De Leckere Gulden Craen Blond

Brewed by Brouwerij de Leckere
Style: Belgian Ale
De Meern, Utrecht, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Tap@Proeflokaal. Very yeasty aroma with some citrus. Cloudy, shiny yellow, white head, fair lace. Very citric, flowery, lemon, thinnish. Gave me a feeling of infected beer.
Earlier Rating: 4/26/2004 Total Score: 2.5
Malts and light hoppy aroma. Dark amber color, off-white head, fair lace. Sweet, sour undertone, little metalic finish, malts, light hoppy, unbalanced, bit syrupy start but thin finish. I often think that the brewers of these eco-brewed beers spent more time on their ingredients than on their product.
Earlier Rating: 10/12/2001 Total Score: 3.5
Light, hoppy.

UPDATED: MAR 5, 2012 Bottle from local alcohol groucery in Utrecht, Netherlands. Clear yellow colour with a white head. Light sweet aroma with some fruity notes. Fruity and slightly spiced flavour.

Bottle at Cafe Buitenlust, Oirschot. Clear yellow colored beer, small white head. Nice smell, some fruityness. Taste fruits and bitter. Low carbo, medium body.

Bottle: Small white head on top of a cear yellow colored beer. Smell like a pilsner. Taste malts, hops, yellow fruit, spices. Aftertaste of bitter, disappears quick Low carbo, soft tingly mouthfeel, medium body and a watery texture.

Bottle @ Cafe Lobbes. Slightly hazy golden colour, white head. Aroma is sweet malty and a bit yeasty. Flavour is sweet malted, yeast and a bit spiced. Sweet finish.

Bottled from Mitra, Naarden. Pretty bad appearance, clear golden colored, small white dying head, lots of yeast particles in different sizes. Aroma of malts and bread, together with some fruity hops. Smooth hoppy and malty flavor, predominantly bitter with little bit of malty sweetness. Excellent balance between sweet malts and bitter hops. Easy to drink like a pilsener. Just fix the appearance and this will be a very successful attempt.

Bottle: Golden, indeed; hazy, small white creamy foam, some floaties visible; light sweetish-sourish nose with impressions of apples, oranges and almonds; light sweetish-sourish flavour, light to medium bodied; almonds and apples, followed by a light tartness, in the sourish-sweetish finish. Monotonous copy of a belgian Ale......

300 ml bottle a golden yellow colored beer with a white head aroma spices bread and malts taste malts spices water and some sweetness

Bottled from Mitra slijter. Hazy golden color, short frothy head. Aroma of some faint hop, pineapple, hint of barnyard, bit malty, bread. Malty taste, bready, bit dryish. Bready blonde.

Good, fluffy lightly yellowish head over veiled, well-carbonated orange-golden beer; end of bottle muddy yeast. Flowery, seriously perfumed aroma; if very discreet rather artificial-smelling; malts. Sharpish, rather agressive toasted malts, carbonation giving acidity; yeast-intoned. Fizzy, agressive, verging towards astringency; light body. Utterly useless beer.

Aroma is a strange artificial floral. Hazy but surprisingly little (white) foam. Too fizzy and sour for its medium body. Abrupt finish. Misses taste overall and looks don’t match the taste.