Moinette Blonde

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

Draught at ZBF08. Weak bready aroma. Very cloudy yellow colour. Small but nice and stable creamy white head. Mild flavour, some yeast. Medium bitterness, quite rough. 6 3 6 3 13

Bottle, 8.5%. Sweet and yeasty fruit aroma. Hazy golden colour. Big stable creamy white head. The flavour is sweet with a little yeast. Good spicy flavour. Grassy hop flavour, a little grapefruit. Slightly high level of alcohol, but OK balanced by sweetness and hops. 6 3 7 3 16

Cloudy golden colour with a white head that leaves some nice lacing. malty, light fruity sweet aroma with hints of hops. Malty, fruity flavor with hoppy notes. Light dry finish with hints of yeast.

Bottle. Golden color, semi hazy, full white head. Yeasty light malt aroma. Smooth flavor, characteristic belgian yeast flavor, pilsner malt taste, sweetness. Not much bitterness. Very good.

07 on the cork. Pours a yellow golden honey color with a small white fizzy head that quickly turns into nothing more than a white oil slick on top of the beer. Nose is honey, wheat, spice, sugar, and some alcohol. Taste is sweet and spicy with a finish that is extremly alcoholic, something I have never experience in beer before let alone a 8.5%. Almost has a rubbing alcohol like finish. Well crafted but does not blow me away.Well balanced, I would let this one have some time to open up and breathe.

An absolute gem. Very hoppy taste and lasting finish, due to the dry-hopping. The alcohol is masked by the strong bitter taste.

33CL bottle, bought @ the beerkoning in Amsterdam. Nice blond beer, golden color, small/medium head. Sweet taste, good belgian beer.

750ml bottle, cork says 2005. Heavy CO2 charge almost blew the cork out, nice loud pop. Pours pale gold, nice foamy head with tenacious lace as it collapses. Smells yeasty and a little bubble gummy, sweet rolls. Taste is malty and fruity, fully balanced by dry bittering hops. Hop profile is a bit monochromatic. The residual sweetness gets shoved out of the way by a tight, astringent hoppy finish. A really nice beer with cheeses, olives, and fresh veggies.

Bottle, bought @ Vinspecialisten, Kolding.
Pours a nice, almost clear golden yellow. A super-great, creamy white head on top. Good lacing and good duration. Aroma is sweet, lightly spiced (some coriander), biscuits, frugt (oranges) and yeast. Medium carbonation - quite creamy. Flavour is initially a bit vinious and kinda dry. A light peppery edge (Dupont makes too many Saisons :o) ), some coriander and vanilla. Otherwise lots of the usual exotic fruits, oranges, pineapple and peach mixed with well-balanced yeastiness.