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La Binchoise Spéciale Noël (Reserve Special - USA)
Brasserie La Binchoise (Malterie des Remparts)
- From:
- Brasserie La Binchoise (Malterie des Remparts)
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 12.16%
- Reviews:
- 119
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 29, 2017
- Added:
- Feb 08, 2003
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 5
No description / notes.
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Ratings by ccrida:
Reviewed by ccrida from Oregon
4.47/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Another dirty old 750ml this one stamped 6/04! Poured in my large Gulden Draak tulip, the Reserve Special is hazy copper with a large, light khaki head that's long lasting, leaving heavy lace.
Smell is sweet tropical fruits, curacao, wildflower honey and light alcohol, liqueur like. A bit medicinal, like a tasty children's cough syrup.
Taste is rich, with a soft sweet fruitiness. Sherry, honey, toffee, and spicy oranges and hops. Fairly well rounded, but with a dry edge from the spices and alcohol. Nice depth, a great after dinner sipper.
Mouthfeel is very luscious and creamy, really fantastic. Big richness but still lighter viscosity.
Drinkability is very good, another fantastically complex, sophisticated, 4 year old masterpiece from Brasserie La Binchoise. It begged to be paired the Rivers Edge Cheve, Roasted Hazelnut and Frangelico Torte I had in my fridge, which worked fantastically.
Apr 21, 2008Smell is sweet tropical fruits, curacao, wildflower honey and light alcohol, liqueur like. A bit medicinal, like a tasty children's cough syrup.
Taste is rich, with a soft sweet fruitiness. Sherry, honey, toffee, and spicy oranges and hops. Fairly well rounded, but with a dry edge from the spices and alcohol. Nice depth, a great after dinner sipper.
Mouthfeel is very luscious and creamy, really fantastic. Big richness but still lighter viscosity.
Drinkability is very good, another fantastically complex, sophisticated, 4 year old masterpiece from Brasserie La Binchoise. It begged to be paired the Rivers Edge Cheve, Roasted Hazelnut and Frangelico Torte I had in my fridge, which worked fantastically.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
3.91/5 rDev -3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev -3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
330ml bottle from BeersOfEurope website (£2.49):
Great stuff with nice floral flavours, touches of fruits & a few bread malts. Nothing was overly pronounced giving the beer a nice balance with strong carbonation & a dry, fresh feel. It falls just short of some of the best Belgian ales but it's still a nice one & well worth looking out for.
Jan 12, 2016Great stuff with nice floral flavours, touches of fruits & a few bread malts. Nothing was overly pronounced giving the beer a nice balance with strong carbonation & a dry, fresh feel. It falls just short of some of the best Belgian ales but it's still a nice one & well worth looking out for.
Reviewed by eduardolinhalis from Switzerland
4.1/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
330ml bottle served in a Duvel tulip glass.
Best before 09/2013 in the bottle. Perfectly conserved.
A: Pours a dark and cloudy amber color which is also dirty with many particles floating inside the glass. Forms a huge and bubbled light yellow head leaving some lingering and molasses lacings in the glass
S: Very fruity in the nose. Strong notes of plums and raisins. Toffee, caramel malts, crystal malts. Belgian-style bready yeasts. A bit spicy. Some alcohol can be felt in the very end
T: Follows the nose. Sweet upfront: Very malty and fruity. Strong notes of plums, raisins, caramel malts, crystal malts and bready yeasts. A bit spicy. Mild hoppy bitter end. In overall, a sweet beer with a Belgian bittersweet profile. A bit of alcohol can be felt in the end
M: Heavy and bit molasses body. Medium carbonation. Bittersweet aftertaste: Mainly fruity and malty
O: Good drinkability. Solid Belgian Strong Ale
Aug 17, 2013Best before 09/2013 in the bottle. Perfectly conserved.
A: Pours a dark and cloudy amber color which is also dirty with many particles floating inside the glass. Forms a huge and bubbled light yellow head leaving some lingering and molasses lacings in the glass
S: Very fruity in the nose. Strong notes of plums and raisins. Toffee, caramel malts, crystal malts. Belgian-style bready yeasts. A bit spicy. Some alcohol can be felt in the very end
T: Follows the nose. Sweet upfront: Very malty and fruity. Strong notes of plums, raisins, caramel malts, crystal malts and bready yeasts. A bit spicy. Mild hoppy bitter end. In overall, a sweet beer with a Belgian bittersweet profile. A bit of alcohol can be felt in the end
M: Heavy and bit molasses body. Medium carbonation. Bittersweet aftertaste: Mainly fruity and malty
O: Good drinkability. Solid Belgian Strong Ale
Reviewed by 2Cents from Nebraska
4.91/5 rDev +21.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.91/5 rDev +21.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
This bottle has been aged for a long time, according to the bottle date, over 5 years.
LOOK: Pinkish amber with lot's of yeast swimmers, a thin, off white,
head and lacing that really sticks around.
SMELL: Sour Cherries, caramel, bread dough, yeasty esters and some phenols.
TASTE: The sour cherry taste really stands out. There is a, non cloying, candied malt flavor that comes through along with a slight hop bite; it's very nicely balanced. The Alcohol is present but not over powering.
FEEL: Kind of chewy with a medium mouth feel. There just enough carbonation and alcohol to give this a pleasant crispness.
OVERALL: This really tastes more like a strong dark then a strong pale ale, maybe the aging has something to do with that. Either way, This is an outstanding beer.
Mar 23, 2013LOOK: Pinkish amber with lot's of yeast swimmers, a thin, off white,
head and lacing that really sticks around.
SMELL: Sour Cherries, caramel, bread dough, yeasty esters and some phenols.
TASTE: The sour cherry taste really stands out. There is a, non cloying, candied malt flavor that comes through along with a slight hop bite; it's very nicely balanced. The Alcohol is present but not over powering.
FEEL: Kind of chewy with a medium mouth feel. There just enough carbonation and alcohol to give this a pleasant crispness.
OVERALL: This really tastes more like a strong dark then a strong pale ale, maybe the aging has something to do with that. Either way, This is an outstanding beer.
La Binchoise Spéciale Noël (Reserve Special - USA) from Brasserie La Binchoise (Malterie des Remparts)
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
153 ratings
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