Abbaye de Theleme

Brewed by Brasserie Lefebvre
Style: Belgian Ale
Rebecq-Quenast, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottled. A dark golden beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet malty with a light note of fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, alcohol, and some fruits, leading to a dry and lightly alcoholic finish.

Clear copper body, white head. Very malty, low on hops, no complexicity, just strong alcohol taste. Not my kind.

Bottle in Paris. Light gold pour with a weak head. Cereal, sugar and caramel malt nose. Sweet flavor, bit more caramel, dough and grains, light grass. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Sweet, sugary finish, hints of wheat. Pretty average stuff, but not bad.

Abbaye de Theleme from Dia supermarket in Marseille. Thin bodied pale beer like a strong pale lager. Dry palate. Faint lactic note. Sugar sweetness. Dirty dusty spiciness. Finishes with a coriander burn. Poor quality but drinkable.

750ml corked bottle, from Paris. Now here’s a beer with good potential; corked 750ml bottle, abbey name, solid abv that puts it into the realm of a Beligan blond or Biere de Garde. Instead, i’m presented with what i’d expect from a beer of 1.29 Euro from a discount French supermarket; rough, overly boozy yet thin, sweet. Very disappointing!

Bottle. Thanks for the gift, Anker. Clear deep golden with a fluffy white head. The aroma is caramel, yeast, fruit and light spice. The flavour is light metallic, yeast, fruit and caramel. Decent blonde.

Bought as "Abbaye de Mont St. Jean" in Paris. Okay aroma, a little syrupy but not excessively so. Average appearance. Nice flavour, lighter malts and caramel, some citrus notes at the end. Not as heavy as some other abbey beers and I like that.

Bottle at home - Thanks Jens. Clear golden - white head. Apples, yeasty, fruity, peppery, phenols, yeast esters, berries, light malty, wheaty notes. ok.

Bottle at Theis og Mette. Clear golden coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of spices and grain. Fruity flavour of spices, grain and cardboard. Spicy finish.

Bottle 250ml.
Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate yeasty, fruity sweet, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sour malt. Body is light medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20091021]

Abbaye Mont St-Jean. Decent little Belgian blonde. Lightly sweet, lightly hoppy, fairly clean, with some bread and herbal notes. Worked in a pinch.