Bon Homme
Brouwerij De Leite
- From:
- Brouwerij De Leite
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Ale
Ranked #55 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 81
Ranked #35,684 - Avg:
- 3.41 | pDev: 18.77%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 24, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 08, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
2.62/5 rDev -23.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.62/5 rDev -23.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Blind-tasted except for the beer's name and brewery/country, zero reviews below read (yet!)...
L- Chestnut brown, pours slightly hazy with a 2mm dark tan fine-bubble foam cap.
S- Belgian yeast and perhaps hints of spice.
T- Ooph, it's notably dry, and morphing into sour, that completely blind-sided me judging by it's look! It tastes more like a Belgian Geuze style to me, but they're blond, most odd.
F- The moderate sourness seems to dominate all else. Though CO2 seems good in the mouth.
O- This has got to be the biggest surprise I've had tasting a new beer recently. It looked like it might be an ale probably slightly to the rich/complex side but instead it's light and acidicly sour. No sign of ABV% here either. I'll persevere a while more but it clashes majorly vs my preferred tastes. How it got through my broad but quite specific purchase-criteria is unknown...
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! ==> It's a 6.5% 'Dark', hmmm. It ranks itself 6/8 on the Malty scale, I disagree, and 0/8 for Sour!; which makes me wonder if this bottle is simply off.
330ml bottle BB: 04/09/2023 Euro2.95 Bought from BeerMania/Belgium as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London. #1875.
Jun 11, 2021L- Chestnut brown, pours slightly hazy with a 2mm dark tan fine-bubble foam cap.
S- Belgian yeast and perhaps hints of spice.
T- Ooph, it's notably dry, and morphing into sour, that completely blind-sided me judging by it's look! It tastes more like a Belgian Geuze style to me, but they're blond, most odd.
F- The moderate sourness seems to dominate all else. Though CO2 seems good in the mouth.
O- This has got to be the biggest surprise I've had tasting a new beer recently. It looked like it might be an ale probably slightly to the rich/complex side but instead it's light and acidicly sour. No sign of ABV% here either. I'll persevere a while more but it clashes majorly vs my preferred tastes. How it got through my broad but quite specific purchase-criteria is unknown...
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! ==> It's a 6.5% 'Dark', hmmm. It ranks itself 6/8 on the Malty scale, I disagree, and 0/8 for Sour!; which makes me wonder if this bottle is simply off.
330ml bottle BB: 04/09/2023 Euro2.95 Bought from BeerMania/Belgium as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London. #1875.
Reviewed by LeedsZimbabwe from New York
4.77/5 rDev +39.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.77/5 rDev +39.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
This beer is underrated. It has a beautiful smokey, malty taste, a rich smell, hints of oak. It has a lot of flavour and aroma, maybe more than a typical bruin, but it really does deliver.
Apr 24, 2016
Reviewed by ManforallSaisons from Belgium
3.01/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.01/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Bottle cap labeled 15 March 2013. An attractive brown with a hint of red, like a murky, sedimented an carbonated ice tea, under a (briefly) rocky, sabayon-colored head. Smells of sawdust, forest greenery, some toffee, banana, a bit of magic marker -- evaporating alcohol, even in a not hugely strong brew? -- that fortunately blew off after getting some air in the tulip glass. Malty attack is mainly a flat sweetness, little roastiness, with a root-beer-like (not all the wag to puckering) sourness. Some cherry, mint and chocolate started to emerge after a few sips, improving things. Still, I'm surprised after the fact to see the label mention spices. Mouthfeel is thinner than my eye anticipated, a bit astringent, well carbonated.
Sep 11, 2013
Reviewed by impending from California
3.17/5 rDev -7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.17/5 rDev -7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
33cl into a tulip. Pours a ruddy dishwater cola, minor head even with encouragement, what remained subsided quickly, minor lacing.
Aroma is of subdued unidentifiable brown fruit with something tart or wild nearby.
Taste offers decent complexity with a grape skin tartness being the defining element. Vinous qualities come out as it pleasantly warms. Peculiar hint of cinnamon appears as the aftertaste fades. Thin to medium creamy mouthfeel.
cheers
jd
inconceivable
Jul 09, 2011Aroma is of subdued unidentifiable brown fruit with something tart or wild nearby.
Taste offers decent complexity with a grape skin tartness being the defining element. Vinous qualities come out as it pleasantly warms. Peculiar hint of cinnamon appears as the aftertaste fades. Thin to medium creamy mouthfeel.
cheers
jd
inconceivable
Reviewed by SmokinSmyth from Belgium
3.51/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
This is the mate to "Femme Fatale" that I had a couple of weeks ago. Pour is not real inspiring, a flat brown ale. No lacing.
Aroma is a pleasant surprise, as it is a mix of caramel and hops, much more inviting than the appearance.
The taste is good, with a smoky caramel the majority contributor.
Mouthfeel is a little weak, but not bad.
Not a bad beer, but no match for its sister from the same brewery.
Jul 08, 2011Aroma is a pleasant surprise, as it is a mix of caramel and hops, much more inviting than the appearance.
The taste is good, with a smoky caramel the majority contributor.
Mouthfeel is a little weak, but not bad.
Not a bad beer, but no match for its sister from the same brewery.
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