Abbaye de St Landelin Blonde

Brewed by Les Brasseurs De Gayant
Style: Belgian Ale
Douai, France

Salty and mineral notes to the sweet and musty pear-like fruitiness in the nose. Brilliantly clear golden body is topped by a generous, fine bubbled white head that recedes to a lasting cover and coats the sides of the glass with lacing. Quite fruity in flavour but also sharp and dry. Sweetness comes out only in the aftertaste along with some grassy hop character. Medium body is quite dry with very strong carbonation that prickles the tip of the tongue. Tulip glass. Cellar temperature. Bottle (BB 28-05-08) purchased through Bièropholie in Jun-07.

Aroma of pears, malt and yeast, hazy apricot, pours a small, firm and lasting white head. Flavour of pears, yellow plums, fine malt, with hints of orange as well. Medium bodied, well balanced, delightfully sweet, but warming for only 6.5% Good stuff!

Draught Very (cold)hazy orange beer, with fluffy off-white head. Malt, and even expressly barley grain, parsley. Sweet taste, pinch of DMS, and a little saltiness, as well as some obvious caramel. Light to medium bodied, quite fizzy. Very plain beer, even when nothing fundamentally wrong. However, compared to the original St. Landelin from Crespin...

Clear dark golden with medium short lasting off white head. Sweet aroma with flower and fruity notes. Sweet fruity flavor with spicy notes. Ends slightly bitter.

golden color, huge head, orange nose and some mild hops.Thin body, kinda grassy and sweet, not a fav but ok

Bière blonde aux reflets dorés et clairs avec un col moyen et pâle assez persistant. Le parfum est légèrement âcre avec des notes de levures. Goût malté plutôt sucré, trop sucré, presque mielleux. Ou est le houblon? Mousseuse mais manque de pétillant. Goût métallique et sanguin. La bière semble légèrement ’’skunkée’’... C’est une bière très ordinaire, qui se compare mal même à certaines bières commerciales!

Bottle: Poured a deep golden color ale with a huge pure white foamy head with some good retention and some nice lacing features. Aroma of grainy and unrefined malt is bordering on unpleasant. Taste is also dominated by this unrefined grain which I find is bordering on adjunct taste with little yeast or hops characteristics identifiable. Body is above average with some nice carbonation.

A basic Velgian beer, comsumed at Smokeless Joe’s. Performs less than average after stronger beers, a basic yeasty performance and drying. Average taste,