 chris_o (4398), London, Greater London, England
May 8, 2008
At In De Vrede, April 2008. Although I’d tried the Westvleteren beers plenty of times in the past, I’d not rated them as I’d steered clear since they got rare and expensive. A trip to the monastery was an ideal opportunity to put that right. Hazy blonde. Fruity but dry with a strong tangy citrus and spicy aftertaste. Not the big hitter of the Westy crew but very refreshing.
DSG (460), Yuvalim, Israel
Aug 6, 2008 Bottle (thanks Dedollewaitor!). BB 10/03/07. Yellow to pale golden color with a huge slowly-diminishing frothy white head. Very nice slightly funky aroma with flowers, fruits, citrus, some hops, light spiciness and a bit of yeast. A rather dry flavor with a great house character, fruits (quite a bit of citrus - lemon and some grapefruit mostly), some dust and nice earthy bitter hops as well as light sweeter notes. Medium-bodied. A great characterful Ale.
Kalli (402), Falun, Sweden
Aug 4, 2008 [Archive]
Caramel aroma. Nice head and lace. Not particularly fruity but some hint of banana?
kpresley77 (56), Jackson, Georgia, USA
Aug 1, 2008 Bottle courtesy of fonefan pours hazy golden with foamy white head. Aroma is yeast. First taste is sweet bread with nice carbonation. Clean dry finish. Very well balanced beer.
mvcramer (191), Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
Jul 30, 2008 Thanks to Marisa for sharing this one after my incessant begging for a full year... Golden pour with an absolutely snow white pillowy head. Looked like soft cotton and left beautiful lacing on the glass. High carbonation and a glowing golden color. Nose is yeasty and bready. Quite pleasing. Very balanced on the palate, not overly sweetened like some blonds tend to be and there is a definite subtle hop spiciness on the finish. A very good beer - probably suffers from the comparison with its 2 higher ABV siblings at the same brewery - and one not to be missed.
BoBoChamp (588), Gent, Belgium
Jul 28, 2008 33cl, exclusive brewery, from the brewery, easy to drink, balanced, not complex, clear, good head, good brew
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