Barbãr Bok (formerly Barbãr De Noël) - Brasserie Lefèbvre SA

Kacid

California

4.45/5  rDev +20.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Served in a tulip Glass

Appearance: Pepsi-colored with a pepsi-like colored foam. Both fine and medium sized bubbles that float on a creamy head. Nice, thick lacing that follows the long-lasting head.

Nose: Anise, pepsi, sweet alcohol, herbal, herbal soda (like Mr.Green), spicy. Strong smell of honey
Warmed up: the nose smells like purple grape kool-aid, dark bitter chocolate becomes more prominent, as well as sweet red wine. Slightly unctuous. Lacing stuck thick to the entire glass

Flavour: Herbal, Pepsi, Bitter at the back of the toungue, Alcoholic burn at the back of the throat and tongue, dark/bitter chocolate malt, Honey and Brown sugar, dried fruits

WOW, i did not expect so much out of this beer, especially having never heard of it. It is an incredible Dark ale, complex flavours that only unfold more as it warms up. While it could pair well with some berry-like dark chocolate, i'd almost prefer to savour it alone to feel its complexity. Definitely worth a try! I'm keeping at least 1 of these in my fridge from now on

Serving type: bottle

02-12-2012 17:20:16 | More by Kacid

Ciocanelu

Romania

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

05-09-2013 12:06:55 | More by Ciocanelu

cowboy83

New York

4.75/5  rDev +28.7%

04-24-2013 02:47:23 | More by cowboy83

adamcthomp

Spain

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

03-30-2013 23:06:49 | More by adamcthomp

PaF

Israel

4.75/5  rDev +28.7%

03-30-2013 21:31:02 | More by PaF

Michigan

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +15.2%

02-19-2013 05:01:34 | More by Michigan

grahamboudreaux

Tennessee

4.25/5  rDev +15.2%

02-18-2013 00:09:46 | More by grahamboudreaux

boudreaux

Alabama

4/5  rDev +8.4%

02-17-2013 07:35:28 | More by boudreaux

sumpjh

California

3/5  rDev -18.7%

02-08-2013 10:44:29 | More by sumpjh

eduardolinhalis

Switzerland

3.79/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

500ml thumbler served from tap at Bruxelles Café - Lausanne.

A: Pours a very dark amber color forming a good one to two fingers creamy beige head. Good retention, forming and leaving some thin lacings around

S: Strong notes of dark fruits, spices and honey. Sweet grains. Bready Belgium style yeasts

T: Sweet upfront. Sweet caramel, dark fruits (plums, mainly), spices (cinnamon?) and honey. Brown bread. Belgian yeasts. Slightly earthy. Light hoppy bitterness in the end. Strong Belgian character. A bit alcohol warming

M: Medium and bit molasses body. Medium carbonation too. Malty bittersweet aftertaste

O: Good drinkability. Good winter ale. Recommended

Serving type: on-tap

01-26-2013 18:40:43 | More by eduardolinhalis

Ivanhoes_Backpack

New Brunswick (Canada)

2.5/5  rDev -32.2%

01-20-2013 04:12:24 | More by Ivanhoes_Backpack

Marius

Romania

4/5  rDev +8.4%

01-08-2013 21:10:24 | More by Marius

Douberd

Netherlands

3.93/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

330 ml brown bottle, with a swing top cap, poured into a snifter glass. ABV is 8,5%.

Pours a very brown colour, almost black, with a good two finger head, beige in colour, with average retention. Very light lacing left behind, although some foam persists on the beer's surface.
Very nice sweet smell. Lots of honey in the aroma, pretty much overpowers everything else. Some light alcohol aroma too.
Taste is sweet-sour, with less honey now and more flavours of dark fruits,red grapes,molasses. Tastes quite like a good red wine.
Quite carbonated with a medium to full body.
Great beer.

Serving type: bottle

12-25-2012 17:05:06 | More by Douberd

Pegasus

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Deep amber colored body, verges on black, surmounted by a thick, dense and creamy tan head, which retains well. Thin, fine-beaded lacing utterly coats the glass walls.

Aroma: Dark fruits and spices (coriander, cloves) dominate the aroma. There is also a fairly prominent aroma of dark bread. The purported orange rind is not discernible.

Taste: Opens with strong dark bread notes, soon after a subdued winter spice presence makes itself known, quickly followed by spicy, slightly warming alcohol. The dark malt offers some earthy, smoky flavors as the taste unfolds. Toward the end of the taste, bitter cocoa and earth notes assert, and a moderate wave of metallic hops draws the taste to a close.

Mouth feel: Smooth and fairly soft, a touch thin.

Drinkability/notes: Not spectacular, but neither is it bad. Worth a try on a cold Winter's night.

Presentation: Packaged in an eleven point two ounce Euro-style brown glass long neck bottle with a pry-off crown, served in a New Belgium Brewing chalice.

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2012 01:29:50 | More by Pegasus

pin

Australia

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

11-26-2012 02:02:01 | More by pin

samEBC

Belgium

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

10-16-2012 21:20:25 | More by samEBC

Melomanemusher

Quebec (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +15.2%

10-08-2012 22:05:02 | More by Melomanemusher

GRUUMSH

Belgium

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

09-21-2012 22:10:00 | More by GRUUMSH

djcreepshow

Nova Scotia (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

09-19-2012 04:01:54 | More by djcreepshow

Aethien

Netherlands

3.28/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pours a dark brown with a fizzy tan head that fades to a thick film on the beer.

Smells like fruit, blackberries and blueberries mainly with some hints of strawberry in there as well. Slightly artificial fruit though. It's hard to smell anything past the fruits but there's some chocolaty malts in there as well, it's all very very sweet though. I loved the smell when I first got it but now that I'm drinking the beer it's less appetizing and a bit too artificially sweetened.

Taste is full of fruits again and just as sweet, it takes a lot of effort to taste much of anything past the fruity yeast and sweetness. Add a noticeable amount of alcohol to it and the thick, creamy mouthfeel and this beer is very enjoyable for the first few sips and goes downhill after that.

As mentioned, the mouthfeel is very thick and creamy, almost like you're drinking fruity yoghurt instead of beer.

Overall, this beer started out wonderful but went downhill quickly for me because of the overly sweet nose and taste and the thick mouthfeel that make it hard to drink. Still, it's worth trying, if only because it's so different from the norm for the style.

Serving type: bottle

09-17-2012 17:14:40 | More by Aethien

Dwarf

4/5  rDev +8.4%

09-13-2012 17:44:56 | More by Dwarf

beerpadawan

California

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

08-27-2012 16:57:11 | More by beerpadawan

fionn13

Ireland

3.25/5  rDev -11.9%

08-06-2012 12:50:35 | More by fionn13

harpus

Alabama

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

07-24-2012 14:44:15 | More by harpus

Texasfan549

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

07-08-2012 23:58:10 | More by Texasfan549