t Smisje Blond

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

Bottle.Wauw white high creamy lasting and very good looking head. Unclear yeallow bod. Exiting aroma that I cannot quite distingish both something like fruit stored in a cellar, sweet but too old. Flavor less complicated but also very good, hops with a pleasant bitterness. How do I get to Assebroek-Brugge, I am sure people there are smiling happily.

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.

Drank in a Leffe glass. Poured with a very nice head, not thick but above medium. Color is a deep golden, cannot see through the beer. Aroma is great, floral sweetness, like a beautiful autumn day. Very crisp, like a lemony-grassy-herby kind of smell. Makes your nose hairs get up and dance. It tingles your tongue. Taste is fresh, endures on your palate with its medium body, not overwhelming but there. Leaves an essence in your mouth of citrus. I enjoyed it, this brewery in my opinion has a nack for aroma and taste in their beers.

Exactly the same funky, leafy spicy dryness from the kaffir as in the Stone 04.04.04, but without all the wheat. Peppery too. Sweet candy bits waft in the aroma as well, this is biting and sharp on the clear pour, with sweetness in relief in the flavor. Yeasty breadiness on the latter pour softens but includes more bittering with flavors of other greens (chard). Another frest and natural winner. Thanks Andre!!

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.

Hazy honeyed gold. Clumpy white foam clings with each sip. Zesty nose of lemon cake, white pepper, doughy malt, musty yeast, and herbal hops. Delicate blend of tropical fruits and phenols. Expansively effervescent on the palate. Invigorating, early on, with a soft yet zesty profile of flowery hops and airy phenolic snap. Tastefully incorporated candy sugar sweetness lends body as it adheres to the understated powdery Pilsner malt bedding which gently brushes the palate. Lime blossoms impart rosewater-soft drops of acidity which elegantly displace the mineral hardness and candy glazed pear grittiness. Finishes quenching with a spicy ester-induced dryness and staunch mineral backing. The lack of malt is its only downfall. A very uplifting brew, otherwise. Would pair wonderfully with a picnic.

Slightly hazy orange body with a moderately thin, fizzy, tight-bubbled head. Sweet, fruity, estery aroma of bananas, melon, candi sugar, peach skins and some light alcohol. I can pick out the lime leafs and think they go well with this mix. Some grains show up from time to time as well and the yeasty esters make for a elegant nose. Light, but creamy, body with subtle carbonation and a moderate amount of heft. The flavor is interesting to me. A strong metallic element slowly fades to reveal tart (wheat?) malt, light fruity sweetness and some dry, lightly spicy malt. The finish is warming and of moderate length. This is an interesting beer with a great aroma. Unfortunately, the flavors allow this to drop some, but if some of the metallic bits could come out and leave some light sweetness, this could be outstanding.

A hazy golden ale with a thick off white head, and small floaties. Aroma is interesting, with yeast, vanilla, maple, citrus, doughy, almost like smelling a vanilla sponge cake. In mouth, a nice dry malt with soft residual sugars, good sharp hops, light tartness and some astringence in final. Overall, nice complex mouthfeel. I quite liked this. Bieropholie imports, BB last quarter of 2008.