t Smisje Blond

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Belgian Ale
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle from Wine and Cheese Place in (near) St. Louis, MO. LIght hazy amber color with a huge frothy white head. Strange aromas of yeast and arguably lime. Near medium body with lightly frothy carbonation. Flavor is something like old linoleum paste, with florality and citrality. The yeast is really noticeable. Rather mouth-smacking. It is quite out of the ordinary. The sort of ale that challenges perceptions. I’ve decided I am enjoying it. Finishes dryish and somewhat astringent. Gets even better with time. Turns to a flavor like chewing lime tree twigs. (or stems, to be precise). God knows where brewers get these ideas. Oh, look, a lime tree. Let’s toss it in the the kettle. At least they seem to stick with vegetation.

33cl bottle from Knightly Spirits (Orlando, FL). Pours a dark golden to copper color with a thin white head that settles quickly. Little lacing on glass. Aroma is floral and spicy with hints of pear, banana, and sweet malt. Flavor is interesting with notes of grain, hay, faint citrus, and spice. Generally light body with a strange tart finish.

hazy yellow, big white head, nice and fluffy, nice lacing. mildly malty aroma. flavor creamy and grainy, with hints of friuty spiciness. medium bodied, slightly bitter finish. enjoyable, if mild, brew. a kinf od lingering mustiness in this beer.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with lacing white head. Yeasty aroma of cheese, strange. Flavour is dry towards flat yeasty, spiced and wheaty. Off yeasty and mild malty finish. Not good, rerate needed.

Bottle, bought @ Skjold Burne, Store Torv, Aarhus.
Pours pale orange-yellow with a small, creamy, lightly off-white head. Aroma is a bit malty, some burnt caramel, oranges, light coriander and some floral notes. High and lively carbonation, a bit thin. Flavour is mild, rather dry, good oranges, light tartness. Fine enough beer, but nothing special.

33cl, recently retired beer, from De Hopduvel Gent, easy to drink, not complex, cloudy, rocky head, nothing special

Bottle. Pours hazy orange with a beige head. Sweet fruit aroma, both citric and floral. Medium body. Flavor is lemon clenser and floral perfume. Not that good.

330ml bottle by mcbackus from Knightly Spirits! Nose is super bready & yeasty, with some light corriander and nutmeg; cloudy yellow-brown with a medium yellow tinged head; flavor had a little funkiness, some hop bitterness, lemon, and some spices; finish is very bitter and sour spiciness. Very thin body.