Westvleteren Blond

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

My 1st review. Nice pale orangish color with strong smell of Belgian hops, cloves, citrus and a lot of florals. Reminds me of Orval but better. Can easily enjoy a few of these while still enjoying the ale completely.

2008 Bottle - Thanks Sam! - Pours hazy tan with a white head...aroma is spicy lemon, fruit and hop florals...flavour is malty, with an underlying bitterness, pithy with some clove...nice brew...

Hazy orange in colour with thick white head. Citrus lemon aroma hint of clove. Big thick mouth feel, wood clovey flavours.

Flaske: Kæmpe gusher. Flot gul øl med et fint skumhoved. Desværre gjorde gushingen at en masse proteinklumper røg op i øllen. Mærkbar bitter og frisk selvom den har et år på bagen. Virkelig god drikbar sessionbeer.

This beer pours with a massive 3 inch head that slowly settled down to a quarter inch of foam floating on top of my brew, the body of this is a opaque brown with a hint of yellow and small brown flavor nugets floating through out, a very nice looking beer. Yeast and wheat dominate the aroma with a slight sour and banana hiding in the background, this smells very similar to a hefe with out the spice. Just like in the smell wheat and yeast dominate the taste, making this beer very light and refreshing, there is what I think is a very slight grape juice flavor hiding under all the yeast it’s very hard to pick up. The mouth feel is very soft and powdery, and after taste is very bitter. I’m very glad I picked this beer up off of E-Bay because its a once in a life time beer for me, and it wasn’t disappointing but it sure didn’t wow me for the absurd price I had to pay, so here’s hoping the 8, and 12 make it worth the price.

Thanks goes to Brad for selling his soul and crushing those monks wishes by paying an ungodly ammount of cash, which he wired to Belguim (dunce) amongst other things, to get a set of Westy’s to drink off of some beerpimp on EBay. Poured an amazingly colossal huge white head which ended up looking like a giant nipple. Murky brownish orange and lots o’ floaties. Awsome lacing...left large remnant rings in the glass. Aromas consisted of slight banana, that hard christmas candy that your Grandma leaves out in the living room, soft lemon, fruity yeasts and a slight spice. A very soft, fresh, complex aroma that takes time to figure out. Tastes pretty mild with lots of yeast, something that seems like wheat, and a very slight citrus note. Don’t forget a bit of soapy flavour and some unknown flavour too. Really gassy! Pretty weak on the mouthfeel, but there is a harsh watery bitterness that seems out of place. Soft and smooth. Light to medium bodied. Too watery.

Bottle thanks to bhops. The smell is sweet, fruits, malts, slight spices, and yeast. The look is orange in color, clearish, and a decent off white head. The taste is yeast, fruits, spices, and some sweetness.

bottle - Pours hazy blonde and bubbly with a one finger white head. The bottle was a gusher and I had to be quick to ensure minimal beer loss. It has a malty aroma with some mild fruit notes. The flavor is of sweet citrus accented malt and some mild hops that leads a dry, balancing finish. It has a smooth mouthfeel and is what it intends to be, a good session ale.