Val-Dieu Blonde

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

Bottle. Pours a quite hazy golden colour. Sweet yeasty, fruity and wheaty aroma. Good mouthfeel. The flavour has a soft sweetness with some spices, yeast, wheat and fruits.

Bottle. Large frothy white diminishing head, spare lacing. Cloudy yellow body, heavily particulate. Aroma of hay, straw, honey and vanilla. Medium body, thin/oily texture and bitter finish. The flavor is moderate sweet and bitter, and with some flavor of sour milk.

[Courtesy of yespr - session @ yespr] Hazy golden with medium white head. Sweet fruity aroma with yeasty notes. Same goes for the somewhat sweet flavor that also holds coriander notes.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a white head. Light acidic aroma to slight brett. Flavour is dry malty, light caramel flavour. Goes into a slight caramel note and spiced note. Nice mellow finish.

Huge offwhite coarse head. Yellow body made slightly hazy by small floating particles. Once the rest is poured it goes hazy yellow with floaties. Bready, yeasty fruity aroma with spicy, soft metallic hop notes. Sweet fruity, spicy taste with herbal, grassy notes. Sharpish, mealy mouthfeel with some alcohol heat. Dry wooden metallic fruity aftertaste. With all the yeast in it becomes sweeter and less sharp; taste goes more herbal and, unsurprisingly, yeasty. Nice, quiet blonde Belgian. (0.33l bottle from the wine monopoly. BBD Jan ’09.)

11.2 oz bottle - Pours hazy gold with an ample white head. It smells of yeast with an inviting lemony zest. The flavor is of yeast and malt with good fruit notes of banana and lemon. It’s fairly light as a blonde should be, but is definitely not watery. I quite enjoyed it. Apparently many other people were less impressed.

Bottle 0,33l. Golden colored. A large fluffy head. Aroma of hay and malt. Rounded, sweet fruity flavor with a bitter aftertaste. Unclear last pour.

One of the least distinguishing Belgian ales I’ve ever experienced. Enjoyed from the Identified brewers own labeled trappist glass, this pours a hazy golden yellow with little head. Much more sour than I care to have on my palate. Aroma isn’t inviting. Definately something different going on here.