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Brewed by Brouwerij Kerkom
Style: Belgian Ale
Sint-Truiden, Belgium

bottled
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RATINGS: 269   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.3   SEASONAL: Summer   EST. CALORIES: 213   ABV: 7.1%
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After the blond and brown version, the brewery made a third type of beer: the 'Bloesem Bink' (Blossom Bink). It’s a beer of high fermentation, unfiltered and not pasteurized, with secundary fermentation in the bottle. We brew this seasonal beer every year in the same period (spring-summer). The ingredients are: five types of malt, one belgian type of hop, brewing liquor, yeast, honey from Sint-Truiden and syrup of pears from Vrolingen. It tastes fruity with a lightly sweet character and a long fruity and bitter aftertaste. The alcohol content of this springbeer is 7,1% vol.alc.


3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
ogivlado (4444) - Zagreb, - SEP 1, 2008
On tap at De Beiaard, Spui, Amsterdam.
Light hazy amber coloured, medium sized pale beige head, candy sugar and light fruity nose. Light roasty malty and very fruity taste with notes of berries, spices and burnt sugar. Mild caramel honeyish finish. Interesting but a bit too sweet.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Benjii (2395) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - MAY 28, 2012
On draught at Chez Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Pours a beautiful dark amber colour with a thick beige head that dies down to a thin cap. Aroma of honey, cherries, elderflower, lemon, caramel and alcohol. Similar flavours with moderate carbonation and an oily mouth-feel. Not bad, just a little sweet, with a light cherry cough syrup character to finish.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
TheJestersBeer (802) - SWEDEN - MAY 22, 2012
330ml bottle. Pours a deep amber, with a beige head. The aroma is quite fruity, estery, with malty notes, carael, toffee, honey, something spicy. Semi-sweet, medium body and bitterness, balanced CO2. Spicy taste, honey, malt hops, chocolate, caramel, yeast. Gets a bit cloying after a while. (2012-02-28)

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
RolkaNation (102) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - MAY 15, 2012
On draft at Chez Moeder Fontainas in Brussels, part of Brussels Beer Tour. Nice, refreshing unique spring seasonal. Fruity, airy, not overpowering in any one sense. Nice color. An interesting brew.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
italianjohn (1739) - Penndel, Pennsylvania, USA - APR 30, 2012
Clear orange to dark amber pour very thin rin of off white head low carbonation .... aroma of honey, sweet caramel malts, syrup, pear and some alcohol .... taste is of pear, honey, syrup, sweet malts and some dark fruity yeast with a light bitter hop bite thats comes out more as it warms ....... mouthfeel is clean and dry... light notes of abv on the backend

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
JorgeLee (325) - Greater London, ENGLAND - APR 29, 2012
Tap in Moeder Fontainas. This poured a brown/amber colour with a ruddy tint. It is a sweet dark ale, with taste of malt, spice and a bit of booze. Not too cloying though. When I drank it had no idea of the ingredients - I hear the honey, don’t quite get the pear. Still good though!

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
olio (1530) - Tampere, FINLAND - APR 15, 2012
33 cl bottle @ Le Poechenellekelder.
Rated on 20100718.
Pours amber color with small head. Aroma of fruits, caramel and malts. Flavor of fruits, spice notes, caramel malts and some yeast.

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
no2Pencil (58) - ESTONIA - APR 4, 2012
33cl bottle. Amber with red hints and with small white head. Aroma has notes of fruits (pears, apples), flowers, malts. Taste is sweet. Honey, caramel, fruits, yeasty.

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
kaser (237) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAR 16, 2012
Must have been skunked. This smells like my grandmas purse. Old skanky and full of hoppy pines ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
hypn0toad (202) - Maryland, USA - FEB 18, 2012
Had this at Max’s belgian beer fest. As per their tradition, the beer was misspelled on their menu. They had it as "bloesom" not "bloesem". Anywhos this was tasty. I picked it due to the inclusion of pears which I had not had in a beer before. The beer was a bit fruity, but the fruityness was very subtle. Well done!

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 17/20
obguthr (2575) - Poquoson, Virginia, USA - FEB 18, 2012
Honey and caramel nose, subtly buttery in a good way. shimmering amber, headless. alcohol is noticeable. Honey or candi flavor, hay. the strikes me as a Belgian beer trying to emulate a British bitter. It’s a nice idea and I enjoy it.


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