Val-Dieu Blonde

Brewed by Brasserie de l’Abbaye du Val-Dieu
Style: Belgian Ale
Aubel, Belgium

(Bottle) Pours hazy orange. Sweet fruity aroma with some yeast. Undertones of of honey-ish sugary malt. fainted roses, citrus and a touch of grass. Fruity flavour with yeast and a soft sourish sting. Hints of allmond paste in both the finishing flavour and in the nose. Small to medium body.

Purchased at Michael’s Deli sometime last year. BB Date of April, 2005...oh, brother. Here we go again. Appears a hazy light gold with a 1 finger, dense white head of fluff. Lots of scattered lace is left around the glass. Smell is of yeasty bread, sugary citrus, vanilla, candy orange slices, along with an earthiness that seems to fit well. Taste is of the mentioned aromas with a decent mix of the yeasty, sugary notes that are enjoyable. Moutheel is light medium bodied, balanced, sweet up front, light yeastiness with vanilla cream mixed over the tongue leading to a dry finish that’s very pleasant.

27 June 2006 - Light sweet, spicy hop aroma. Cloudy light brown-yellow colour, ordinary head and lacing. Light sweet spicy hop and a touch of fruit. Bitter hop spice lingering finish.

Sweet hop malt aroma. Murky yellow colour with good head and lacing. Hop malt flavour with spice.

Pours a slightly hazy pale straw color, with a one finger head that settles quickly to a thin cap and ring and leaves behind some thin lacing. Smell; yeasty with strong floral notes, and some traces of pepper. There’s some sweet fruits that I can’t quite place along with a wheat prsence. Taste; very fruity up front, with oranges and pears, and floral. There’s a solid malty biscuity flavor, and candied sugar as well as a strong wheat presence, and finishes with a pleasant peppery spiciness. While this isn’t a big in your face knid of beer, I found myself really enjoying this understated/sublte brew. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied, and very refreshing.

good beer, but... there are just so many better belgian ales out there. nice smell of yeast and honey. taste of bread honey and fruit. cloudy blonde color with small foam white head. good not great.

Bottle, 33 cl. Tasted this first at Zwevegem in august. Since than ill tasted this many times. Golden yellow color with a cloud in the middle from the yeasties. Aroma was a mix some spices and floral notes. F lavor was solid, some spices, some sweet fruity, honey ?, and a nice dry and hopped finish. Good.

Hazy golden color. Yeasty aroma, smells like doughnuts! Tastes of lemon and straw. Kinda plain. Very dry and very well balanced. Not a lot of sweetness of bitterness. Just very dry.