Brugse Straffe Hendrik Blond

Brewed by Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan
Style: Belgian Ale
Brugge, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Corriander and fresh yeast nose. Pale blond gold color. Extremely fizzy pour that left a foamy head like sea foam. Orange sherbet effect on the palate with no noticeable bitterness. Very light and a thin body, but with a great deal of character, relatively speaking. Quality brew.

Draught @ Brewpub, Bruges.
Rated on 20100715.
Pours golden color with medium head. Aroma of grass, fruits and spices. Flavor of dry hay, malts, yeast and spice notes.

Bought on Tap at La Tireuse summer of 2011 Golden color and typical belgian foam Medium body & complexity Very enjoyable

Draft@moderste: hazy amber with a white head, caramel, malts, slight biter hops, spices, some soap, slight yeast, some darker fruit, bit to soapy, bit wattery and oily

Originally rated March 2006. Bought at the Dépanneur de la Rive in Cap-Rouge, Quebec. Written DEC 2006 on plain golden bottle cap. Pours a cloudy blonde-caramel colour with a white foamy head and good retention. Kind of looks like a witbier. Lots of carbonation and lacing is sloppy all around the glass. The nose reminds me of a pilsner. After breathing a bit, the aromas turn to spices and yeast. Fizzy mouthfeel. The flavours are also yeasty with some decent dry hoppy finish. Quite a refreshing brew and a nice mix between a witbier and a pilsner.

Brewery Tap, Bruges Pours golden amber with white head. Fruit notes in aroma. Moderate carbonation, medium body. Somewhat sweet with dry finish. In Belgian context, nothing special.

Bottle and served in my Ommegang Anno Tulip: Pours a slightly cloudy golden/light amber hue with a few floaties, small but lasting frothy head, okay lace. The aroma has notes of wheat husks, pils, biscuit, honey, some lemon, banana, and clove esters along with light herbal hops. The taste is rather mundane, grainy with light fruit and slice notes. Bubblegum and earthiness throughout. Hint of soapy notes along with very light bitterness. The mouth feel is lively but not all that refreshing. Just like the Leffe Blonde before it, rather forgettable but then I am not really sure how fresh this bottle is always.

This stuff is okay. Had better, had worst. Maybe I’m biased against most beers from Brugge.

standard big cabonation and color for the style. light belgian malt aroma and flavor with a touch of hops. its descent.

mmm strange my bottle states 9% alcohol ...

head: white, bubbly , away fast
colour: gold
smell: hops, yeast, flowery, grassy, some wheats, alcohol
taste: grainy/cereal in the start, hopy, bitter,malty and grassy palate , alcohol in the end , end is dry ,aftertaste is grass , not bad

highly sweet, with lots of herbs and cloves. taste resembles a touch of bubble gum and malts richness. very little hops still god to drink.