Boeteling Blond

Brewed by Bavik-De Brabandere
Style: Belgian Ale
Harelbeke, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle (from Bitter Virtue). Initial aroma is a bit like vomit tinged with iron bru. Thankfully this doesnt last long. Sweet and fruity with a little spice and zesty tartness keeps it drinkable. Despite the shaky start not bad.

Bottle from Jesse, thanx. A clear golden colored beer, with a thick foamy white head. The aroma of hops with fruits, like citrus and notes of caramel. The taste is sweet with bitter, fruity, orange and citrus. The aftertaste is some sweet with bitter.

UPDATED: APR 18, 2008 Bottle, 33 cl. (bought @ Van Uxeem) Almost clear darkgolden to amber color, with dark white head. Aroma malts, yeasts, bit spices. Medium body. Taste spice, fruity, some caramel, good malts, little sourness, and nice bitterness, dry end. I’m surprised but this is not a labelbeer. Good.

33cl Brown bottle, with one week left before its best before date (31st Jan 2010). Poured into a stemmed tulip ’Corsendonk’ glass. Plenty of sediment in the bottle, managed to pour the beer without it getting into the glass. The beer was therefore a misty golden yellow in colour, good white head on top. Loads of bubbles rising through the brew. Sweet and sour aromas, some toffee esters, yeast also within the smell. Thetaste is a blend of many flavours, a toffee sweetness at first, mixed with some caramel. Then a steadying yeast and spice combination which turns the beer into a more interesting prospect altogether. A very nice beer indeed, will look for it again when I next visit Belgium.

Bottle, Jan’s, Stoke Newington, London. Poured an amber colour with an off white dissipating head. Sickly sweet aroma which permeated into the flavour; which was caramel malt heavy mixed with some canned fruit and yeast notes. Definite acidic tinge to this and as a consequence not hugely enjoyable really.

Beer with a nice orange color and with an airy ivory colored head. The aroma is light malty with faint touches of butter caramel, dried apricots, some candi sugar and some sweet spices. Also a faint hoppyness in the nose. Taste is slight drier than expected. It has a good carbonation and a nice lively mouthfeel. On the pallet there are hints is peach-pit, some nut-skin, malts, white bread and corn flowers. The afthertaste turns dry and ends with a flowery and slight hoppy finish.

Bavik Boeteling Blond, served in Cambrinus, Brugge. Blond, slightly amber coloured beer, with a grainy aroma with some yeast. Flavour of sweet malts. The head disappears quickly and little carbonation going on in the glass.

Tast at Taverne Flandria in Veurne. Amberbeer with a light colored to white foam. Nose is malty, bready and touches of cinnamon and dry fruits. The taste is mildy to dry with some spices and abrkoos fruits. No outspoken hops in the end.

Amber colored beer with off white head. Aroma is slight malty with hints of candy sugar and some hops. taste is smooth, slight sweet, bready and end with a little hops.

A regular abbey style beer. It reminds me of Leffe Blond somewhat and I don’t like Leffe very much.