St. Paul Blond

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij Sterkens
Style: Belgian Ale
Meer, Belgium

15 Feb 06 - Sweet full fruit and hoppiness. Cloudy yellow colour, low head and good sheet lacing. Light fruit and hoppy flavour. Medium mouthfeel, finishes dry with a hoppy aftertaste.

Peppery malt hop aroma. Murky yellow colour with poor head and lacing. Spicy malt hop flavour with pepper aftertaste. Flat palate.

Bottle, 33cl. Cloudy yellow color. Long lasting head. Citrus aroma with a little spiciness flavor.

Pale cloudy golden colour with a white head. Malty and spicy aroma with a faint hoppyness. Very spicy flavor, light bitter finish.

33 cl bottle. Yeast in bottom. Very cloudy yellow colour with agreat head. Hoppy aroma with notes of coriander. Nice spicy flavour with overtones of coriander. Very nice medium body. A great blond.

33 cl bottel Color - Cloudy yellow Head - Small withe Aroma - Spiecy, hops Flavor - Spiecy, hops Good beer, nice taste

Disappointing Belgian blond, short on character. At room temperature, it poured a cloudy pale lemon with a loose 1cm head. Indifferent head retention, no lace. Strong aroma of cloves, cinammon and burnt sugar with grass and faint bubblegum. Bit of soda-like spritz momentarily on the tongue with each mouthful but it faded quickly to a dull, undercarbonated brew. Thin in the body. Low on flavour. Predominant characteristics are carbon dioxide, watery lemon, wheat and pepper. As others observe, this is very Wit-like. (33cl bottle, IBS Perth, no visible bb date)

Relatively undemanding, especially in the ’Belgian Blond’ category where ease of drinkability is the key. Poured into a chalice, quite cool. It was Blonde alright, having a similar pastel yellow hue to most Witbiers. Fairly hazy; intermittent small bubbles managed to raise up a fluffy, cauliflower head to the brim, before later dying back to leave webs of lace. Strong, zesty and tangy pear and apple nose with a little candi and something herbal I couldn’t pin-point. A little startling in the mouth at first, prickly carbonation, sour puckering lemons and garden fresh herbs battled for control. It softened as it warmed and smoothed out, with light notes of citrus fruits, sweet malt and doughy yeast. Finish remained zesty, herbal and lightly bitter with little length after the swallow. A little light on for flavour, I really had to look hard, but it did go down with ease doing a fine job as a thirst quencher. (33cL, bottling date unknown)