jefverstraete (7489) reviewed S86 Dry-Hopped Saison from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy blond colour, white foam. Light herbal, a bit fruity, dry and grassy finish. Well balanced.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed S86 Dry-Hopped Saison from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
29/X/22 - on tap @ post-wedding drink (Ben & Cathy) - Brouwbar (Ghent), BB: n/a (2022-1426)
Pretty clear gold blond beer, creamy dense white head, little stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: nice fruity start, lots of melon rind, some banana peel, bubble gum, smelled like a hefeweizen more than a saison actually, malty, hint of oranges and orange peel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty spicy, lots of phenols, bubble gum, dry, bitter, a bit medicinal, chemical touch. Aftertaste: pretty fruity, gentle hop bitterness, spicy, banana, melons, bubble gum, bitter finish.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed S86 Dry-Hopped Saison from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Newest Brouwbar beer to date, a strong saison with dry-hopping. Egg-white, moussy, membrane-lacing, stable head, hazy straw blonde robe with apricot tinge. Aroma of oxidized apple slices, green banana, raw turnip, field flowers, dried lemon peel, green melon, vague pear, rainwater. Crisp, fruity onset, quite sharply carbonated, fruity notes of green melon, banana peel and a touch of apple or pear, slick but full body. Sweetish cereally maltiness with a dash of honeyish residual sweetness on top, lingering fruity accents too, working towards a floral and slightly zesty hop bitter finish, long-stretched but elegant and accessible. Brouwbar elegance and accessibility as usual, the Brouwbar version of Dupont’s famed Moinette Blonde, in a sense. Very agreeable!
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Q56 Quadrupel from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
33cl bottle, thanks Tim. BB 01/06/2021, bottled 01/01/2021.
Cuivre/ambre, col fin crémeux blanc-cassé, jaunâtre.
Arôme est sur le belge - léger caramel crystal, toffee, sucre résiduel, fruits secs, un peu effet 'buttery' avec une pointe de biscuité et de toffee.
Palais est bien ficelé de suite une belle présence de levure belge avec une petite pointe de banane - fruits confits raisins secs, abricots séchés, note de caramel presque beurre salé. Toffee avec une belle amertume noble en fin de bouche. Retour un peu boozy sur la fin.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed PS46 Peated Stout from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
33cl bottle, thanks Tim.
BB 17/10/2020, bottled 17/04/2020.
Noire/brune oscillant vers le cuivre opaque, le col est fin blanc-cassé.
Arôme est malté - caramel, pâle, avec une belle dose de fruité noire rappelant les baies dont les mûres avec le tourbé en rétro-nasal.
Palais sur une effervescence faiblarde mais avec un léger pétillant 'suret', le tout accompagné d'un agréable côté tourbé qui ajoute un caractère vivace terreux. Petite touche acerbe et un pétillant qui rappelle quasi une levure de cidre avec de suite un fin tourbé en retrait.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed ST41 Stout from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bouteille 33cl, merci Tim, BB 17/10/2020. Bottled 17/04/2020.
Pitch black, col fin moka.
Arôme sur le malté, grillé, tabac, chocolat; fruits rouges et noirs avec presque une touche de réglisse - cerise noire.
