8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Clear burgundy colour, small head. Oaky, balsamic chery aroma. Tart with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Concentrated vinegary balsamic cherry, vinous oak. Complex and balanced. Excellent!
Tried
on 09 Aug 2022
at 20:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
J'ai été très surpris en dégustant cette Barbe Rufa. Alors que j'attendais une bière avec un alcool structurant et puissant, c'est une bière avec un alcool relativement peu présent et avec une légère acidité qui déstabilise l'ensemble. La proposition aromatique est quant à elle plutôt intéressante, changeant des stéréotypes, même si celle-ci ne m'a pas entièrement convaincue. Le visuel est sur un mix en ambré et brun, voilé avec une fine effervescence soutenue et une mousse beige de 1 cm. Le nez surprend pour le style mais est relativement riche sur des arômes de sirop d'érable, pomme, vin cuit, noix et vanille. En bouche, c'est l'acidité qui surprend. Celle-ci empêche la bière d'avoir de la puissance et de laisser s'exprimer les arômes. Dès l'attaque, l'alcool est relativement absent, loin d'un ressenti à 8 %. On retrouve les arômes présents au nez sur une complexité honorable. Et si la corpulence est honorable, la longueur n'est pas assez développée. Une bière qui n'exploite pas assez son potentiel à mon sens.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2022
at 05:56
3/10
Tried
on 31 Jul 2022
at 15:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
EB - Bottle 330ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 [ As Verhaeghe Duchesse Cherry ]. ABV: 6.8%. [20220723]. 7/3/8/4/15
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2022
at 13:43
7/10
Tried
on 23 Jul 2022
at 12:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Hefty tripel in this 'Barbe' series by oldtimer Verhaeghe, one of the last traditional 'oud bruin' producers in Flanders but venturing in other styles with this series. Vichy bottle from Bontinck in Zele. Thick and dense, plaster-like lacing, egg-white, foamy, stable head, completely clear (filtered!) warm 'old golden' robe with some visible sparkling. Aroma of soggy old bread, banana peel, cooked turnip, damp straw, old potatoes, added iron (confirmed by the flawless 'hand test'), coriander seed, old dried orange peel, clove, withering parsley, ripe pear, honey, cooked spinach, something sulfuric and a background hint of rancid butter (isovaleric acid I presume). Sweetish, fruity onset, hints of banana and ripe pear with a dash of pineapple, lively carbonation, full and smooth body; a thick layer of residual honeyish sweetness is draped over a cereally, ever so slightly caramelly malt middle with obvious metallic edges. Fruity aspects of banana and pear (or sweet apple) linger about, some clove-like phenols set in and a slight coriander accent is added before the end; finishes sweet and honeyish, with impressions of cooked yellow fruit, leftover dough and some caramel, while hops remain sadly understated, adding not much more than a faint dash of floral bitterishness. Needless to say at this strength and for this type of beer, a warming afterglow of cheap 'appeljenever'-like alcohol ensues, becoming rather astringent and annoyingly dominant in the end. I have not been very impressed by this Barbe series before but this one even puts me off: boozy, overly sweet, unbalanced and downright badly structured tripel (or edelbier, if you prefer to avoid the tripel moniker here) with some off-flavours, falling well below the average level of quality of the gazillions of tripels brewed in Belgium nowadays. As much sympathy as I have for Verhaeghe's historical background and commitment to their local oud bruin, this is a real failure, an unnecessary beer badly executed - I even had trouble finishing it, which says a lot in my case. Less sugar, less iron, less alcohol and more hops, and then this beer may be this Barbe X can still be saved, who knows... Lots of work afoot here, if you ask me!
Tried
on 16 Jul 2022
at 00:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 2
Overall 8
Fles thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is een helder rood bier met een dun schuim. Het aroma is kersenachtig. De smaak is vol, fruitig, kersen. Erg wrang mondgevoel. Maar een lekkere kersen afdronk.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2022
at 17:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 2
Overall 7.5
Fles gekregen van Roelzie, thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is een helder roodbruin bier met een beige schuim. Het aroma begint kersenachtig, maar zodra het schuim web ent duidelijk chocolade. De smaak is vol, fruitig, kersen. Erg wrang mondgevoel. Maar een lekkere kersen afdronk met een hint chocolade.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2022
at 17:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Keg at Kaunis Kampela, 20220714) The beer poured mahogany coloured and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, toffee, caramel and earth. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, earth, toffee, grass and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. A nice and balanced malty brew with mildly spicy notes.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2022
at 15:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear dark red with no real head. Quite high carbonation. Aromas of sour cherry, wood, red wine. Taste is more of the same. Clean sour finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2022
at 16:34