’t Hofbrouwerijke Blondelle

Brewed by ’t Hofbrouwerijke
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Beerzel, Belgium

(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Wallingatan, Stockholm) Golden colour with brief, white head. Fruity nose with lemon, apricots, flowers, shampoo and spices (ginger, fresh coriander). Fruity, floral taste with notes of citrus, coriander, ginger and grassy hops. Medium body, not very bitter but rather spicy. Very tasty beer. Nice one.

Hazy goldblond coloured beer with small white head and no carbonation. Spicy hoppy herby aroma. Full palate bit creamy and sparkling. Finish is spiced ending bitter and dry. Very good one.

A 0.33L bottle tasted at One Pint Pub. Pale head. Some ginger in the nose. Hazy pale yellow colour. Spicy taste. Slightly sweet.

33cl Bottle from De Bierkoning. Another gusher from ’t Hofbrouwerijke, luckily I managed to save more than last time. Cloudy yellow orange beer, lots of yeast, creamy white head. Sweetish aroma with mainly cardemon, which gives it a ginger/citrus aroma. Flavour is dominated by cardemon, sweet, some malts and a good hoppy bitter finish. Medium bodied. If you like cardemon, this is really nice.

Bottle: Hazy, orangey-golden with a stable lacy off-white head; sweetish spicy-hoppy nose; quite dry solid bitter-sweet flavour, medium to full bodied; lingering spicy (cough syrup) and bitter finish. Well made stuff.....

330ml bottle (One Pint, Helsinki, Belgian Weeks 2009)
Clear gold, large tight head. Sharp fruity hoppy aroma - quite punchy, maybe a bit savoury too. Pleasant carbonation, crisp palate. gingery retronasals, with light grains too. Spicy grainy body, clean slightly milky finish, with light grainy ginger and zest - peach and tangerine. Softer with the yeast. No alcohol at all. (Honest - that was my first beer of the evening, it doesn’t look like it!)

Bottled at Monks Café, Sveavägen, Stockholm. Pours out in a hazy pale amber colour with a rich firm white foam. Dryish spicy aroma of coriander, mint, anise-seeds, orange-peels and leaves with a a light sweetness of apricots and caramel. Medium to full-bodied with notes of doughy yeast, mild herbs and orangey and spicy hops in the flavour. Spicy and hoppy finish of orange-peels, grass and herbs on a foundation of biscuity malts and mild yeast.

(Bottle at One Pint Pub Belgian weeks ’09 on 2009-03-20) Golde and hazy. Large white head. Spicy and fruity aroma. Full bodied palate with medium carbonation. Spices, fruitiness, bitterness, sweetness, saltiness and bit of liquorice in taste. Spicy and bitter aftertaste. Quite weird one but good.