Boelens Kerstbier

3.3

173 reviews

Belsele, Belgium

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3.0 Bottle sampled at Essen Winterbier festival 2015. Appears dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of herbs, caramel, overripe dark fruit, perfume and toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

3.2 Bottle at the Essen Winter Beer Festival, 2015. Poured a clear dark brown with a round off white head. The aroma is sweet malt, light caramel spice. The flavour is moderate sweet with a zesty fake sugar fruity light alcohol palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

2.6 bottle sample during xmas beer festival, poured a amber colour with a slight off white head. nose has vineous fruits upfront, going to the tart side, spices, caramel, and slight yeast. it’s not about right.

3.1 Bottle @ home. Dark amber to brown colour with a skall off-white head. Smells sour, red fruits, wild yeast, floral. Probably infected. Tastes sweet, loads of herbs, slightly floral. Doesn’t taste sour. Medium body, soft carbo. Taste isn’t too bad.

3.2 3/VII/15 - 33cl bottle as "Santa Bee" from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ Filip’s place - BB: 15/XI/15 (2015-833) Clear amber beer, creamy irregular beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet, honey, sugary, bit soapy, floral, citronella. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish, spicy, citrus, floral, hoppy, bit herbal. Aftertaste: soft bitterness, lots of citronella, some caramel, hoppy, bit grassy, soapy touch. Weird, with all the citronella. I’m curious where that came from...

3.5 Bottle 33cl (Santa bee), pours a Brown colour with a small head, aroma of cherry and honey, Sourish taste with dry aftertaste, bit alcohol

3.3 bottle quasi scura buona schiuma piuttosto persistente erbaceo terroso lieve nota maltata mielosa una nota ferrosa lieve tostature unanota fruttata uvetta note dolciadtre lieve liquoroso

3.7 Pours a hazy dark brown body with a medium head. Pleasent sweet aroma. Nice and balanced fruity taste with a hoppy feel.

3.2 Better known nowadays as Santa Bee, another stereotypical Scotch-based Belgian Christmas ale, deep bronze with dense, off-white head; malty and estery aroma, honey, sweet spiciness, candied fruits; malty taste, fruity, candi sugar, caramelly, yeasty, sourish touch with a dryish finish with some warming alcohol and roasted coffee bitterishness, but solvents as well. Quite alright but there are better Belgians to choose from in this time of the year.

2.9 red, cloudy color. fruity / fresh smell of cherries and carbonation. light spicy and light sour aroma. body feels light. sour taste, some vegetables, a bit of spices. light bitter finish.

3.1 330 ml bottle. Pours clear dark orange amber with an eggshell white head. Odd spicy aroma, mingled with some caramel. Medium body, body and taste kind of blend. Not waauwed...

3.1 Draught @ Le Trappiste, Brugge. Practically black with a thin head. Has a sugary sweet winter fruit aroma and taste.

3.4 (backlog) Bottle at a tasting at maxxdaddy’s, As Santa bee. Hazy brown pour with tan head. Spice, yeast, sweet malt, and other belgian tones.

3.2 Lasting huge beige head. Clear deep brown body. Vinous honey aroma with apple and spice notes. Dry-sweet spicy honey taste with apple notes. Mid-to-full body. Mildish mouthfeel. Dryish spicy honey aftertaste with buttery notes. Nice, vivid, drinkable. (0.33l bottle from the brewery.)

3.7 Bottle from the brewery as Santa Bee. Dar. Candy sugar, nutmeg, the honey in this is not very prominent. Burned sugar, flowers, soot. Complex, highly enjoyable.

4.7 Bière de Noël de 8,5 % abv, ceci peut convenir pour la force, restent les saveurs … Couleur brun roux, et roux en transparence. Un peu de levure en suspension, malgré une absence de dégagement gazeux au décapsulage. Bulles moyennes partout, bien vives. Mousse beige moyen qui nappe bien. Arômes de groseille rouge, melon, madère, pointe de myrtille et de grenade. 1ère bouche souple avec des épices en tête, du malt torréfié, dans un ensemble plutôt hétéroclite. Arrière-bouche plutôt agréable mais pas très définie. 2ème très orientée sur les fleurs/épices, sans vraie caractéristique. 3ème de même style, mais le fondu est plus joli. Arrière-bouche plus longue, plus harmonieuse. La longueur commence sur des herbes des bois, du cerfeuil, un peu de fenouil, quelques amandes pilées. Agréable, et surtout en progression sur les 1ères bouches. Par la suite, on passe sur un aspect un peu vineux, avec des effluves de fût. La levure un peu terreuse, mais assez structurée pour développer cette bière. L’alcool est en progression lente et magnifique pour travailler la longueur dans tout son potentiel. La finale développe bien le thème épices/vin. CONCLUSION : il est bien dommage que les 1ères bouches aient tardé à se préciser, parce que cette bière avait un grand potentiel. Il s’est révélé sur la longueur, c’est déjà très bien... Une Christmas sympathique.

