Caulier Bon Secours Blonde de Noël

Brewed by Caulier
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Péruwelz, Belgium

330ml swing-top bottle, bb. Oct.09, thanks to Skinnyviking. Hazy golden body under a low, white head. Aroma of dry white wine with a spicy touch. Spiced taste containing late, sweet banana and acid fruits, with underlying candy sweetness. Foamy-alcoholic on the swallow. Short tail, though. Alright, but much of the flavours are pushed into the background by a prominent element of alcohol. [Tromsø, New Years Day 2009].

Bouteille de 330 ml, avec bouchon de céramique, obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Forte odeur d’alcool à friction. Apparence: La couleur est blonde orangée voilée avec une faible densité de bulle. Saveur: Goût d’alcool à friction. Longue durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est mince avec une texture huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence d’alcool à friction en arrière goût. Il y avait définitivement un problème de contamination avec cette bouteille. (Rating #1871)

33 cl bottle. Yeast at the bottom. Golden colour with big fluffy head. Aroma of yeast, spice and caramel. Nice sweet flavour of biscuit, spice, malt and ends up with a nice warm feeling from the alcohol.

Pours cloudy milky orange with a fine disappearing white head. Full and sharp aroma, citrusy with hints of lactic acid. Very heavy flavor. Lots of fruit, oranges and citrus with sharp herby notes and a warming tone of alcohol. Unbalanced and not a beer for me to enjoy.

Grassy, herbal nose, with some butter and toffee. Fruity ester and vapory alcohol. Farmhouse. Hazy butterscotch in color, with thin off-white lacing head. Heavy watery body with light carbonation, almost syrupy. Starts sweet and syrupy, malt and heavy fruity notes. Light acidic hops. Overly sugared, and big alcohol hit. Herbal and grassy, some spices. Has some positive elements, but mostly it’s too thick and sweet for the blond style.

0.33L bottle, courtesy of fonefan. Thanks! Pours a slightly hazy, golden color with fine particulates; white head with fine-bubbled lacing. Lots of intricate honey, yeastiness, and Belgian sugars in the aroma; intense, gently sweet. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: chewy honey, Belgian sugar, and yeast; nicely dry at the perimeter, with plenty of complex Belgian character throughout; solid, generous, big Belgian beer. Lengthy finish: Belgian sugars, honey, and solid yeastiness; nicely dry.

Bottle: Poured a hazy dirty golden color ale with a small foamy head with no retention and minimal lacing. Aroma consists of loads of candi sugar with some dry hops. Taste is a mix between some gross sweet malt notes and loads of candi sugar with a weird metallic hoppy finish. Minimal carbonation with no apparent alcohol and a full oily body. I have to say that I was disappointed by this overly sweet beer that is badly missing some balance.

Warming and alcohol. Lacks spice, malt or what so ever. Yellow with a bit of sediment. Pours a large white head, very lacing. Head mostly lasting. Faint bitter-hopped aromas. Not much sweetness fore a belgian strong ale, more hopped. A bit metallic perhaps.