t Smisje Blond

Brewed by Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Belgian Ale
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

Muddy golden color with an orange hue. Medium body strength, this Blond Ale is quite spicy, with a dry and bitter finish. Not bad, but unfortunately this bottle came out with too much yeast.

33 cl. bottle. Cloudy light orange pour with a frothy white head. Aroma of bready malt, butter, citrus, flowers, and straw/hay. Flavor was a shocking antiseptic or quinine on top of some light bready malt. After some deliberation I think I can sense the lime blossoms in this, which may or may not contribute to the medicinal tonic water qualities (which may otherwise be attributible to phenols), but my overall impression is "blech."

Bottle, as ’Morrisons The Best Belgian Blonde Beer’. I don’t know for sure that it is this beer, but it’s my best guess based on the ratings and limited information on the bottle. A densely cloudy light golden colour with a large frothy head. Belgian yeast and citrus aroma. Taste is mostly citrus, a touch of hop and caramel with some wheat evident and a citrus kick in a somewhat watery finish. High carbonation.

Bottle. Malty sweet nose with yeasty esters. Light notes of peach and apples. Extremely cloudy yellow with thin but frothy white head, leaving strong lacing. Opens fruity and folds into a deeper sweetness with smoke and wood notes. Strong and substantial palate which sits nicely.

Bottle. Poured hazy amber color with a large frothy white head that was lasting and produced good lacing. Heavy basement and citrus aroma. Light to medium body. Moderate spicy sweet flavor with medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Very intersting.

Bottle. Not sure how old. Nose is grassy, but mainly smells like urinal deoderizers and bandaids. Definite taste of band aid, soap, and a little lime twinge. wack.

Bottled. Hazy golden orange colour, mediumsized beige creamy head. Aroma is fruits, yeast and some spices. Flavour is yeast, spices, grass and some slight caramel and hay. Wellbalanced. Alcohol also gives a small sting in the finish.

Bottle (330ml). Via trade with Boutip. Pours cloudy brass, with a huge fizzy-foamy lasting white mountainous head. Very strange up-front aroma - I got a whiff of light sulfur and bandaids, then lemon, scorched straw, and dry stale spicy yeast. The taste is also a little odd - very light, dry hay, very light dry floral hops, some earthiness in the finish, almost ferrous - yeast is there, but muted and dry. Mouthfeel is light, a little tangy, moderately carbonated, with a quick finish and a somewhat dry, papery aftertaste. Not so hot - maybe a tad old? I think the bottle indicates best before 2008 some time.