Barbãr Bok (formerly Barbãr De Noël)
Brasserie Lefèbvre SA

Poured at just warmer than fridge temp. Pours a nice dark brown with loads of fluffy tan head. Lots of lacing on the glass. The nose is brown sugar, maple, yeast, honey, big malts, and lots of spice. Lovely.

The taste is honey, toasted toffee, malts, brown sugar, dark berries, and a hint of black licorice. Great beer overall.

Bottle 0.33L.
Dark brown body with an average, frothy, tan head, mostly lasting with some nice lacing.
Moderate malty (roasted) aroma with notes of dark fruits (cherries, plums), raisins and some spices.
Moderate sweet flavour with some bitterness that shows up after a while.
Medium body with oily texture; soft carbonation; moderate alcoholic warming in the finish.

Copenhagen 8/5 2021. 33 cl bottle with a swing cap from Beerdealer web/shop. Weird simplistic figure with a shield and a stick on the label.

Pours opaque, dark brown with a big off-white head. Stable. Settles as 1,5 cm thick layer of foam covering the surface of the beer. Substantial lacing.

Aroma is medium intense with a sweet, malty odor mingling with a boozy scent of alcohol. Caramel, toffee and biscuits. Light yeasty notes of musty cellar. Sharp whiff of alcohol.

Medium strong carbonation. Medium thick, oily, soft yet lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is medium intense with a strong sweetness followed by a moderate bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet and caramel-ish. Lingers for a while. Finish is sweet with a boozy edge.

Wholesome, sweet and boozy - as it should be.

Dark brown-red color, mid-sized beige head. The aroma is sweet, with notes of fruits and honey. Taste of caramel, raisins , fand ruits with a hint of alcohol. Full body, low carbonation. Sweet fruity aftertaste.

Handsome 33 cl pug jug with a ceramic pop top, poured into a Licorn Black snifter, in Toulouse, France. Local V&B wine & biere shop pumping them out for 1.50€.
Bottle says, ‘Speciaal Donker Honnigbier’ - special honey beer. BB 03/2025.
Nose hits caramel malt and, yes, honey.
Taste is basically that, too. All over the place and scattered on first sip, but, just as any Belgian brew, you got to let it sit a minute. Pull itself together.
Now it makes sense. Classic Euro bock flavor with the honey raising its head and announcing its presence. Good dry finish, no bite of alcohol at all.
Mouth is mellow, yet full. Low carbonation.
Overall, this would be quite common - underwhelming even - if not for the delightful honey hit.

 

From a bottle with a ceramic stopper. Dark brown, quite a bit of head which settled down nicely. A smooth mouthfeel without too much carbonation. Malty, well-balanced, with a touch of honey. No string taste of alcohol. I really loved drinking this beer, and would get it again.

Shared bottle at local tasting, ABV 8.5%. Very dark brown colour, moderate beige head. Strong malty and alcoholic aroma and flavour, hints of honey. A bit better than average, but not really my cup of tea.

 

A very dry, strong dark ale. Character is raisins, gentle malt, a bit bready. More carbonation than expected in a winter beer. Very easy to drink for a strong ale. Quite decent, but not with anywhere near the depth of a quad or a Delirium Nocturnum, both of which are better options "en hiver."

 

De Decervecitas. En copa Teku. Jugando a The Last of Us. Agradable perfil acaramelado y a levadura belga que más bien recuerdan a un dubbel. Se sube eso sí bastante a la cabeza

L- Deep chestnut brown, clear, pours with 3mm pale tan head (10 mins later it's holding well).
S- Not that prominent, a mild fruit and timber note?
T- Big taste, deep and solid. Deep malts, slight cherry?/fruit liqueur ABV% zing, lending to a deep but brighter piquant facet that stops it all becoming a bit too heavy. This combines with going into a hoppier/dryer finish.
F- I can see why this was pitched as a winter-warmer, it's very of that style, deep, pungent, intense, one to slow sip. The carbonation in the mouth is unusually and notably huuuge, really! Resist taking a big gulp and hoping to 'swill' and have it linger longer in the mouth.
O- It's very nice, though I'd like it more if I found something more unique and distinctive about it. I'm enjoying drinking it but no special reason to buy this as a 'specialist import' for home delivery to the UK.
Euro2.70/330ml bottle from BelgiumInABox at Antwerp/BE for home delivery to me in London/UK BB: 11/06/2021.

 

This was a nice dessert. (But, I did cheat with a bite of chocolate.)
I bought it at UtoBeer in London's Brough Market, seeking a respite from the surprising dearth of Belgian beers in Britain.

But, Bok is not a good Looker; once the initial foam is gone, it looks like cola. Smells indicate this is a winter seasonal: sweet, holiday spicing and sweet. (I recognize I said : "sweet" twice; and did so for a purpose, it is sweet.) Tastes surprisingly are not too sweet, nicely balanced with the hop spicing and the holiday spicing. The bubbles never let this get cloying, either.

While this is my third from Lefebvre, I haven't reviewed them yet. I was impressed that the fourth, fifth and sixth generation of this family brewery is still alive. I look forward to finding Barbar again (both Bok and Honey.) But their distribution is weak in the U.S. So, maybe a trip to Belgium is in the cards soon.

 

Pours a dark-brown color with a medium top of beige head that dissolves quickly and leave some lacings. Aroma is of plums,dried fruits ,honey,caramel,corriander,bread and brown sugar. The taste starts of sweet with notes of fruits and honey with some malty tones in the back, it also has quite some herbal and spicy notes in the flavour. The finish is slightly bitter and herbal. The flavours has some nice complexity, but it get a little unballanced. Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy, but slightly thin. Medium carbonation with a light body.
Decent and good enough dark ale, but far from very impressive.

 

 

Do not smell a goat, taste it almost no, too white foam hardly show malt in taste, it's more a double with a honey's swelling, surprisingly not very special