’t Hofbrouwerijke Blondelle

Brewed by ’t Hofbrouwerijke
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Beerzel, Belgium

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours a very cloudy golden with floating impurities and a tall, dense, rough off-white head. Fruity and spicy nose. Medium body, sweetish fruity and again spicy. Lightly bitter finish. 141208

ZBF2008: From bottle. Pours slight hazy and pale yellow, with a lacing white head. Light spiced aroma, mild malt base. Flavour is light coriander and ginger spiced. Mild malt base, medium sweetness. Mild lingering finish.

Bottle. Light hazy orange color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, spicy, moderate yeasty, sulphur. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration. (A bit like prune stew). Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, to much carbonation. (250208)

ZBF08. Weak anis aroma. Hazy yellow colour. Almost no head, white. Good and spicy flavour. Some spice...rosemary, perhaps.

Bottled@GBBF2007. Hazy woodeny amber colour with big foamy white head. Aroma is yeast, hops, caranmel malts and slight alcohol. Flavour is hoppy, honeyish, caramelly, yeasty and overall quite sweet. Quite much spices also.

Unclear amber with medium white head. Sweet and somewaht perfurmed aroma with spices and yeasty notes. Sweet spicy flavour with malty and caramel notes. A bit to spicy for my likings. Warming alcohol towards the fini

Bottled (BB 02/2010)
Murky-hazy brown color, steady small off-white head. Cardamom and cinnamon in the sweetish nose - like a cinnamon bun. Crisp, lively beer with strong carbonation. Hoppy and spicey (cinnamon and cardamom also here) flavor, also some honey-sweetish notes. Appareantly too much yeast.

Bottle. Orange greyish blonde, cloudy, huge head. Vegetable aroma: leak and cabbage. Orange, yeast, ginger and vegetable notes in the sweetish, flowery and somewhat perfumed flavor. Disappointing.