Val-Dieu Blonde

Brewed by Brasserie de l’Abbaye du Val-Dieu
Style: Belgian Ale
Aubel, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Tasted 4/18/08. 330ml bottle. I can hear the hissing effervescence as the bottle opened. Hazy and sedimented with an amber honey hue. Finger width of thick white head. Bready doughy yeasty aromas with notes of bananas and slightly floral. Medium bodied and dense. Sticky and cloying yet light palate. Chalky yeasty flavor. Fruity esters. Green apples and tart berries. Orange citrus and floral. Slight hops with a sweet finish. Mild spice. Decent, but not overly so.

Pour was a dirty yellow color with little head or lacing. The aroma and flavor were both of overripe fruit. Really sweet and a flat mouthfeel. I can’t say I enjoyed this one much.

750ml bottle from Willow Bend Liquors (Florida). Pours cloudy golden caramel with one finger white head that dissipates to a thin head fairly quickly. Particulate matter clearly visible. Nose is slightly sweet like honey but also slightly bitter. Flavor: slightly sweet and sour initially with a hint of bitter on the finish. Very faint honey and caramel overtones.

11.2 oz bottle purchased at Shangys back in December. Pours a clear orange gold with lots of floaties from the bottome of the bottle, lots of effervescence and a large pillowy bright white head. Aroma of green apples, yeast, brown bread and tropical fruit. Medium bodied with strong carbonation. flavor is yeasty with notes of grains and fruit, not quite as good as the aroma lets on though. As far as blondes go this one smells nice but doesn’t back it up, very true to life as far as I have found.

nice head. with hazy golden color.. smell was neutral.. taste very nice.. complex earthy

Bottle. Unclear colour with a weak head. Aroma of yeast, marzipan and some fruit. Flavour of yeast, fruit and hints of spices. Ends up quite sweet.

Bottle. Pours a quite hazy golden colour. Sweet yeasty, fruity and wheaty aroma. Good mouthfeel. The flavour has a soft sweetness with some spices, yeast, wheat and fruits.

Bottle. Large frothy white diminishing head, spare lacing. Cloudy yellow body, heavily particulate. Aroma of hay, straw, honey and vanilla. Medium body, thin/oily texture and bitter finish. The flavor is moderate sweet and bitter, and with some flavor of sour milk.