Moinette Blonde

750 corked brown bottle bought at the SAQ A: nice golden wheat colour almost no head, some carbonation S: complex nose, spices, some yeast, T: intense flavour, some tartness, coriander, spices, complex, M: good boby, round, long D: this is a nice complex ale.

2008-03-04. Hazy pastel yellow, nice foamy white head and excellent lacing (4+). Aroma is muted at first, mild yeast, muted bready pale malt. (6+) Dry flavour, light alcohol throughout, light bitterness, mild pale malt. Alcohol and more bitterness lingers. (6+) Average palate. Nice, but I expected a bit more from it.
On Tap at Bier Circus, Brussels

Bouteille 750 ml. Mousse très abondante qui reste et qui reste très longtemps. Bière de couleur jaune paille dorée voilée. Au nez des arômes de pommes, citron, d’agrumes, poires, miel, d’alcool et d’épices viennent percuter nos voies nasales. En bouche la bière est ronde et nous donnes un point de rencontre avec des flaveurs de pommes rouges, de pommes vertes, de poires, d’agrumes, de miel et d’ananas. Le tout se termine par une petite amerturme plaisante qui s’étale comme un nuage à perte de vue. Bonne bière assez complexe.

(bottle): Pours an amber color body, cloudy, sediment in bottom. Big white head, creamy, somewhat lasting. Belgian flowery aroma, some grapes, musky, dusty. Old world smelling. Flowery, sweet taste. Sour aftertaste. Not as belgian ale, but more like a gueze. Interesting taste, some alcohol.

Straw gold. Huge head that lasts longer than the glass...citrus, wet grass, musty belgian farmhouse yeast, bit of peppery spice in there too. Delicious in Summer. Alcohol not a massive stand-out. Hides its strength. A must try for belgian farmhouse fans.

An aromatic hoppy with the lightest caramel hints. I think of every good Belgian I’ve had when I smell this one! Good head pour, recedes not too quickly. Not clear, with corresponds to the unfiltered text on the label. The flavor resonates in my mouth for a good moment. It has, what I describe as a high lift in my mouth. I expect the taste to drop, but it kind of floats away. Meaning, there’s no real different aftertaste. But, the initial taste does stay around. Really unexpected. It has a slight nose-clearing sensation (similar to strong alcohols) and almost a peppery after-effect. The body is smooth on the tongue. The cork has "2.006", which I assume is the European way to state the year 2006 (period versus a comma).

Draft @ BSP, Atlanta. Pours a slightly hazy orange-gold with dense creamy eggshell white head. Nose is slightly funky, with barnyard hops, lemony citrus, and clean caramel character. Full and smooth on the palate, with fruitier pear and apple tartness, coupled with lively yeasty notes towards the somewhat grassy, musty finish. A nice tripel.

750, corked and baled. This is evidently an older bottle. Not sure how much older, but it has the tan label with green text, and just calls itself "Moinette Belgian Ale." And it’s awesome.
Pours cloudy medium amber with bright gold highlights and a towering fluffy platinum blonde head. Big bold funks horse blanket and old wet grass nose. Almost overpowering at first, but not after a minute, and never unpleasant at all. Doesn’t show much lace but the film that sticks around is thick and egg-white-y.
Lovely creamy medium body with plenty of churning carbonation. Caramel, funky horseblanket, old wet grass, and a bit of herbal hop on the mid-palate. This is sooooo much more farmhouse than abbey, but who cares what they call it? It’s fantastic. I’ll snag any of these bottles I can get my hands on. Not sure how the stuff with the yellow label (pictured) is drinking.