Livinus Blonde

Brewed by Van Eecke
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Poperinge-Watou, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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In short: An extra-sweet sugary strong Belgian blonde ale without any complexity. Mega-boring.
How: Bottle 330ml, almost 1 year old, about 1 year before best-before date
The look: Cloudy dark blonde with lots of small particles topped by a very small ring of white foam
In long: Nose of generic standard Belgian yeast and candy sugar. Taste is sweet, too sweet. Candy sugar all over the place. Bready/doughy Belgian yeast does provide substance but does not provide much flavour. There is not much I can say about this beer, it is very sugary and that kills any subtle flavour it may have had. If I try real hard I can pick up some citrus fruits, some coriander, and maybe some other stuff. But that would just would just be mental masturbation. And that reminds me I have something to do. Bye.

Bottle. Body-hazy strawberry blond with a medium ring of bubbles. Nose-cereal, lager. Taste-light metal, medium hot, light white spices, sweet.

Bouteille de 330 ml obtenue via Importations Privés Bièropholie. Arôme: Légère odeur de biscuit et d’agrumes. Apparence: La couleur est orangée légèrement voilée, avec présence de dépôt et une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût d’agrumes avec une pointe d’épices. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est mince avec une texture légèrement minérale. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence d’agrumes en arrière goût. (Rating #2066)

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Smell is malts, sweet, yeast, and plasic. Look is golden in color, clear, and a small white head. Taste is malts, yeast, spices, and not much.

(33cl bottle) Pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma of mustiness, candi sugar, and yeast. Flavor of yeast, coriander, and grass.

33cl, from De Bierloods Adegem, complex brew, not balanced, yet heavy, hazy, good head, nice brew

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Marked as best by 08/09. Pours with a largish, off-whute head and a hazy yellow body and good lacing. Aroma is butter with some peanut butter, caramel and toaste. Taste is full of diacytel, butter and metal with a bit of wet dog musk and some biscuts. A bit astringet. Fizzy and creamy with noticable alcohol.

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. murky brown with no head. musky scent with some yeast. thick on the palate with a very musky, earthy finish.

The pour reveals a cloudy orangey golden color with a medium, bubbly, white head. Aroma of citrus and doughy, bready yeast. The flavor has a sharp presence of oranges, the yeast is also there, but not as much present as in the aroma. The body is light to medium with a slightly oily texture and slightly expansive carbonation. Interesting.

Aroma:fruity cirtrus,grainy malt... Appearance:hazy gold,good co2,good white head.. Flavor:citrus fruis,maltyness,oxydation flavor...