Ciney Blonde

Brewed by Alken-Maes (Heineken)
Style: Belgian Ale
Jumet, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Brilliant golden straw hue. Small white head. No lacing. Cotton candy/burnt sugar aroma. Slight alcohol tinge. Subdued fruit aroma, mostly of a banana-like aroma. Sweet flavor with a sour/bitter back end, then a sweet aftertaste. A little banana in the flavor as well. Not bad.

A blond Belgian ale with nothing remarkable about it. Drank it, put it on the list, moved on.

250 ml bottle in Germany, Yellow/golden color with lots of bubbles. Hoppy and fresh Aroma. Fruity/citrus taste, biterness, spices. Dry palate Nothing great to be found here.. Mass produced stuff.

Pours clear dark golden with a great white bubbly head leaving a nice lacing. Hoppy, sweet aroma with notes of malts, hay and fruits. Lean malty mouthfeel. Very round and fullbodied flavor of malts, fruits, caramel and hops. Very nice medium bodied sweet acidy palate. Finishes a bit sour and sweet tart.

Tap @ De Beurs, Meppel. Golden blonde, large dense white head in its big glass. Aroma has hops, grass and flowers. tastes reasonable bitter, medium bodied, nice long finish.

Bottle. Pours clear gold. Nose of apple, candi sugar, candi yam and yeast. Taste of candi sugar, earthy yeast, apple and alcohol.

25cl bottle at Le Grand Cafe, Brussels, Belgium on 19th January 2011. Pours gold with a tinge of orange and thinning slippery white head. Richly fruity in aroma with a delicate, yet rich, bouquet in the mouth. This includes berries, citrus and honey. Finish is lemony-citric, floral and lasting. Remarkably smooth, light mouthfeel.

Bottle. Golden color with almost no head. Bready aroma. Taste, light malty, spicy finish. Nothing special.