Gruut Blond

Brewed by Gentse Stadsbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Ale
Gent, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Picked this up at Dranken Geers, Belgium, 31-10-09 Pours light gold with a white head. Some creamy vanilla, there is candy sugar showing, but little else, despite this I rather liked it. A6 A4 F7 P4 Ov14 3.4

Not a complex brew at all. Nice spicy aroma though and a very fruity entrance. But somehow this is where the whole experience ends. Not a noteworthy aftertaste, no bitterness, clearly a lack of hops. This makes this beer not very beer-like. It’s more like water that has been enhanced to resemble beer.

Bottle at the Demervallei, Aarschot, Belgium
Hazy blond body. White, rocky head. Fresh aroma of hops and flowers, the hop aroma is quite sharp. There is also some spicyness in the aroma (pepper). Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour. Quite nice. The aroma is very nice, but the flavour is quite dull. No complexity, badly balanced.

Bottle @ Vilvordia Bierproef Festival, Jette, Brussels. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty aroma with some hints of yeast. Sweetish malty slighlty grainy flavor with some yeasty hints. Has a sweetish malty bitter finish with some hints of yeast in the aftertaste.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Hazy pale yellow with a dense white head. Sweetish aroma of fruit and a little yeast. Medium body, lightly tart citrus notes - almost cidery. Tart finish. 140509

hazy gold blond coloured body with a white head a yeasty fruity aroma a yeasty fruity grainy taste with a grainy bitter finish

Hazy blond coloured beer with small white head and no carbonation. Granny bit yeasty aroma. Full palate bit sparkling. Finish is bit bitter herby and slightly spicy.

Bottle, shared by Papsoe. A hazy, orange-yellow-golden beer with a small, white head. Grainy, fruity and hoppy nose, a bit weaker than I would prefer. Grainy flavor with a nice fruityness, finishing rather fruity. Medium body, dry. I guess the hoppy impression in the aroma is due to something else, don’t know what. Overall, the beer is a bit on the grainy side, with the gruit left in the background. (090514)

Bottle, 33 cl. Bought @ Willems. Hazy golden color, with a large white head. Aroma malts, bit yeast, sweet, some spice. Medium body. Taste sweet, some yeast, malts. Dry end. Regular blond.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with an almost fully gone head. Sweet coriander spiced aroma. Sweet and phenolic flavoured. Light bitter and vague grassy touch into a medium dry and subdued spiced finish.