3.5 [Bottle] Marketed as ’Santa Bee’. 2010 vintage. Dark amber color with garnet colored highlights. About a half inch of dense cream colored head. Aroma of bubblegum, sherry, honey and grass is kind of all over the place. Includes strawberry, licorice, yeasty phenols, fig and spice in the taste. Carbonation levels reminiscent of tonic water. Full bodied and borderline syrupy. Tasting notes from 12/2011.

3.5 Dark beer. Smells neutral. The advertised amount of caramel and sweetness is not detectable. Tastes like herbs, spices. Some honey, ’wooden’ smell. Okay.

3.5 signori superbirra! ricordo la mia ultima visita al birrificio boelens..agricolo,rustico,utilizzo di materie prime visibilmente naturali,alla mano e semplice..in questa birra si può trovare tutto ciò..pur non rientrando a mio parere tra le birre artigianali natalizie,la birra è una bomba! aromi agrumosi molto molto decisi (pompelmo in primis) derivanti da spezie e piante particolari sicuramente (ricordo roba verde che veniva lanciata nei fermentatori :D) e non da luppolo..gusto maltato ma come nell’aroma,dominato da spezie davvero gradevolissime che la rendono amara ma non come il luppolo..un qualcosa che svanisce dopo la sorsata e invoglia la gola a ricevere dell’altro! gasata al punto giusto,corpo medio,finale secco..davvero un’ottima birra "natalizia"!

3.7 Sampled @ Kerstbierfestival Essen 2013. Clear reddish color, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, lightly herbs or spices, slightly liquor or wood somehow. Quite nice.

3.6 pours dark clear brown small white head fresh, chcolaty bitter in the smell rqther high carbo shqrp bitterness in the tqste . chocolqty, mqlty bqck . some honey , actualy pretty ’ summery ’ feeling from the refreshing and light -kinda feeling . almost even get mint in this ... good

2.9 Bottle: Aroma of geuze, cider, fruits. Flavor is also at the sourly side with green aplle notes, maltiness, roastiness.

3.5 Bottle as Santa Bee @ Studenterbaren, Århus. Pours slightly hazy amber with a white head. Aroma of malt, yeast, candy sugar, caramel, little fruit. Flavor is malty, caramel, yeast, dark fruits, light sourness, little spice. Medium body, lively carbonation. 161113

3.9 Bottle of Santa Bee. Poured deep ruby red, thick, bubbly tan head. Aroma of sweet candy and caramel malt, quite spicy and zesty. Medium body, lively flavour of yeasty cherry,

4.7 Bottle as Santa Bee: Tief dunkle Farbe, würziger Geruch. Der Antrunk ist weich- süßlich, sehr mild-weich. Diese mild-weiche Note setzt sich zum Hauptteil noch deutlicher durch, sehe schön malzig mit leichten, aber angenemen Röstaromen und einer herb-kräuterigen Note, die im Nachgeschmack noch deutlicher hervortritt! Sehr toll und die leicht süßliche Honignote passt auch sehr gut zu dem Gesamtbild! Sehr sehr tolles Winterbier! Nicht zu süß, malzig-würzig mit tollem Kräuterfinish!! Die 8,5% fallen nicht auf!! Sehr zu empfehlen!! --> A 14 / Sü 13 / Ng 15 / ges 14

3.3 Very sweet christmas beer. The usual thing for this style: lots of malt, spices and yeast.

3.2 Flaske fra Belgisk Bryg: flott skum som det ofte er på belgiske. Aroma som minner om umodne kirsebær. Smaken bringer også tankene i retning av sure kirsebær. Lett munnfølelse, og de 8,7 (iflg. etiketten, ikke 8,5 som RB sier) vitaminene er slett ikke sjenerende til stede. Kort ettersmak. Hva den har med julen å gjøre, kanskje skal den være en motvekt til den fete julematen?

3.3 Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are dried fruits, malt, caramel, candy sugar and hops.

3.3 Bottle @ home. Versione natalizia della Bieken, la supera in quasi tutti gli aspetti. Al profumo erbaceo e floreale agiung edelle note speziate molto interessanti tipo vin brulé ( chiiodi di garofano / zenzero, etc.). Il colore è scuro, mogano e con riflessi rossastri, non è trasparente me è più limpida della versiona standard, anche se non è filtrata. La schiuma è comunque biancastra e compatta. In bocca il miele è più evidente e anche la luppolatura è meno generosa per lasciar spazio ai gusti speziati delle birre natalizie. Qualcosa mi ricorda le bevande al chinotto. Finale più appiccicoso e lungo.

2.5 aroma: floraal, mout, zuur, metaal, zoet. smaken: mout, floraal, metaal, zuur, gerstemoutm caramout, wijn. licht/medium body, dun van textuur, normale co2. indruk: vreemde smaakcombinatie, afdronk drook, matig bier.