Betchard Blonde

Brewed by Brasserie de Tubize
Style: Belgian Ale
Tubize, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Tap at in’t spinnekopke. Served along lapin a la gueuze as previous reviewer. golden pour with large loose head. Nose of yeast spice and hops. Somewhat medium mouth with light carbonation. Sweet to dry with some hop bitterness. Overall not bad but nothing special really.

[3326-20100809] Tap. Fresh corriander seeds and mild leafy grasses in the aroma with later hints of carpet cleaner. Clear, light orange brown body with a long-lasting creamy off-white head and thick spotted lacing. Leafy grasses and iceberg salad mix flavour. Medium body has a mildly tart background. Quite nice on the patio, drinkable.
Overheard: "We had the Easter bunny!" -- regarding dinner, lapin a la gueuze
(@ In T’Spinnekopke, Brussels, Belgium)

Bottle 330ml.

Clear medium yellow color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, grain, toasted, moderate yeasty, fruity notes. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100908]

Cloudy golden with a large off white fluffy head. Sweet and yeasty aroma with hints of malt and fruit. Flavor had malt, drying hops, malt and fruity hints. Finished dry and slightly bitter.

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of fruit, malt, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruit, and straw, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a pale yellow with a slight haze and a lacing white head. The nose has a little fruit and a whiff of yeast. Medium body, sweet malt and some Belgian yeast. Ends dry. 080910

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is yeasty and slight malty. Slight fruity. Dry and phenolic. Citrusy too.

Tap @ In ’t Spinnekopke, Brussels. This is their "house beer", so naturally I had to try it. Pours a hazy, light orange body with a medium foamy white head. Aroma is extremely mild; it’s really hard to get anything out of this except hints of molasses and pale malts. Taste turns out to be much better and more decisive: plenty of grassy hops and lager maltiness, flanked by wit-like elements like citrus and hints of coriander. An original lager-wit hybrid, although the almost total lack of nose takes down the rating somewhat.

2010-08-09. Crisp dark yellow body with a large foamy white head that leaves thick lace on the glass. Sweet grainy pale malt in the aroma, lightly floral. 5+ Flavour is similar, sweet pale malt with grainy highlights. Average plus palate. Okay but quite dull. On tap at Spinnekopke, Brussels

Draught at In ’t Spinnekopke, Bruxelles
Hazy blond color. Discreet malt aroma. Too cold, anyway it seems to have no flavor.