Bloemen Bier

Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Lochristi - Hijfte, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

The unlabelled bottle comes wrapped in paper. Pours copper coloured, and sports a creamy, dense head. The aroma is very fruity and somewhat flowery. It is full bodied and dominated by a sweet mango flavour and candyish tofee. It has rich, thick mouthfeel and a lingering sweet mango finish. It is an excellent ale when sampled in small amounts, although a full bottle gets almost cloying.

Great looks. Yellow dark color, light amber and hazy. Much loads and elegant. Dense and friable foam, very lively. Determined and warm scent. Notes of caramel, hay, grass and malt on the end. Elevated alcoholic perception, much powerful and solid. Light smoothly with an increasing bitter in the end.

Bottle, 33 cl. BB 08/’09 Bit hazy (darkgolden to) amber color, big white head. Aroma malts, caramel, bit spice at the end. Medium body. Taste is very special, sweet, flowers ?, little spices, bit bitter at the finish. Not bad.

33cl bottle from Délices et Caprices. I thought Bkink: bloesem was a nice example of honey beer, this one is just even better. pours hazy golden, thick white head. aroma is floral with a thick honey nose that is just sweet and enjoyable. taste, honey, and a lot of honey adding to a nice sweet palate that becomes almost sticky. smooth, borderline mead like with some floral hops. I am getting a lot of natural touch here that just give the palate the impression the honey was just collected.

Bottle conditioned. Amber, excellent thick lasting rocky white head and good condition. Initial honeyed aroma gives way to good grainy malt and flowery perfume notes. Full bodied in the mouth with a pleasant malty sweetness laced with honey and a subtle salty spiciness developing. Finish is sweet and sticky and smooth, with definite honey notes and a hint of bitterness. Seemed to me like a nice mix of Belgian triple and pale German bock.

Bottled. Deep hazy reddish golden colour with huge creamy off-white head. Aroma i honey, caramel, spices, slight alcohol too. Flavour is honey, caramel, some spices and slight earthyness. Flavour hides the alcohol very well. Nice and refreshing.

UPDATED: APR 2, 2006 Bottled. Clear orange/amber coloured, thick head. Aroma of honey, malts, some fruit and flowers. Sweet, but not annoyingly sweet flavour. I like this one. Thanks to my colleague for sharing this on her last day at work.

UPDATED: AUG 7, 2004 Amber ale. Wonderful malt aroma. Sweet, a bit spicy. It smoothly turns to bitter with a beautiful aromatic final. Very good example of Belgian strong ale.