Beiaard Blonde Ros

Brewed by Amsterdamsche Stoombierbrouwerij De Bekeerde Suster
Style: Belgian Ale
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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UPDATED: AUG 8, 2007 Consumed at de Bekeerde Suster, Amsterdam, May 2006
Hefe-wheat yeast smell with a syrupy sweet candy sugar note as well, as I’ve learned is apparently typical of Dutch attempts at Belgian and German styles. Has a very slight haziness in a mostly gold body. Flavor is all sweet up front, lactic sour on the back with a grassy, spinach leaf sweetness rounding out the experience. Too sweet. Finishes with an oily texture, not dry.

Draught. Aroma of brick dust. Cloudy, dark copper/grey colour. Small stable white head. Flavour is a lot better than aroma suggests. Quite malty and a little sweet with some aroma hops. Nice carbonation which makes it easily drinkable. A little more alcohol and it would be very good.

Bottled. Frothy, creamy top. Infected-wise murky body. Indeed, all signs of incipient infection, even though the bottle is few weeks old. Sour notes in the aroma, mashed citrus. Also herbal scents. Watery with fizzy carbonation. Fermented fruits in the flavor, grape mash. Not disgusting, not certainly would become so after some time. Not for storage. No wonder it catches infection – they bottle the beer to the tourists’ delight right in the restaurant.

UPDATED: SEP 8, 2008 Tap@Brewpub, Sep 08, 3.0: Hoppy citrus aroma with some malts. Cloudy, dull yellow color, beige fine head, good lace. Light sweet, light malty, bitter, citrus, bit metallic in the finish. Flat mouthfeel. Ok but boring. Bottle@Home, Dec 05, 2.8: Herbal start but later mainly citrus. Cloudy, dark yellow color, off-white head, very nice lace. Sour lemon start but this gets easier, after that still citrus, herbal, light hoppy bitterness, malty sweetness underneath. Was bottled just 3 weeks before but an infection was clearly there already. Should re-rate it on tap some day.

On draft at the Bekeerde Zuster, Amsterdam. Hazy golden coloured. Sweet malty flavour. OK blonde.

Slightly hazy golden color, medium white head. Aroma of hop, bit spicy. Refreshing and bitter taste. Nice beer.