Blonde Bie

(33cl bottle) Hazy, golden coloured hue with loads of micro particles and a medium-sized foamy white head. Sweet and moderately fruity (grapes, citrus) nose with vanilla and coriander spice. Sweet flavour, medium to full bodied with a rather soft carbonation. Malt-accented, moderately fruity and quite plain taste for a Belgian beer of that strength; sweet malty and strong metallic finish with notes of anise and coriander in the aftertaste (23.08.08).

Bottle of Octo’s at home, sampled blind. Muddy, cloudy, struggling to form a head. Some vanilla, beeswax and citrus in aroma once it’s opened up, but mostly metal and alcohol. Drinks about 6. Antiseptic, Lockets, more metal, almond. Honey just doesn’t do it for me as an ingredient unless it contributes some sweetness or slickness of body, and neither are apparent here. Disasterous.

33cl, from Geers Oostakker, not blanced brew, cloudy, rocky head, nice brew

Bottle@Home. Aroma of citrus, herbs and some cooked veggies. Yellow color, lots of bubbles, fine white head, good lace. Sweet, bitter, citrus, laurel and other spices, sticky mouthfeel. Interesting, certainly not refreshing.

(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of yespr/Ungstrup. Hazy, pale golden with a white head. Aroma of fruit and phenols. Medium-bodied with sweetish, fruity notes and lots of diacetyl and metal. No bitterness. Terribly unclean and flawed. 120108