Abbaye du Cateau Vivat Blonde Bio

Brewed by Brasserie de l’Abbaye du Cateau
Style: Bière de Garde
Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle labelled "Blonde Bio", I’ll assume it’s the same as this Blonde. Weak malty aroma, very little head on top of a boring yellow body. Taste is an earthy and grassy mess with a watery mouthfeel. Not balanced at all, but drinkable.

corked 0.75l bottle from jaghana - thank you! Hazy yellow, large white head, spicy aroma with a floral and fruity touch. Medium-bodied, grainy malt flavours, shy fruity touch (peach, mirabelle, Victoria plums) and a lovely floral hoppy finish. Well crafted beer.

Bottled (thanks Samuli!). Golden colour with a small longlasting foamy head, that leaves some lace. Aroma is fruits, nectar, sweet malts, mild grassy notes as well as some floral hopping. Flavour is fruity and floral hops along with some herbs and quite rich maltyness. Mildly spicy and yeasty in the finish as well.

Bottle 33cl, on mine 6°. A golden beer with good head. Nose is lemony. Aroma is medium sweet with a dry finish, some malt flavor but watery. Hops is there spicy and bitter, nothing exceptional. An usual blond beer.

Bottle. Orange colour with a small white head. Aroma and taste of malts, yeast, fruits and mild spices. Nice fruity finish. low bitterness.

Bottle 750ml.

Hazy medium yellow orange color with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, wheat notes, moderate yeasty, fruity, herbs, spices, yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, spices - herbs, yeasty. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20100508]

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is spiced yeasty and slight wheaty. Mild caramelish and light malty. Smooth yeasty fruity. No bitterness into the finish.

cloudy orange, smooth white head faint aroma, perhaps faint grassy flavor i sweet flowery, faint grassy, faint malty, a bit spicy. ends sweet bitter hoppy.

75 cl bottle from a Supermarket in Paris. Medium blonde color, very cloudy. Slightly sweet, with lots of malt. Balance ok, but mostly on the malt side. Very easy to drink, and rather nice, but rather undistinguished. A bit like a typical abbey blonde, but a touch better than average.