Grimbergen Blonde

Alken-Maes (Heineken)
Brewed at Kronenbourg (Carlsberg)
Style: Belgian Ale
Jumet, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Draught: My first beer on my BelgianBeerTour2004. Orange/golden coloured. Off white lasting and huge head. Is yeasty, sweet and malty in the nose. Some yeast, fruit and malt in the flavour. Notes of spices. Has a dry citrus finish. Nice starter.

Bottle... Hazy, golden ale with a large, frothy, off-white head. Good retention. Spicy, fruity aroma. Well-balanced, tangy flavor with apricot and coriander. Medium-bodied with a watery mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Spicy, dry finish.

Bottled, 330ml. Gold to brown with white head, floaters. Pretty sweet straight from the off, with a spiced and fruity body, possibly over spiced for me. Yeasty, malty but there is a certain lack of depth. Had many better Abbey Tripels.

(bottle) Pale amber colour with a frothy white medium head. Fruity malty aroma with a touch of herbal hops and yeast. Slightly sweet malty and fizzy mouthfeel with a fruity and grainy finish. Smooth and crispy character, alcohol is barely detectable.

UPDATED: FEB 20, 2005 clear blond colour with a big foam and a nice lacing, yeasty aroma with notes of pear and alcohol, sweet and medium-bodied, hint of bitterness, the finish is very short and inoffensiv - a beer for beginners

Bottle. Poured dark amber with an average frothy white head that mostly lasted and had fair lacing. Moderate banana sour citrus aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture. Medium sweet flavor with a sweet finish of moderate duration.

A Mes rate: Malty and hoppy nose with some cookies and cream.Darkish blonde appearance with good head retention and pretty heavy lacing. Palate is good. A fairly chunky mouthfeel for a blonde. A good spicy and creamy finish. A decent beer.

A pretty OK blonde abbey beer, for a mass produced commercial product, with yeast, fruit and a whopping hit of alcohol, but a little sweet on the finish for my taste. Bottle. Incidentally, seems to be bottled at various strengths - I have seen it in the UK at 7% and in Belgium at 6%

Trotz seiner 6,7 Volumenprozent ist das Grimbergen Blonde ein mildes und meiner Meinung nach ausgeglichenes Bier. Ein fruchtiger und frischer Antrunk ist das erste, was man erschmeckt. Ein feinherbes Aroma setzt sich ab dem Mittelteil fest, der ein etwas "schweren" Unterton trägt, vielleicht macht sich der Alkohol doch leicht bemerkbar, ist aber nicht schlimm. Im Nachgeschmack wird das Bier herber, das fruchtige Aroma süßer, dieses Aroma klingt noch eine Weile nach. Überdurchschnittlich! Test vom 17.2.2006, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 10,11,13,14,12,12 - 12,10

Bottled. Dark golden colour with a white head. Aroma is sweet alcohol, fruit green apple, yeast. Flavour is yeast, green apple, alcohol.