Brunehaut Abbaye de Saint-Martin Blonde

Brewed by Brunehaut
Style: Belgian Ale
Rongy, Belgium

Bottle, 33cl. Pours a cloudy golden, with decent enough white head. Somewhat nondescript aroma of cereal and grain, with a sprinkling of zest. Uninspiring on the palate of a faint array of citrus, cereal and grain. Not that impressive.

330ml Bottle: Aroma of grains, matzoh, yeast, light vegetables, salt water, light cloves, and a hint of fruit. Poured yellow/gold in color with a small, off-white head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Very sparkling. Full of tiny particles throughout. Lightly bitter and slightly sweet. Tastes of yeast, light malts, grains, light vegetables, and a hint of citrus. Medium body. Tingly texture. Lively carbonation. Grain, yeast, and slight vegetable finish.

Pours a cloudy dark golden color with some golden ripe banana yellow hues when held to a light source and a thick foamy white head that has excellent retention, slowly fading into a lasting cap with sporadic lacing. Spicy aroma with a good amount of golden fruit; apple and pear as well as some lemon zest and citrus peel. Smooth crisp motuhfeel and creamy medium body. Lots of light golden fruit notes; grape, apple, pear, lemon zest, citrus peel, alcohol astringency with a flowery subtle hoppy finish.

Name: Saint-Martin Blonde
Date: August 21, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: hazy orange, frothy white head, drippy lace
Aroma: spicy malt aroma with a light sweetness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice spicyness, light bitterness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Light blond colour, thin head. Nice flavour, a little sharp and citrusy at first. Aftertaste is a bit spicy and dry.

Golden colour, tasted from 75 cl bi bottle with a cork on. Nice and medium head with a flowery and malty aromas in front . Another point low carbonation is ok. Above avarage blond abbey ale...

"The Abbey beers of St Martin were Allegedly originally made by the monks in the Abbey of St. Martin in Tours (Tournai) from 1096. Now brewed by Brunehaut. This beer was a major let down, although to be fair I wasn’t expecting a great deal. The third beer drunk on a rainy saturday in Witham during a game of Trivial Pursuit. Another beer explosion (the second of the day) meant only about 280 cl were drunk which was probably a relief. Insipid looking although a fair head, and really non-descript flavours. Really cant say any more than that

33cl bottle from Dranken Geers. Wow what a gusher. Lost about a third to the floor. Luckily I was drinking this outside so it just went on the patio. What was left is a hazy gold colour with a thickish white head. Touch of petrol on the aroma. Bit thick and syrupy and some very unattractive cereal flavours on this. It’s not a particularly good blond and to be honest if it hadn’t gushed, then I might have poured most of this away. Poorish.