Bottleworks Bangelijk Blonde

Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Ale
Lochristi, Belgium

Highly carbonated pale gold beer with whisps of white head. Sweet grainy nose with plenty of honey. Honey flavors give way to a bit of grain and a yeasty malt finish.

As I pour this beer an earthy, herbal note reminiscent of coriander is quite apparent. The beer pours with a four-finger thick, light tan colored head that sits atop a lightly hazy, pale-orange tinged, gold colored brew. The aroma is really dominated by that earthy spice note (coriander, clove, and something a bit more savory), but underneath it is a touch of bergamot a touch of Macintosh, pear and wild flower honey. Touches of dusty malt, soda crackers and sweet grain, especially the first two in the finish. In the time I have spent exploring the aroma, the head has slowly capsized leaving lots of thick lace on the sides of my glass as well as forming an interesting, varied, rockied surface of collapsed foam.

Lightly tart, yet with some honey malt derived notes, quite grassy too with a definite earthy spice quality to it. The earthy spice character seems like a phenolic yeast signature. The finish has touches of bergamot, grassy coriander, dusty malt and a bit of soda cracker grain flavors to it as well as a light bitterness and a slight astringency. This has a certain, palate clinging, fullness to it despite being somewhat light. In all truthfulness though this is a bit heavy for its alcohol content (at least to me as I like most of my Belgian beers to be light feeling for a given alcohol percentage compared to a standard ale). This actually quite dry tasting for its heft though; I think the light tartness might offset the malt sweetness & something seems to be contributing a bit of viscousness here (though I certainly don’t think this has anything but a Belgian yeast strain in it).

An interesting beer, I have to say that I can’t quite get past the earthy spice notes and phenolics; it seems a bit like a dirty Chimay yeast strain was used here.

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Bottle from Belmont Party. Poured clear yellow color with a large frothy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate tart citrus yeasty and small alcohol aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture. Medium spicy sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Complex soft drinkable brew.

Pours golden / blonde with lively carbonation and a snow white head. The aroma has sweet pale malt, thick earthy yeast, fresh baked bread and some spicy hops. Medium / light body with lots of stinging carbonation that accents the beer well. The flavor starts with sharp pepperiness, dry apricot, white grapes and lots of yeast. The finish is pleasantly sour and crisp. A fine beer.

Blond clear body with a great white creamy head. Bright yellow yet copper-orange. Yeasty, hoppy, and grainy. Nice easy drinking blond.

Nice looking - heavy sedimentation . Lots of pear and apple with a slight spice background. Somewhat bready and yeasty - pretty plain.

750 mL bottle - pours cloudy gold with thick white head; sweet citrus aromas lead to very smooth flavors; nice texture

Yellow with huge white head, and substantial sediment. Aroma is faint and generically belgian. Taste is same, but more watery and yeasty.$2.5/11.2oz