Barbãr (Belgian Honey Ale)
Brasserie Lefèbvre SA

Barbãr (Belgian Honey Ale)Barbãr (Belgian Honey Ale)
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From:
Brasserie Lefèbvre SA
 
Belgium
Style:
Belgian Pale Strong Ale
Ranked #77
ABV:
8%
Score:
88
Ranked #15,046
Avg:
3.91 | pDev: 12.28%
Reviews:
182
Ratings:
421
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 17, 2023
Added:
Oct 10, 2000
Wants:
  25
Gots:
  106
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Ratings by ant1:
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Rated by ant1 from France

3.75/5  rDev -4.1%

Jun 03, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by Noelito76 from New York

Sep 17, 2023
 
Rated: 3.69 by howardnss from Pennsylvania

Jan 24, 2023
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

3.94/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
I had this on draft @ the Hopleaf on 9/19/22.

Mostly see-through golden appearance.

Minimal white head; decent lace.

Honey, orange peel & faint clove notes in the nose.

Sticky, medium mouthfeel.

Apple cider & honey flavors up front; mild clove & booze heat notes on the finish.

A bit odd, with cider & honey notes colliding, but it's not unpleasant.
Sep 25, 2022
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Reviewed by BucBasil from Rwanda

4.06/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from the 330ml swingtop bottle into a mug. The beer is a dark orange colour with a 2 finger off-white head.

Smell: sweet with apple and light fruit and Belgian yeast.

Taste: light with pear and apple and a sugary finish. About what was expected here. Sme balancing biscuit malt but with a slight hint of honey.

Overall: a fairly typical Belgian pale but with a very drinkable quality. Tasty. Light. No downsides
Jun 10, 2022
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

2.99/5  rDev -23.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Bottle, at The Rover, Göteborg. This beer includes 2.5% honey. Golden colour, slightly hazy. Pleasant but not very strong flowery aroma, some honey but not dominant. Flavour is sweetish, but not much is going on besides the honey. Alcohol is well hidden, though.
Mar 30, 2022
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Reviewed by misteil from Ireland

3.68/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
i think this is the second beer i’ve had with honey in it, maybe there’s been more, for a beer with added glucose syrup and honey, you’d think it’d be sweet as hell but it’s not, really there isn’t a lot going on here, but what’s there is nice, sweet honey, white bread malt, belgian yeast flavours, spice, clove, orange, if the flavours were just amped up a good bit i’d reckon this would be very nice, light bodied with high carbonation, easy drinking, it’s growing on me, but not a great beer
Mar 30, 2022
 
Rated: 3.86 by Sphagnicola from Belgium

Dec 14, 2021
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Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England

2.89/5  rDev -26.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
Blind-tasted except for the beer's name and brewery/country, zero reviews below read (yet!)...
L- Pours a quite deep honey-amber, clear as a bell but with zero head; most unusual. The glass is nucleated so there is vigorous rising CO2 from that etched spot but bubbles burst on hitting the surface.
S- A veeery mild smell. I am a bit congested but I get nothing discernible here.
T- It has quite bright dryer hops in the front-end and then goes into prominent honey notes, and yet it doesn't seem rich never mind sweet.
F- There's a lot of CO2 in the mouth and with the dry/bright hops any richness is held in check.
O- Interesting to try but I think the dominance of honey over anything much else leaves this lacking dimensions for me. The CO2 in the mouth seems mega, with is very odd as without a 'foam spot' I think that that in the glass might look entirely flat. It's not the glass, perhaps honey does this!... hmm?
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! Contains glucose-syrup!! UGH for me that's unforgivable! Oh and honey '(2%, non-EU)'. bitter orange peel and coriander, not that I noticed the last two.
330ml flipr-top bottle BB: 12/05/2022 £3.95 Bought from BeautifulBeers/BurySt.Edmunds as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
Feb 21, 2021
 
Rated: 3.75 by shigg85 from Japan

Jan 31, 2021
 
Rated: 3.23 by DvdP from Netherlands

Nov 14, 2020
 
Rated: 3.98 by smi69 from New York

Jun 06, 2020
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Rated by Daniel473 from Netherlands

4.03/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3
I had to pay 40 cent extra for the bottle, nevertheless a great honey beer. Sweet and strong
May 02, 2020
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Reviewed by elnachooo from Spain

3.75/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Cerveza dorada con un dedo de espuma de retención media. Cuerpo y carbonatación media. Aroma trigo, cereal y miel. En boca es muy agradable dado que lo dulce que le aporta la miel, lo cítrico de la naranja y el cilantro resultan equilibrados. Tiene un 8% de alcohol.
Feb 13, 2020
 
Rated: 2 by djrn2 from New Jersey

Dec 01, 2019
 
Rated: 4.14 by Rumlibeers from Switzerland

Sep 20, 2019
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Reviewed by OlaB from Norway

3.88/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a clear golden color with a medium top off white head that dissolves quickly.
Aroma is of malts, honey and flowers.
The taste is sweet with honey notes as expected and some nice malt notes in the back. The finish has some slight bitterness.
Not the most complex flavours, but they are balanced nicely. Mouthfeel is smooth and crisp with a medium carbonation and a medium body.
A refreshing and nice ale with and interesting twist.
Jun 15, 2019
 
Rated: 3.94 by mcbridec6 from New Jersey

Jun 09, 2019
 
Rated: 3.85 by Eltrandos from France

Apr 20, 2019
 
Rated: 4.5 by chuprynka from New Jersey

Mar 24, 2019
Barbãr (Belgian Honey Ale) from Brasserie Lefèbvre SA
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 421 ratings