De Prael Willeke

Brewed by Brouwerij de Prael
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bottle. Hazy yellow orange with a thin White foam. Aromas are crisp citrus with crisp hops and some tropical fruit. Light biscuit malts with yeast. Flavours are sweet lemon with hints of honey. Very hoppy with grapefruit and bitter lemon on the finish.

Bottle from de Bierkoning, Amsterdam. Huge rocky platina blond head. Body is hazy, yellow-golden. Fresh and sharp citrus-zesty aroma. Yeast and spice notes, and a pleasant perfumey scent. Crisp, restraind malt body. Bold fruity taste, lemon and grapefruit, with an acidic touch. More spices and a well prononced earthy and grassy bitterness. Quite filling and supercrisp in the mouth. A Very fresh and very quenching strong Blonde.

(Draught at Arendsnest, Amsterdam, 2 Aug 2009) Cloudy orange colour with frothy, beige head. Fruity nose with notes of citrus, citrus peel and fresh grassy hops. Malty, fruity taste with grass, citrus, grapefruit and a generous, grassy bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, balanced sweetness. Very nice beer with a fresh, fruity, grassy character. Lovely balance, excellent beer.

750ml bottle (Cracked Kettle, Amsterdam)
This was more than a gusher - it actually lost a third of its contents in transit here! However, it still seemed to have positive pressure when it arrived (and large amounts of that too) so we thought it was worth a try anyway.
Hazy orange, huge ice-cream-float head. Sharp crisp yeasty zesty aroma. Lively carbonation in the mouth. Almost saison-like freshness to the palate, a hint of citrussy sourness perhaps. Spicy and slightly sticky from the malts in places, but also tingly hops - I can feel my heartbeat in my gums now! Lovely bitter hoppy finish. Very good blond covers the alcohol pretty well - thank goodness it survived the trials and tribulations of the journey!

0,75 l bottle, bought at the newly established brewery at Oudezidjs Voorburgwal. Delicious beer with a hazy amber appearance, fine small lacing head. Firstly comes a pleasant floral-resiny hop perfume, after a while arrives a caramel feeling of some sweet malt with fine spices. The flavor is rich and spicey, good balanced toasty caramell and fruity hop tastes of fig and honey, some maltiness. I think the beer is underpointed at the moment...It was nice, interesting and absolutely pleasant.

Tap @ ’t Arendsnest. Golden colored brew. Spicy aroma, Yeasty, spicy and fruity flavored.

On tap @ de Prael. Cloudy blond beer, white head. Aroma of fruits, yeast and malts. Flavour is sweet, yeasty, slightly bitter. A bit spicy.

On tap at ’t Arendsnest. Hazy pale golden with a creamy, lacing white head. Fruity aroma. Quite spicy fruit flavours, some graininess as well. A bit of earth. Drinkable.