Bolivar Blond

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Melle, Belgium

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Towering yellowish tinted head over clear golden beer; end of bottle yeasthaze. Vegetable nose, beets, green fruit, perfumed, gliding into sweet malts. Dull sweet flavour, with a slight but present spicy bitterness, faintly herbal as well. Warming up, faint reminiscences of DMS. Rather spritzy MF, bit overcarbonated, light body, rather slick. Dull. As befitting the "fair trade", IMHO.

Aug 2010: Formally known as ’Oxfam Blonde’ this beer was obtained from the Oxfam shop in Brugge and brought back home to review. Poured into a ’Duvel’ glass: Looked like a slightly darker Duvel actually, huge white head of large bubbles and an almost clear body, but more amber than duvel gold. The aroma was a bit of a let down, some yeast esters but very little else. The beer was crisp, tart and well carbonated, but lacking in taste somewhat. Yeasty, with a hop bitterness hidden away behind the fizziness of the carbonisation. Drinkable, but no classic, ingredients from Bolivia, Costa Rica and Thailand, a fairtrade beer!

Blond, white head. Honey aroma. Light body, too much carbom. Fruity taste. Apples on palate and other fruits. B@H

Bottle from local Oxfam shop. Hazy golden colour, off-white head. Lots of red-brownish floaties. Nose is yeasty, spicy, dry malty. Flavour is yeasty, malty, alcoholic, some fruityness. Alcoholic and dry finish. Poorly done.

Rice aroma, hint of citrus, too lively carbonation. Some bitterness, metallic finish.

Bottle from Voldby. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden with floaties. Aroma and taste are yeast, fruits, malt and hops.

Darker golden coloured. A good sized an good holding head. Spiced, herbal, sweet, a bit watery and simple at the taste. Slightly some sourness at the end.

Fairtrade product. Differs in description on rice, coming from India. Yellow-amber color with small white head, clear with some particles. Cork nose. Taste is sweet, acidic finish, . Aroma of apple, cherry, grapes, fruity, some grains and caramel, alcohol. Dry, high lively carbonation, light body. Has a feel of prosecco wine. Strange...

This beer has an iron flavour and a sour scent to it. Not good at all. Took an effort to finish the glass.

(bottle, 33cl) Clear, golden colour with a tall and slightly off-white foamy head. Sweet and slightly sour-fruity aroma with notes of papaya and slightly perfumed (Indian-like) flowery notes. Moderately sweet flavour, medium bodied at most with a lively carbonation. Fruit-accented and slightly malty taste with shy spicy notes; almost slim, fruity and shy bitter finish. Not really convincing. 10.I.11

From Voldby, DK. Bottled, 250910. Blonde with white head. Aroma of yeasty fruit and spices. Flavor with malt, yeast and sourness from the carbonation.