Moinette Blonde

1st foray into belgian farmhouse ales. impressed i must admit. Frothy and effervescent compared to my usual preferences, but i rather enjoyed the change. Some bright citrus flavours and an acid bite that may have more to do with the CO2. Very attractive beer in an authentic glass. Some spice there too...imagine it would go well with Indian food..perhaps.

Hazy bright golden color, thick white head around the edge. Sweet nose and taste of lemon, orange peel, spice, and fresh green fruit. Has a musty feel. Everything blends together well.

750 ml. bottle shared with Quevillon. The color is a hazy blond with a thick white head. The taste is a grainy malt. with citrus fruits. It is the real taste of a Belgium style beer.

Maybe someday my dreams will come true and I will be in the employ of Brasserie Dupont. Poured a golden straw color, with thick foamy white head. Aroma includes yeast, sweet malt, and citrus. Citrus also present in the flavor. Light to medium in body. A nice one to guzzle, in a sophisticated way of course.

Very tasty, classic and true to the style Belgian triple. A tad sweet compared to other tripels out there.

0.33l bottle into trappist glass. Very nice pale pour, good white head. Aroma is hoppy, wheat and sharp. Taste is similar, plenty hops and straw/wheat, excellent tripel.

750 ml bottle shared by Tmoney99. Pours a hazy golden color with a small/medium white head with good retention. The aroma was an interesting mix of yeast, sour citrus, spice, and apples. The flavor showed moderate sweetness, crisp lite citrus, more apples, lite yeast and a touch of alcohol. Medium bodied, easy drinking. This one had good flavor. 2006 vintage.

Vintage 2006. The old label. A cork that slid right out. Crystal clear bronze pour and a webbing of white froth. Dusty aroma of candied apples, honey, champagne vinegar, and cinnamon. Pears. Golden malts calmly settled. Subtle spicing and ever so lightly herbal, though the thyme and musty leaf notes consistently grind themselves into the earth of the malts. There’s some perfume heat that leads it into the lofty sophisticated atmosphere of a trappist tripel. Really lovely, if a bit vinegary and sweet sometimes.

A soaring herbal tranquility surrounds a lilac perfume and golden honey malt in the flavor, refined and realized. This is like stargazing. Yeasty dusts from the other worlds lend a strange fruitiness hidden in a saffron glaze. Firm and sweet underneath in a streamlined balance of cloying powdered sugar pastries and oak barrel finesse. Rosiness and lemon grass dry it up with a seedy, smooth bittersweetness. This is brilliantly balanced, sultry and soft, and just wild enough.

Yeast poured yields a creamy candy sweetness all the way through, and a smashing apple tartness amidst a seriously erudite floral arrangement of alcoholic perfumes. This is really damn pretentious and it carries itself with grace. An undertone of cured shavings of ginger.

Smooth and rich palate. Velvet texture of soft carbonation. Alcohol effects in the finish with a soft dryness, again of floral perfume, and an afterthought of orange rind. Final finish on herbs and thick dough. This is the definitive example of what a little age can do to take the edge off a tripel. The complexities have congealed, the yeasts have arrived, and the impression is more mysterious than confronting. Let it sit for a couple years, and possibly more, and be romanced. Brilliance.