La Binchoise Bière Des Ours (Berenbier)
Brasserie La Binchoise (Malterie des Remparts)

Bottle 0.33L.
Hazy, deep golden body with a large, frothy white head, mostly diminishing with fair lacing; high density of large bubbles.
Moderate malty (caramel) and light hoppy (flowers) aroma with sweet notes of honey and light alcohol.
Moderate sweet and light acidic flavour; average-lasting finish with a sweetish and acidic character and a light bitter note.
Medium body with watery-to-oily texture; average carbonation.

I pick this beer in auchan market just 1 euro per 1 bottle 33c.
It is amazing price for all. perfect taste seems like traditional yale.
I will try again asap

 

Pale hazy golden colour, with a small head that fades leaving a layer and a good compact lace. Aroma of honey, cloves, apple. Medium body, thick palate. Taste is fruity, honey is more present than in the smell, cloves, apples. Good.

With only what you want of honey for it not to be cloying this beer, as each of their products is quite drinkable despite the high abv. Maybe their most balanced offering

 

 

 

 

 

Served from a bottle the wife grabbed at Max Value on Okinawa, poured into Samichlaus Tulip...

A - Bright orange haze, big old white mountain of head, no lace.

S - Citrus orange pulp dominates the nose along with sweet lemon hard candy.

T - Flavors of honey from orange blossoms and belgian yeast ; meadlike in the middle, nothing bitter about it at all and thats ok.

M - Small bubbles and a light medium body create a creamy texture.

Overall this is a nice summer beer. Light and palate friendly to anyone while still bringing the flavor. What I wish a lot of hefs would taste like actually. Wish they did it in an American style sixer, with some more IBU's. Would recommend.

 

Ordered a vintage 750mL bottle of this from 1996 at the Farmhouse in Emmaus. This beer poured out as a nice golden color with a light fizzy white head. The lacing is minimal but still has decent character. The smell of the beer had a light funk aroma too it, the beer still retained a decent sweetness to it on the nose as well. The taste of the beer is malty and sweet with some Belgian yeast flavors in there too. The mouthfeel is smooth and fairly light bodied. Overall I really enjoyed having the vintage bottle of this. Damn good brew.

33cl into a tulip. Pours a nearly transparent golden orange, towering dense pure white head, nice lacing.

Aroma is of powdery yeast joined by a strong phenolic note, clean, happy.

The phenolic note carries through in the taste. The flavor lacks complexity but this is not a weakness. Quiet fruit and floral notes. The honey is obvious. Zero bitter, zero dry, zero hint of alcohol. The neutral but pleasant aftertaste fades quickly. Nice choice for a relatively high abv brew that won't complicate your palate during a meal. Medium bodied creamy mouthfeel.
cheers
jd

Dumpy 33cl brown bottle, best before19 Nov 2011: poured slowly into a Leffe badged chalice on 22 may 2011.

No sediment left the bottle, so the beer was a pale amber colour, almost clear, but not quiet. A wispy white covering with a thicker collar appeared as I poured, the collar stayed, the rest left fairly swiftly.

Not a lot of smell coming from the beer, some summer fruits and floral notes, but not a lot of anything. I couldn't find any honey in the aroma, but it does have strong hints of honey in the flavours once you start to drink the beer.

This is in a style that has some hit hitters (Duvel and La Chouffe, etc, etc.), so how does it stand up against such brews? The taste is honey sweet and very floral in it's mouthfeel, less spicey than La Chouffe and not as effervescent as a Duvel.

I think the honey does the beer no favours at all, in fact it sweetens it too much in my eyes.

A - it has a brown residue at the mouth of the bottle once opened, and is evident in the foam when poured. Cloudy amber, low foam with big bubbles once settled.

S - Sweet honey and vanilla

T - Fruits, some floral, honey, somewhat bitter

M - Smooth, slight carbonation, crisp finish

D - Great beer. I'm really liking the honey flavor. Though the brown residue threw me off.

Pale but troubled by deposits marbled honey suspended. The nose is honeyed and suggested that much in Barbar. The beer is fizzy and has a very substantial balance with a powerful body slightly supported by mixing honey without the sweetness is needed, leaving the harshness and power in the body. The finish has a convincing bitterness provided by honey.

Bottle: Poured a clear golden color ale with a super huge pure white foamy head with great retention and very good lacing. Aroma of sweet malt with a subtle peppery yeast. Taste is mix between some medium sweet Belgian malt with a slightly spicy yeast and some bready notes. Full body with great carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Well done if maybe lacking some character.

A: pours a cloudy, pale yellow with a 3 finger, rocky, white head with good retention and leaves a nice sticky lace.

S: floral hops, slightly fruity and a touch of honey and spice

T: nice floral hops, ripe fruit, coriander and a nice honey-sweet finish

M: light, well carbonated and a refreshingly crisp finish

D: I'm really enjoying this beer - great flavour and a subtle honey sweetness on the finish that makes the beer go down really smooth. I could definitely put down a few of these and I look forward to buying this one again.

Beer bottle (33cl.), tasted in 2002.

Appearance : beautiful blond gold color, an important off-gassing and a nice white foam head.
Smell : barley, yeast and hops aromas.
Taste and mouthfeel : well-round, full, slightly pungent. The mouth is grass, with notes of licorice and anise and softness due to honey.
Drinkability : a good beer in the style Belgian strong ale

Review translated from french 6-25-2008.