Palais est sur le malté caramel, boozy, chocolaté noir amer avec une sécheresse délicate presque de feuille de tabac. Garde une petite touche un peu aigrelette de fruits des bois dont la mûre et le cassis. Sec et poussiéreux avec un côté oscillant vers tourbe et tabac et lichen/herbe humide de plaine entre Ardennes et ballade automnale dans le brouillard en Irlande.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed IBI85 Black IPA from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
When I started putting ratings on this site, I never genuinely thought I would make it this far, but here it is then: my ten-thousandth rating. Honouring the tradition of having a beer produced for this occasion, I turned to Brouwbar with the idea of 'amplifying' their regular black IPA (regarded as a local classic in its style here in Ghent) and lo and behold, a few weeks later this imperial black IPA came into existence with my '10K' in mind - I feel both honoured and humbled, so I cannot thank Benjamin and Jolien of Brouwbar enough for this celebrational brew! Tasted on several occasions (of course) from tap, both at Brouwbar and the Ghent Beer Fest. Pale yellowish beige, slightly irregular but stable and well-structured, moussy head on a hazy very dark chocolate brown beer - as good as black, but with a slight mahogany hue. Strong aroma of grapefruit peel, black peppercorns in hot olive oil, bitter black chocolate, pine resin, burnt bread crust, toasted hazelnuts, black coffee, old cheese rind, stewed onion, marijuana, hard caramel, whisky. Restrainedly sweetish onset with a 'clean' and subdued fruity aspect of old raisin and dried fig, as well as a very mild umami note of black olive, medium carbonation with full, oily and somewhat 'fluffy' mouthfeel. Deep bitter-chocolatey maltiness then fills the mouth cavity, edged by a heavy bitter toastiness, a sweeter 'caramelliness' and - towards the end - a roasty coffee-like bitterness, which is superseded by a very powerful hoppiness at just the right moment for this style, adding piney, grapefruit peel- and wormwood-like aromas and bitterness which lasts and lasts. A black 'pepperiness' remains - accentuated by a slight hop burn in the beginning, but this effect has vanished in a week, so I guess the beer has now become even better than it was a week ago - and who knows, it might even improve further with a few more weeks on it. Utterly satisfying finish, staying connected with that roasty 'black' aspect, but offering more than enough retronasal hop aromas as well as downright spicy hop bitterness to keep everything firmly in IPA territory. I like the ordinary black IPA by Brouwbar a lot, but this one ups the ante considerably - believe me when I try to remain as unbiased as possible, but for me this is among the very finest Brouwbar has ever produced (and not because it is dedicated to my personal milestone of 10,000 beer reviews). I could not have wished for a more appropriate beer to celebrate this occasion, even if this particular style is neither known nor loved by every beer drinker. Huge thanks again to my beloved Brouwbar - and now for the next 10,000!
gave a cheers!
nathanvc (6963) reviewed IBI85 Black IPA from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
20 August 2022. At 12de Gents Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, Pieter & the whole crew!
Hazy black, stable, foamy, beige head; decent lacing. Aroma of black pepper, black olive, chestnut, cashew, old grapefruit peel, mango, toast, cold coffee, fondant, something vaguely off like chlorine but not disturbing. Taste has sweetish fig & pear and sourish brambleberry underneath kept together by a firm toasty & toasted-nutty maltiness with fine edges of herbs, bitter espresso and something savoury-umami. Dry, bitter, peppery hoppy finish (indeed hinting at black pepper!), balancing grapefruit, resin, toast and coffee roast terrifically, with a dash of warming brandy-like alcohol in the very end. Medium to full body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. We were all equally impressed with this brew at the table (and beforehand, happy to learn that Brouwbar would create an Imperial Black IPA) - this greatly showcases Brouwbar's craftsmanship. A fitting tribute to Alengrin, congratulations on your 10K ratings and for your ever insightful 'beer reports'! And by the way: this should be on tap at Brouwbar by default!
gave a cheers!
Alengrin (11609) reviewed WI84 West Coast IPA from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Brouwbar's interpretation of West Coast IPA, tasted there from tap at different occasions. Egg-white, stable, moussy and somewhat 'bubbly' head on a hazy orange blonde beer with deep peachy tinge. Aroma of fresh wormwood leaf, grapefruit zest, orange pith, crackers, cheese rind, unripe apricot, pink peppercorns, bread crust. Clean onset, some unripe peach and green pear fruitiness, low in sweetness but still some; minerally carbonation, rounded and smooth body. Soggy cracker- and bread crust-like maltiness gradually bittered by a leafy, grapefruity, peppery hop bitterness, making for a long, dry finish; retronasal wormwood, grapefruit zest and tonic water elements appear, but in a somewhat restrained way. Dry and notably more bitter than most other Brouwbar IPAs so the intention to create a West Coast one is certainly there, but it still falls under a hybrid 'hazy West Coast IPA' category (a kind of 'new' West Coast IPA you see pop up everywhere in recent years) rather than the original, 'historical', true West Coast IPA tradition; West Coast IPA the Brouwbar way, with accessibility, gentleness and elegance upfront, is probably the best way to describe it. In any respect, though, this is a tasty and well-brewed IPA for sure, one I may repeat (again) next time I am at Brouwbar.
mike_77 (15875) reviewed IBI85 Black IPA from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Very dark brown colour. Aroma and flavour have plenty of piney, bitter hop notes. Touch of roasted coffee too. Very flavoursome. Congratulations Alengrin!