast character, fruity, biscuity than tapering off to a light crisp hoppiness at the finish. The best of Belgium and Germany rolled into one. Consider me a fanboy .
Tried
from Bottle
from
Hops & Bottles
on 15 Sep 2025
at 20:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy golden colour with medium white head.Aroma of lemon and yeast nice taste of hops and grass medium body and good crispy taste note of hops and hay nice by style beer.
Tried
from Draft
at
Taphouse
on 15 Sep 2025
at 15:45