Grimbergen Blonde

Brewed by Brasserie Union (Alken-Maes / Heineken)
Style: Belgian Ale
Jumet, Belgium

Enjoyed most of the six pack throughout this past weekend, I find this to be a nice easy going Belgian Blonde. Nothing spectacular, but very satisfying and makes for a great transition brew. Sparkling, clear golden-yellow pour with a large white top and blanketing lacing. Small bubbles of steady carbonation. Sweet, musty fruits and a minimal earthy yeastiness are contained in the gentle aroma. Light bodied and airy with a sharp quenching ability. Fresh fruity flavors, mild malts and some faint spicy hop characteristics. Yeasty along with a faint metallic flavor (also evident in their Dubbel that had been previously rated). After sampling a few this beer has finally grown on me, it’s rather nice and simple for it’s style and that’s what makes it work.

Rated: 28.06.2007
Bottle brown, 330 ml
Appearance: Pours nice amber colour, like very deep, body is medium carbonated, cloudy (hazy), head is medium, snowy white, head leave lacing on the glass, that is quite distinqushable head is rather irregular, very small bubbles, head is frothy, lasting till the end of the beer.
Aroma: Wheaty, yeasty, malted barley, fresh bread rather white, citruses like lemon and orange, rather refreshing. Denoting nicelz blended ingredients in a good, simple way. No alcohol in aroma.
Flavour: a little bit alcoholic nose not becomes stronger though is not much desturbing, beer is stuffy, full of taste, very malty, yeasty, bready, grainy, a little bit toasty, a little bit carbonative, rather mild, well balanced, no harshness, a little bit milky.
Palate: Alcohol, cherries, bready accidic, lemon, orange a bit, domination of grain and bread.

(330 ml bottle from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/maine/augusta/l target=blank>Lou’s Beverage Barn) Pours clear apricot-amber with one finger of slightly off-white head. Startlingly clear for a Belgian beer. Aroma is yeasty and sweet. Mouthfeel is fairly smooth and maybe a touch syrupy. Flavor is yeasty and moderately sweet, that’s about all there is to say. Maybe finishes a touch hot. Doesn’t really pull you in too many directions but decent enough I guess.

blond orangy colour with big white head. quite spicy and sour. a pale example of the belgian beers.

bottle 330 ml. dark blond colour. white head. I like the double better. it isn’t bad, but also not a winner.

A nice introductory Belgian Ale. Golden orange color that pours with a full white head that laces well. Crisp clean flavor with a hint of Black Cherry. A nice drinkable refreshing Blagian.

Pours with a huge white head that dissipates quickly leaving lots of lacing. It is a light orange hue. It smells spicy and of sweet fruits. Tastes of sweet fruits, banana and finishes very clean. The mouthfeel is a bit thin, and very carbonated. It is refreshing and the taste was fairly good so it was pretty easy to drink.

Pours clear gold with a white head. There is absolutely no sediment in this bottle so it is not bottle conditioned. This is also apparent on the flavor profile that is vegetal and bland. The nose yields some hints of what a tripel should have, but really, this was a piss poor example of the style.