Westvleteren Blond

Brewed by Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
Style: Belgian Ale
Westvleteren, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

#1233 Gelber Trappist mit feinporiger Schaumkrone; hopfiges Aroma mit Zitronengras; im Antrunk wiederum zitronig, ohne süß zu sein, der Hopfen übernimmt schnell das Kommando und geht in einen mittellangen Abgang über. Ungewöhnlich, aber eine absolut leckere Hopfennote!

My dad brought this back from Belgium on a recent trip. Pours golden with a faint but frothy head. Flavors are a hint of sweet banana, apricot, and bread.

330ml bottle from Cracked Kettle

Pours light yellow with a foamy white head. Aroma has notes of yeast, fruits, spices, malts and earthy notes. Taste is quite fruity with notes of malts and spices. Finish is quite fruity and slightly bitter with dry notes. Carbonated and medium bodied. Okay, quite well balanced.

330 ml bottle.
Pours a slightly hazy yellow colour with a small white head. Aroma of dried fruits, hay, urinal cake and barnyard. Flavour pale malts, barnyard, dried fruits and citrus. Medium bodied, smooth mouthfeel and a dry, fruity finish. Weird urinal cake notes ruin this.

Fles 33cl. Kleur: Lichtgeel met een enorme witte romige schuimkraag die lang blijft staan. Ziet er mooi uit. Geur: Hop en fruit. Smaak: Fris en fruitig. Nasmaak is erg scherp. Licht troebel en veel koolzuur. Prikkelend op de tong. Ik denk dat de verwachting hoger was dan de daadwerkelijke smaak. Lekker blond bier maar niet bovengemiddeld.

Location: Bottle from St. Sixtusabdij, 12/18/11, Rating # 2000, Just like Y2k, the world will not come to an end as I rate this one. I’ve been saving this one for a while, it was purchased in the summer of ’10, and I thought rating 2000 would be a great time to break it out. (I actually enjoyed one at In de Vrede - where I had all 3 of their beers, but this rating is based on the at-home bottle experience.)

Aroma: The nose has some fruity, spice, and Belgian yeast aromas to it, with clove and floral notes
Appearance: This one pours a cloudy golden-orange color with a small, fizzy white head and medium lace
Flavor: Execellently balanced taste made up of the spice, yeast, floral and fruit flavors, nice hop presence
Palate: The body is medium here, it has a really nice mouthfeel, and a tingly, somewhat dry, hop finish to it
Overall Impression: I remeber the sheer enjoyment of drinking this one (and the 8 and 12) in Westvleteren, and I wondered if this beer would live up to my lofty memories. I poured it into one of my Westvleteren glass, because it wouldn’t make sense to drink it anything. It really does live up to the hype. An excellent, complex Blond Ale. The components just all really work well together to show what this style has the capability to be. A great offering, and a wonderful way to tick off my 2000th rating!

33cl Bottle. Appearance is hazy, orange color with pillowy, off-white head. Aroma is sweet and with substantial orange and other citrus as well as doughy yeast. Taste is also marked by the citrus flavors although the complexity slowly comes forth with hay, floral hops, and leathery yeast notes all coming to bear. Palate is medium-bodied, clean and smooth texture, delicate and soft carbonation, and a long, somewhat sour finish. Excellent beer from the masters.

Awesome Belgian blond ale, straw & hazy golden color, soft & fluffy white head, banana, yeast & clove in the nose, yeasty flavors that also included banana & a hint of corriander, very smooth & very drinkable, spicy & yeasty finish, awesome blond, another great beer from Westvleteren