Affligem Blonde

Brewed by Brouwerij Affligem / De Smedt (Heineken)
Style: Belgian Ale
Opwijk, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle. Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, flowers, grass, moderate yeasty, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (291107)

This beer has a color that is somewhere between orange and amber and when poured in a tulip glass a huge off-white head. The aroma is yeasty, fruity, and spicy - I pick up peaches, oranges, and coriander. The flavor is sweet with notes of the alcohol, that makes its presence known by giving off heat, but also notes of almost overripe fruits, like peaches and apples, that have just turned a bit more sweet and mellow, than when perfectly ripe. In the end coriander gives it a dry end. The mouthfeel is quite carbonated.

(Bottle 33 cl) Pale amber with a lovely, fluffy head - only a slight haze. Very pronounced maltiness, some fruits in there too - from the top-yeast. Very bitter finish makes this one well-balanced and refreshing indeed. 291297

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a hue white head. Aroma is citric, yeasty and spiced, flavour is the same. Warming alcohol finish with spice notes. Very classic belgian blond.

Sampled draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, Sweden.
Golden coloured with very little head. Vague aroma of honey melon. Sweet and balsamic with big toffee flavour. The mouthfeel is quite sharp, and the finish is clean and full of honey.

Bottled. Hazy orange/brownish colour with mediumsized beige head. Aroma of citrus, yeast and hops. Flavour is quite strongly hopped, but still very pleasant. Malts and some acidic hints also show up. Short finish and aftertaste. Alcohol warms in the aftertaste, not while drinking. Biting carbonation and a bit oily palate, yet again papery dry afterwards.

Bottle. Cloudy yellow coloured with a huge white head. Aroma of fruits and spices. Sweet flavour of fruits, spices and hops. Light hoppy finish.

Bottle. Malty aroma. Almost clear golden colour. Big stable head. Semi-fruity flavour. Peppery, harsh bitterness.