Westvleteren Blond

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

This one was a long time in coming. Pours a hazy yellow with a white head. Nose is sweet malt, earthy, grassy hops, a bit of sweetness, and a bit of mustiness. Flavor is similar- nice sweet quality about it followed by some earthy hop bitterness, finishing with some mustiness. Very enjoyable Belgian session beer.

Slightly unclear golden beer, white head. Very fruity aroma, malts, honey, Belgian yeast. Flavour of fresh malts, nice dose of hops, quite fruity, notes of yeast. Very dry. Smooth, sweetish dry finish. (bottle @ In de Vrede)

Bottle. Color cloudy yellow with medium head. Aroma spicy, yeast, honey, fruit. Taste sweet, yeast, honey, light bitter.

Pours a cloudy yellow body with a small fizzy white head. Aroma is herbal, spicy, woody, and grassy with a hint of butterscotch. The mouthfeel is medium in body and light in warmth. It has a mixture of subtle flavors: grass, wood, hay, and banana.

Bevuta recentemente in una splendida birreria nel mugello, ho trovato la Blond di St. Sixtus, davvero meravigliosa. Colore dorato, e nettare al naso, frutta e fiori sono miracolosi. Al palato poi è indimenticabile...La belgian ale numero 1 al mondo.

33cL bottle from specialty shop in Brussels. Pours a golden pear with a bone-white head that gradually simmers away. Smells of malted barley predominantly -- very fresh and crisp. Flavor-packed for a blond -- some sweet barley notes that balance perfectly with slight hop bitterness (both in the foreground) along with some yeast notes and a slight wheat taste that permeates through one layer of the taste. Very dry. Finishes very smoothly on a sweet, grainy note. This is the best blond ale I have ever had.

Bottle at In de Vrede. It pours hazy straw yellow, with a thick fluffy white head and low to moderate carbonation. The nose is white bread, yeast, grapefruit, yellow plum, lemon and honey-suckle. The taste is: bread, yeast, honey, grapefruit, tangy lemon and some soap, with a very long bitter finish. It has a foamy mouth-feel and a satisfying hop-bite. Not my favourite style, but I was impressed with the quality of this one.

I had luck and bought all 3 kinds in abbey, very strong nice aroma, like spring meadow, lot of fruit aroma, hazy, pale, rocky head, frothy, white foam, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, nice refreshable taste, medium body but fuul tasty, slick feel, average carbonation, long finish, good balanced,