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Westvleteren Blond

Percentile
98
overall
Brewed by Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
Style: Belgian Ale

Westvleteren, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6423.88/5.03.87/5.05.8%99.9Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Westvleteren Blond is the basic beer for the monks’ own consumption, since 1999, when the former 6° dark ale (red cap) was finally discarded, after the 4° had already gone that path.
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 moejuck (1165), Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 9, 2007  
Smells and looks just like a wit normally does. Full mouthfeel. Light spices and a definite earthy flavor. You can pick out the yeasty Westy flavor profile in a second. Spices don’t overpower this one, and it is very refreshing.


 yespr (12173), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jan 5, 2007  
33 cL bottle. Pours almost white/clear but becomes slightly yellow. Clear fruity aroma with yeast elements. Carbonation as well. Almost no sweetness, has fruit notes, slightly nutty as well. Yeast and citric notes are dominating. Reminded me of Orval without being too similar. Aftertaste is suprisingly bitter, yet not overly dominating.


 yngwie (4970), Kristiansand, Norway
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 3, 2007    Updated: Jun 29, 2008
Bottled. Rating #1500. Ok, so it’s not the best beer to drink celebrating, but it is a quite good one. Pours unclear, with a lot of carbonation and cloudyness in a pale golden body, topped by a nice, creamy, white head. The aroma is fruity, with hops, medicine-like bitter notes, hints of cellar, spices, yellow apples and some alcohol. Quite complex actually, but yet not one of the best. The same goes for the flavor, which is fruity and sweet, with bitterness, spices, yeast and a dash of alcohol. Medium body and a finish with spices and hops. Funny thinking about the fact that this is the least interesting beer from this brewery, yet so good. Rating: 7-4-7-3-14-3.5. (070103)

Bottle. It pours a hazy, yellow-orange body with some floaties and a nice, white head. Grains, pale malt, fruityness and yeast it the aroma. A little spicy note too. Nice sweet and malty flavor with some alcohol notes and a pleasant bitterness. Some herbal notes too. Medium to full body. Bitter, malty and slightly spiced finish. Wondering if I over-rated the beer last time, I did a rerate and found out I didn’t. It really is a good beer. Rating unaltered. (080509)


 bu11zeye (5470), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/514/20
Jan 1, 2007  
(Bottle, BB 28/04/07) Pours a cloudy yellow body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of mustiness, pear, buttery, lemon, and soapiness. Flavor of citrus, spicy yeast, and malt.


 RCL (1477), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 30, 2006  
Pale yellow color. Excellent fruitiness, (pineapple, pear) blended with yeastiness. Just a hint of spice and herbal bitterness on the finish.


 pantani (1902), Salinas, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 30, 2006  
Body is foggy gold, with a thin white head. Aroma is of heavy pale malts, pineapple, apple, grapefuit. Taste has a light hoppiness which is initially followed by grapefruit and light hops.


 spector (906), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 30, 2006  
belgian yeast and some slight spice in the aroma.Pours a murky light gold with a large off white head.Flavors are of yeast light fruit and some hints of spice.This one has some airy carbonation and finishes with some slight spice.


 beermouth (435), Langeskov, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Dec 28, 2006  
Hazy yellow with nice white head with excellent lacing. Yeast, citrus and hint of flowers Slight bitter finish.



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