Moinette Blonde

Brewed by Brasserie Dupont
Style: Abbey Tripel
Tourpes-Leuze, Belgium

25.4 oz bottle. Hazed pale orange with a thin white head. Nose is dough and lemon zest that opens up to a wonderful spicy orange honey. Crisp, almost sparkling, carb. A bit oily but still substantial. Taste is apple, pear and yeast. Just right; a perfect brew for a warm afternoon.

Golden appearance with a nice lacing head. Yeasty, malty, spicy. Very dry, slightly hoppy end.

11oz bottle @ Hamilton’s Tavern San Diego. Hazy yellow peachy gold hue, with a rocky foamy white head, nice nose of citrus fruits notes, like grapefruit, good yeasty and floral aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a zesty citrusy character, with some green apples and lemons fruitiness flavors, with a floral hops accent, and a leafy note, good carbonation, a nice complexity, with an alcoholic content well hidden, leading towards a floral hops bittering finish.

Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 12/2008, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on May 1 2008; eye: golden with a reddish orange hue, lightly hazy, good effervescence, voluminous white head that falls to finally look like melting ice cream, good lacing; nose: "belgian", yeast, spices, citrus, grapefruit, malt, light grain, light floral, a bit of grass, light bread; mouth: yeast (present throughout the sip), spices, a bit of grass, grainy malt, maple water, alcohol is barely noticeable, hops appears late and disturbs the balance, finale in malt with a good presence of maple water, creamy texture, lightly sweet and bitter, medium body, average carbonation; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, best before 12/2008, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 1er mai 2008; œil : dorée avec une teinte rouge orangée, légèrement voilée, bonne effervescence, mousse blanche abondante qui tombe pour finalement ressembler à de la crème glacée en train de fondre, bonne dentelle; nez : « belge », levure, épices, citron, pamplemousse, malt, léger grain, léger floral, un peu d’herbe, léger pain; bouche : levure (présente durant toute la gorgée), épices, un peu d’herbe, malt granuleux, eau d’érable, alcool est légèrement perceptible, houblon apparaît tardivement et dérange un peu l’équilibre, finale en malt avec une présence d’eau d’érable, texture crémeuse, légèrement sucrée et amère, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : correct

Pours a hazy golden yellow with particles throughout and a good layer of white head. Aroma is yeast and light sugars. Flavor is yeasty and malts. Citrus notes are present but mild. A clean standard blond.

Bottle at Hotel Erasmus, Brugge. Hazy light gold, fine white head. Minty, herbal aroma, bright and spring-like. Soft delicate malt, quinine bitterness. Simple, pleasant.

Pours amber with a generous white head, and a slight bit of gushing when this one opened. Smells citrussy with somes spicy elements and touches of dry malt and sugar. Tastes sugary with some citrussy elements and a leathery finish.

11.2 fl. oz. bottle. My label looks nothing like the picture, and it just says "Moinette" and "Unfiltered, Bottle Conditioned." Nothing about Blonde. But I checked the Brasserie Dupont website, and it looks like this is the one. Smells wonderful. Some malts, and strawberries. Looks handsome too. Honey-blond, with a tall creamy head. The flavor is mild and a little fruity. Apples and grapes. Velvety texture. This one was a pleasure.