La Porte de Hainaut Blonde

Brewed by Brasserie La Choulette
Style: Bière de Garde
Hordain, France

Bottled. An unclear light golden beer with a lazing white head. The aroma has notes of citrus and light malts. The flavor is sweet with an acidic edge and light notes of citrus, malt, and straw, leading to a dry and lightly acidic finish.

(Bottle 33 cl) Slightly hazy fully golden with a small, creamy, white head. Sweetish, malty nose - perhaps some overripe fruit. Medium-bodied with a distinct malt sweetness. No bitterness. 250806

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a huge head. Aroma is fruity and off. Fruity and citric flavoured. Off. Light mouldy note. Citric and fruity finish. Light cornish and wheaty finish.

Bottle 330ml.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate green grass silage. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20091003]

<!-- i -->Bottled<!-- /i --> (BB 01/2007).<!-- br --> Hazy yellow color, small white head. Sour nose. Sweet fruity and complex flavor. Then my cryptic rating - the last of the long evening in Gothernburg - says that: "but needs some more craftmanship".

It’s golden with a white head. The aroma has notes of malt, acetone, apple and yeast. The flavor has a light sweetness and notes of herbs, acetone, apple and malt – very weird beer...

Bottle, bought @ Kolding Vinhandel.
Pours hazy, pale yellow with a great-looking, creamy white head. Aroma is pretty spicy. Some pepper, yeast, ginger and lemons. Low carbonation, dry and fat mouthfeel. Light and spicy flavour, sweet with lots of ginger and pear-like fruitiness. Spicy dryness at the finish. Not my thing.

Bottle. Horrible sweet fizzyness. Slightly sticky, with noticable alcohol, with a slightly orangey hop bitterness on the finish. This was pretty bad though, and i much prefered the Brune.