Steenbrugge Blond

Brewed by Brouwerij Palm
Style: Belgian Ale
Steenhuffel, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle. The light sweet smell of cookies. The normal large white foamy head has a short duration, the body is pale yellow. The taste is light sour. The body is light and lively with a sparkling carbonation.

22-jan-2011. 50cl bottle at beer tasting. Pretty dull beer with almost no head. The nose is faint, with notes of fruits. Flavour is pretty OK, quite sweet. The finish is very short, and very faint. Overall this is not really a beer I’d recommend.

(750ml bottle) Pours a cloudy golden body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of yeast, mustiness, light mango, and florals. Flavor of earthiness, yeast, and fruit with a dry finish.

Golden beer, slightly hazy, fimr white head. Not any strong aroma. Peaches, oranges, rhubarb, refreshing beer with long lingering sourness. Not the most sophisticated, perhaps, but a very decent beer.

Golden straw clear as day sports a surprising amount of carbonation, but then I was also the first to pop her 750ml corked bottle-conditioned goodness. Little surprise there. Her doughy white head fades into a ringlet to make way for an equally delightful doughy nose. Yeasty and doughy with honeycomb in the background, a thick presence leads into apricots and nectarines steeped just right in syrup; not too much nor too little. Their skins snap in the back of each snuff and as much as I could take in her rich nose, I’m thirsty. Thick, doughy, and yeasty, she weighs heavy on my palate with a generous helping of steeped apricots, peaches, and nectarines. As I chew through her doughy body, I am surprised to find my palate slowly drying into a finish of brown spices. The Steenbrugge Blonde comes very close to personifying “liquid bread”. Each cellar temperature quaff revels in doughy white breads, sweet and sticky fruits, a dry finish, and lingering spices. Delightful. I’d love to pair her with a fruit torte or parfait for an afternoon of lazy beer+food pairing indulgence.

Positive first impressions are always reassuring. I still have a few other Steenbrugge selections to taste my way through, and if all are like the Blonde, she will be all play and no work.

Bottled from the AH in Mestreech. Clear golden color with a lacing thick white head. Nose is blonde- sweet and yeasty tones. Aroma is sweet, yeasty. Quite well bodied for a blond. Finishes with a dry mouthfeel. OK.

Bottle @ Willems, Belgium. Pours cloudy golden with a small white head and lacings. Very clean. Yeast and fruits. Dry and earthy flavor. Medium bodied. Good.

750 shared by Marcus. Pours orange gold. Head wasn’t much. sort of ripe stone fruit aromas Med. body/mild carbonation. Flavor is dry fruit. Mild pepper. Finish is moderately bitter. There’s barnyard. Finishes a bit fruity with peppery bitterness.