Westvleteren Blond

Brewed by Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
Style: Belgian Ale
Westvleteren, Belgium

Bottle very generously opened by dewbrewer! Thanks Dan, and Joelle for the opportunity to try this and the Westy 12!
Pours a golden color with a white head. Smell is light and malty with a strong yeasty nose. Taste is very lightly hoppy and a bit crisp and fruity and yeasty. Medium bodied and lightly bubbly mouthfeel. Nice and enjoyable, but wasn’t too blown away by this one.

(Bottle, Akkurat, Stockholm, 5 Sep 2008) Yellow colour, slightly hazy, with a frothy white head. Fruity, spicy, slightly citric nose with notes of lemon, pineapple and spices (coriander, clove?). Fruity, spicy taste with lemon, tropical fruit, clean solid malt and lots of spicy hops in a rather bitter finish. Nice, chewy mouthfeel. Fairly dry with a long, spicy finish. Excellent Belgian blond.

Poured a cloudy apple juice color. Very light mild nose,a bit on the yeasty side. This is mild and smooth with great carbonation. Really a delicious flavor with a nice malty finish.Delicious beer. What a great everyday beer this would be, if only...

Creamy thiny full lasting white head. Deep golden cloudy colour. Aroma is malty, fruity (apricots, pears) with floral and citrus notes. Flavor is malty too with peel orange, candy and fruity (pears,banana) tones, ending in a hoppy finish. Medium bodied.

From the bottle at De Vrede, March 2008. This was the best golden light beer I have ever tried. Amazingly complex aroma, perfect balance, great flavor for only 6%. Great fruit, malt, and hops. Citrus, spices, herbs, honey. Wow! I went there expecting much from the 8 and the 12, and was blown away most by this one. 98th percentile but still under-rated: I think this might be the perfect light beer.

Deep golden color with full frothy head. Aroma is of slight yeast, touch of fruit and pinch of hops. Nothing too overwhelming. Pleasantly (mild) yeasty flavor, with citrus notes and a balanced hop finish. Just a remarkably balanced beer that is easy to drink--everything is as it ought to be. Not my favorite style of beer, but the best example of its sort I’ve ever had.

This beer was a bit old (not too old), so it didn’t not have that much hop flavor. The head is creamy and the beer is golden with some yeast particles. There is a bit of hops in the aroma and some yeast with a bit of caramel. Flavor is bitter with banana notes and spicies and it has a dry finish.

Bottle (thanks Dedollewaitor!). BB 10/03/07. Yellow to pale golden color with a huge slowly-diminishing frothy white head. Very nice slightly funky aroma with flowers, fruits, citrus, some hops, light spiciness and a bit of yeast. A rather dry flavor with a great house character, fruits (quite a bit of citrus - lemon and some grapefruit mostly), some dust and nice earthy bitter hops as well as light sweeter notes. Medium-bodied. A great characterful Ale.