Moinette Blonde

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

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.

Bottle at Battersea Beer Festival 8 Feb 08. Golden colored. A small white head. Some particles observed. Sweet fruity aroma. Carbonation drowning the flavor! Sweet fruity impression.

Hazy light amber with a thick white head. Grassy black pepper,skunky smell. Medium bodied with a slick mouthfeel. Nice pale malt, spice, and herbal hop flavors here. Not sure where the skunky smell came from. 12506

Fizzy hazed orange product with hay aroma. Punishment continues in taste with citrus, grain and metal shavings.

Hazy blond colour. Spicy, citrusy aroma. Fresh, sharp, clean and refreshing with a dry finish.

bottle, fruity almost bubble gum nose, malt flavor with nice mineral gravel finish