Brunehaut Abbaye de Saint-Martin Blonde

Brewed by Brunehaut
Style: Belgian Ale
Rongy, Belgium

Pours a clear blonde color with a thin white head and a floral aroma. There is a carbonated wheatish flavor with more hop bitterness than usual for this style. Very refreshing.

Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours a nice orange gold with a slight white head. Aroma is ligtly sour/citrus. Medium body with firm carbonation. Flavor is mainly citrus/coriander with some yeast/spice. Quite refreshing. Fruity/floral.

330 ml Bottle. Pours hazy golden with fizzy, mostly diminishing off-white foam with slight lace. Not too vibrant aroma of clove spiciness, salty grains with some honeyish malt profile. Slightly sweet, biscuity malty initation with moderate flavors of crisp coriander, almondy and citrus peel hints. Medium body with pleasantly smooth texture. Short, slightly herbal hoppy finish.

Bottle from the Orland Park, IL, Binny’s: This poured a clear golden yellow body with lazily moving bubbles supporting a fizzy white head that soon devolved into a film. The aroma has light pale malts covered by some citrus and floral scents. The flavor’s the same, the letter translating into a mild bitterness. Not much character, but drinkable.

Bottle, 33cl. Pours a cloudy golden, with decent enough white head. Somewhat nondescript aroma of cereal and grain, with a sprinkling of zest. Uninspiring on the palate of a faint array of citrus, cereal and grain. Not that impressive.

330ml Bottle: Aroma of grains, matzoh, yeast, light vegetables, salt water, light cloves, and a hint of fruit. Poured yellow/gold in color with a small, off-white head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Very sparkling. Full of tiny particles throughout. Lightly bitter and slightly sweet. Tastes of yeast, light malts, grains, light vegetables, and a hint of citrus. Medium body. Tingly texture. Lively carbonation. Grain, yeast, and slight vegetable finish.

Pours a cloudy dark golden color with some golden ripe banana yellow hues when held to a light source and a thick foamy white head that has excellent retention, slowly fading into a lasting cap with sporadic lacing. Spicy aroma with a good amount of golden fruit; apple and pear as well as some lemon zest and citrus peel. Smooth crisp motuhfeel and creamy medium body. Lots of light golden fruit notes; grape, apple, pear, lemon zest, citrus peel, alcohol astringency with a flowery subtle hoppy finish.

Name: Saint-Martin Blonde
Date: August 21, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: hazy orange, frothy white head, drippy lace
Aroma: spicy malt aroma with a light sweetness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice spicyness, light bitterness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4