Steenbrugge Blond

Brewed by Brouwerij Palm
Style: Belgian Ale
Steenhuffel, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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bread, earthy, barnyard, leather, cooked vegetables, banana, vanilla, tan foam, golden, rocky head, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium body, fizzy,

Une blonde simple ne peut prétendre à la plus haute marche du podium, bien entendu, mais il ya une pratique de la "matière" dans certaines brasseries, qui peut être intéressante. C’est le cas de Palm, qui a de jolies ales par exemple, et qui a misé ici sur une autre stratégie. D’abord la référence à une abbaye fondée en 1084, ensuite une fermentation haute et refermentation en bouteille, puis l’emploi d’un bouquet d’épices typiquement brugeois, le "gruut". La couleur est d’un joli blond doré profond, avec un léger voile de levure. La mousse est blanche et assez crémeuse. Le pétillant est très fins, et les bulles sont nombreuses et vives. La première bouche montre une belle bière blonde "de base", avec un joli caractère "vert" d’herbes aromatiques. La seconde fait disparaître un peu l’épice sous le houblon assez joli. La troisième montre un houblon très précis. La longueur améliore l’équilibre. La levure est bien intégrée. La finale manque sans doute un peu de complexité, mais on ne peut reprocher à cette blonde de 6,5 abv de ne pas en offrir plus.

750 ml bottle. Pours deep golden with thin white, long lasting head and lively carbonation. Aroma is of barnyard yeast, ripe pears and biscuit malt. Body is full and smooth. Taste is very spicy, fruity with biscuit malt and caramel in the background. Finish is long and spicy. Excellent brew.

corked popped and released odors of caramel with a hint of citrus. Gold in its appearance with light minimal head. Medium sweet hints with minimal suggestions of bitterness. A refreshing tasty treat.

In a bar in Bruges, cloudy gold with a good head, fruity aroma, usual Belgian abbey blond taste, good then.

On cask in wetherspoons Aberdeen and only 6%. Compared to the normal keg, this was a revelation. Poured much as usual, golden with a healthy white head, but the aroma was more pronouncedly fruity. Flavour was of a full bodied ale with huge amounts of raisin over a nice biscuity malt. Nice dry refreshing aftertaste.

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.

UPDATED: NOV 14, 2012 1) Golden/blond ale?!? Pretty typical spiced ’abbey-style’ commercial blond. Cask, Hinckley Spoons. Stunned I haven’t rated this before. Sweet silky coriander, banana ester and biscuity mush. Huge delayed digestive sweetness afters with faint pepper. Classier, yeastier Leffe Blond. A bit dead, but nice. 636313=3.1. 2) Cask handpull, The Larry (JDW), Nuneaton, 13/11/12. Still, shining, low-headed lager gold. Weak parsley, dill-like lemony citrus aroma. Slight aluminium, lemon curd sprinkled with parsley and ground coriander seed, jammy apricot Belgian hop. Hums softly. Really captures the subtleties of a BC spiced Belgian. Paints the glass with lace every time you touch the glass. 747415=3.7.

Cask conditioned handpump Cordwainer Northampton 01/11/ A blonde beer with a bright white head. A good Belgian ale with peppery lemony hop notes and good yeasty flavours. A slight spicy note. Easy drinking with some banana and coriander notes. Good.

this beer is very bready in taste and style. after the first sip there is a strong alcohol taste that warms you up. nice balance of malts and little hops but still has all the right qualities.