1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20Sep 2010: Brown 25cl bottle, slightly out of date (by 3 months). Poured into a Hoegaarden Grand cru stemmed tulip glass, without any sediment leaving the bottle. This is another one of those ’label beers’, no brewery, just contracted out with the name ’Ploegsteert’ as a front. This is the third in the set I’ve reviewed.
Snow white bubbley head on top of a lagerlike golden, bright body.
Very little aroma, even as the beer warmed. Mostly alcohol esters with maybe hints of Belgian yeasts if I sniff really hard.
The taste seems to be more alcohol than anything else, a bit like those strong lagers that have no flavour but give you a huge headache.
Not impressed, better than the Du Bocq brewed Queue De Charrue Amber, but not as good as the Queue De Charrue Brune, which is brewed by Verhaeghe.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
33cl bottle. Golden with medium, white head. Nose : grains, lightly caramelised, booze, barnyard, banana, zest, apricot. Sip : strong carbonation, creamy texture. Sweet with strong fruity aromas. Unusually warming for the alcohol content. Develops sour notes with esters in the background. The hops add peppery and flower aromas but very delicate bitterness. The beer is a typical Belgian blond with the characteristics of Du Bocq Brewery like heavy carbonation with a mouthful feeling and esters. Not my type but I’ll drink it with pleasure since it has been a while I heaven’t got a Belgian blond to drink.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Different take on a Belgian ale. Initial sweetness, almost like a French mirabelle beer. Golden in color with fast-fading white head. Aroma is light, taste is wheat (think weizen). This is a tough one, as it seems to be doing too mnay things....
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Terre de Boissons, Calais. Clear gold with thick lasting white head. Lots of peach ester on the aroma. Oh and apricot, lots of apricot. It’s a pretty decent blond. Lots of apricot and fullish in mouth. Some dryness on the finish. It’s very likeable and very drinkable. Love the apricot flavour. Nice.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 330ml.
Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, flowers, moderate yeasty, candy yeast. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light bitter with a long duration, candy, flowers, yeasty, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120915]
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle @ The Possé, Oostduinkerke
Golden colour, fading foamy head. Don’t like the logo.
Fruity aroma, hoppy, grass.
Fiery spicy taste.
Just ok beer.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Blonde très correct, bien qu’elle manque de réelle personalité. A boire en Automne sur un plat dont on ne veut pas couvrir le goût.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 150912
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ FOneFan. Clear deep golden with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, yeast, fruit, grass and hop. Flavour is malt, yeast, fruit, medium sweet, grass, hop and a little bitter.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are yeast, malt, grass, fruits and hops. Sweet finish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle @ Really late Summer Tasting Ulfborg, 2012. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Baking yeast, a bit of dust, dough and sweet caramel. A bit of alcohol. Full bodied.
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