Val-Dieu Blonde

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

Draught: Golden colour with a white head. Mild fruity aroma. Sweet malts. Fruity yet subied and dry. Medium bodied. Nice belgian blonde.

Bottled (BB 01/2006)
Hazy yellow color, thick creamy off-white head, lace. Aroma has skunked hops, leather and wood. Carbonated mouthfeel. Thin and weak malt profile. Citric adicy, hints of honey, bitter "soapy" aftertaste. Quite empty beer.

Hazy golden colour with large white head. Aroma is yeasty, some spice , some fruit, some honey. Quite highly carbonated, light bodied. Taste is sweet, fruity, some malt, no real bitterness. I’ve had more flavoursome, but this is OK and quite drinkable.

Pours gold with an off-white thin headand very fine but scarce bubbles. smells od corn stalks, sugar, spice, coriander and some mild peppery notes. Taste is flat with some oranges, bananas, there, but overall watery and bland with a slightly bitter finish.

Light golden, eggshell white thin head. Aroma of biscuit, bready yeast, pale malts, and honey. Thin body, biscuity sweet finish. This one is mainly malt, hops and yeast are both restrained.

Pours a golden blond as the name suggests with a small white head. Very hazy. Aroma is malty and musky with little hop aroma but moderate fruit overtones. Flavor is of sweet, grainy malt, fruit (banana), and a little spice though it finishs dry. No real hop bitterness or flavor. A tinge of sourness was present that I wish was more developed to give make this beer more balanced and refreshing. This beer was close to a witbier I feel if it were lighter bodied.

Light, crackery, blonde, spritzy, malty creamy,earthy, dry, fly, jamiroquai....ummm, has a nice grainy middle nearly overpowered by the carbonation, still I like the spritziness and think it’’s tasty and clean, and over all enjoy this (perhaps ),under rated beer.

Very carbonated which covers up the taste, which is a shame, but al in al not bad