Maredsous 6 Blond

Brewed by Brouwerij Moortgat
Style: Belgian Ale
Breendonk-Puurs, Belgium

Appearance: Hazy golden colour with a huge foam that left a ton of lacing. It actually leaves big chunks of foam on the side of the glas. Looks very appealing. Smell: Ripe fruit, sweet, yeast and nuts. Taste: Sweet but not so fruity, some nuts, spicy with some yeast and a slight alcoholic taste. However it’s pretty smooth and easy to drink. It feels very balanced but I would have preferred some more spicy taste to it.

Served in a beautiful, Maredsous logo stemware at a launch party at the Bavarian Lodge, Lisle, IL. Poured a clear, golden/amber, with a white head that diminished to a bubbly layer and a small ring of clingy lacing. The aroma was a little sweet, with notes of floral, fruit, and light spice. The flavor continued these and a light malt sweetness but also exposed some tartness. Medium bodied and good carbonation. Would have liked some finishing dryness, but didn’t sense any.

Draft @ Toronado San Diego. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a big, white, frothy head that lasts for a while and leaves a gorgeous lacing. Aroma is fruity/yeasty, rich in notes of apples, banana and vanilla, delicately spiced with coriander and cardamom. Flavor si sweet and soft with the yeast a little too present, showing touches of vanilla, honey and coriander. Very low hop profile.

Bottle courtesy of BelgianBeerGal. Pours copper with a nice white head. Smells of perfume, sugar, yogurt, citrus, grassy. Tastes of caramel, sugar, some light spice. Nose is much better than the taste.

HUGE off-white HEAD dried fruits and a monastery - belgian strong ale character. good.

Pours a hazy deep orange with a huge foamy head that stay a long time and quite a nice amount of foam stay until the end. Aroma is of fruity malts. Flavors are dry and fruity with good malts some vanillas and brown sugars, bitter and a little sweet and sour but very well balanced. Very very good beer, I love the whole Maredsous family.

On the orange side of amber with a foaming white crest. Home to an acidic grapefruit nose with a light hoppiness. In the mouth it provides tight fruit flavours along with malt notes arising slowly. A strangely sterile finish. Thin but smoth and nicely carbonated. Boozy but a very pleasant beer.

Pours gold into a Trappist glass. Bright white head slowly recedes to coat surface. Crisp and hoppy upfront, turning fruity, yeasty and boozy. Taste similar to a white wine. Lasting hop finish. Very nice.