Brugs Blond

Brewed by Brouwerij Palm
Style: Belgian Ale
Steenhuffel, Belgium

The Lure:
Discreet woody, peppery hops escape from the macro grain. A nicely-sized head subsides pretty fast to retreat into the translucent peachy, hay yellow.

The Festivities:
Big bubbles push forth a confident, dry hay character which later recalls wheat. Shy hoppiness accompanies the yeasty oranges and a residual bitterness which seems to come from the (wheaty?) grain.

Transcendence:
You know those people who think they’re cooler because they’re drinking something imported?

Slightly hazy beer with a warm gold-blond color and with a white fluffy head. Nice fruity hints in the nose with touches of cakes ending with a lemony freshness. Mild taste with a weard vegetal freshness. Good carbonation with a minty-lemony accent. in the afthertaste, the mildness and the fresh apricot accent of this beer is turning into a dry bitter hoppyness.

Totally limpid straw yellow. Huge frothy head disappears within seconds, forming big exploding bubbles. Mild yeast, pineapple, lactic whipped cream, phenols and grassy hops. Very sweet palate, blandish and closing to sinful belgian malt liquor territory. A sweet malt bed over which lie grassy heat that cuts very short. Mouthfeel is pretty decent otherwise, crisp carbonation and slight oily tartness. This was weak, much more than expected. Pils malt comes out truly faint, alcohol is rather obvious for this strenght, apperance is depressing at best and aftertaste is very sweet in a grainy type of way.

On tap at Los a Moelle (Restaurant), Bruges. Typical Blond in appearance and aroma. Flavourwise: a slight banana, but mainly just a very crisp, slightly bitter, but easy drinking ale. A more than adequate accompaniment to a delicious steak au poivre.

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Golden coloured with a large, long lasting, white head. Aroma is sharp, sweet and fruity. Taste is sweet and fruity. Light body, medium to thin on the palate. Slight bitterness at the finish.

on draft in brug, belgium: if you ever get a chance visit this town in belgium, it is one of the most picturesque places in europe and they gots lots of belgium biers. further, dont get this mixed up with bruge blanche which is a weak wit bier. this one has a fruit sweet nose and palate with some tart bitterness in the end. average and drinkeable.

Bottled @ ’t Brugs Beertje : Golden coloured. Clear. White lasting head. Malt, sweetness and fruit in the aroma. Malts, alcahol and some sweetness in the flaovur. Smooth and sweet finish.

Light fruity aroma, with bit of pear and malt. Low hops. Clear medium amber with white lacing head. Medium body with medium-high carbonation. Light sweet start, light acidity. Finish is lightt acidic, medium bitter. After is medium-high bitter, hint of sweetness. Bit of alcohol. Nice ale.