NovaBirra

Microbrewery in Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: NovaBirra

Established in 2008

Contact
Avenue des Cyclamens 2, Braine-l'Alleud, 1420, Belgium
Description
Je m'appelle Emanuele Corazzini et j'ai créé NovaBirra en 2008. Passionné de bières artisanales, je suis allé à la rencontre des brasseurs audacieux et innovants de nos régions. C'est à leur contact qu'est née l'idée de proposer des cours de brassage afin de partager mes connaissances de la bière. Au fil des années, j'ai pu faire découvrir notre patrimoine brassicole à de nombreux enthousiastes. Et pour certains, NovaBirra a aidé à la réalisation de leur rêve: créer et commercialiser leur propre bière!

Depuis 2011, je brasse mes propres bières: Big Mama Stout, Big Nose Triple, Holy IPA et Seed of the New Grace.

Je soutiens également des projets de personnes ayant suivis mes cours de brassage.

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6.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Clear dark golden color, medium sized almost instantly diminishing bubbly white head. Aroma is wheat, a bit floral. Flavor is wheat, again a bit floral, slightly sweetish notes, slight distant citrus hints. Quite refreshing but how on earth is this a weizen? Fizzy carbonation, decent body. 7-2-7-3-13.
Tried on 07 Sep 2019 at 19:22

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
(Bottle, Le Bier Circus, Brussels, 17 Oct 2018) Amber colour with dense, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of caramel, apricots and citrus. Malty, fruity taste with caramel, apricots, orange peel and a balanced herbal bitterness in the finish. Almost full body, with a certain sweetness. Solid and well made tripel leaning in the IPA direction. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2019 at 18:58

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at a tasting. Courtesy of JefVerstraete via EU Local Swap. Thanks! Overall rather caramelly, hops seems to be almost completely absent, rather phenolic spicy subtle character. Actually not bad, easy drinking, med-high carbonation and moderate body, but completely unrelated to info stated on label to say the least.
Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2019 at 17:33

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 7
Bottle at tasting, thanks Gurthnar. Hoppy aroma and taste, earthy notes, caramel, light to medium bitter. Medium body, hoppy bitter finish. Average.
Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2019 at 17:30

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Shared by Gurthnar, many thanks. Amber orange color with medium off-white head. Aroma of caramel, earthy notes. Taste, caramel, malt, very light hops.
Tried on 28 May 2019 at 17:27

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample draught @ SWAFFF! 2019 Brussels Craft Beer Festival (1st day) shared with BE RB crew and other gentle people there. F: big, tan, good retention. C: amber to red coppery, hazy. A: some caramel, mellow fruity, bit bready. T: medium malty backbone, caramel, bit herbal, fruity, spicy, dry on the palate, ok, good enjoyed.
Tried on 22 May 2019 at 10:33

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as NovaBirra Dr Juice - Philtre d'amour (by NovaBirra):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5

18/V/19 - on tap @ SWAFFF (Brussels), BB: n/a - (2019-762) Thanks to the Belgian Ratebeer crew and the Antwerp beer geeks for sharing today's beers!
Pretty clear red to reddish amber beer, small creamy dense off-white head, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: malty, caramel, some dried fruits, bit oxidized, little roasted. MF: ok carbon medium body. Taste: bitter start, malty, some chocolate, caramel, bit hoppy, fruity. Aftertaste: dried fruits, malty, fruity, nice bitterness, hoppy, grapefruit finish. A bit confusing. What is this, a BIPA? Anyway, it's just a nice beer. (Ah, apparently it's a red ipa.)
Tried from Draft on 18 May 2019 at 22:02

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Poech73 as part of EU local swap 02/2019. Malty and yeasty aroma and taste, spicy notes, ripped fruit, light banana notes, grapefruit, medium bitter. Medium body, malty and yeasty bitter finish. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2019 at 18:56

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
330ml bottle. Clear, orangey golden colour with average, frothy, slowly osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Caramel malty and fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of red berries, hints of blue berries, lingonberry, redcurrant and the like, a leafy touch as well, late some melon and lychee overtones. Taste is sweet-ish, caramel malty and fruity, slightly leafy and grassy hoppy, hints of red berries, a touch of melon and lychee. Well crafted, well balanced, rather unusual kind of fruitiness - nice.
Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2019 at 16:45

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Flaska från Beergium. Mörkbrun vätska med stort beige skum. Typisk belgiskt stout. Ganska mycket kolsyra, ganska söt och inte lika tät och mörk utan med lite fruktiga estrar, torkad frukt, fudge och här en hel del kaffe som funkar riktigt bra. Bra lite kärv kaffebesk håller ihop smakerna bra.Småtrevlig
Tried on 25 Apr 2019 at 20:20