Tap @ Fermentoren, Aarhus, 5.5%. Hazy golden with medium off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, yeast, spices, orange peel and hop. Flavour is malt, fruit, yeast, notes of spices, medium sweet, fruit peel, orange, little dry and a little bitter.

Dorada nebulosa, de abundante espuma blanca, duradera. Buen aspecto. Aroma especiado, levadura. En boca es seca, de amargor contenido, bastante fresca, de tono herbal. Bastante agradable.

33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ van Rooij, Culemborg. Hazy light yellow with a white head. Malty aroma with some yeast and some mild citrus. Taste is medium bitter with some sweetness. Nice refreshing beer, leaving me wanting for another one.

Bottle at Deanso’s last THT. Slight hazy golden with white head. Sweet malts, light yeast, sugared lemon, quite some grassy hops. Medium sweet and bitter. Medium bodied.

Bottle shared at Dean’s Last THT. Hazy golden orange with a huge "Dean-pour" white head. Aroma of herbs, washing powder, yeast and light malt. Flavour is light moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.

F: huge, egg-white, very good retention. C: gold, hazy, opaque. A: malt, orange peels, coriander, spicy, grassy, yeast, fresh cut green leaves, hint of bread. T: malt, orange, spicy, hint of coriander, grassy, herbal, good bitterness on the palate, hint of floral, hint of yeast, medium body, good carbonation, good balanced thirst quencher, 0,33l bottle from Spar supermarket in Oostende.

After having successfully launched a dubbel, a tripel and a few derivatives, tradition in Belgium dictated that a session ’blonde’ should follow - so here is Ename Pater. Very thick and frothy, egg-white, heavily cobweb-lacing head remaining completely closed most of the time, hazy straw blonde robe with warm peachy hue. Aroma of raw green potatoes, even a touch of bleached celery, some banana ester, unripe pear, slowly and incompletely cooked broccoli (not DMS), near-fermenting garden weeds (nettles), white bread, withering sorrel, minerals, chalk, unripe gooseberry, straw, coriander seed, cooked turnip, field flowers, bitter honey, sourdough, vague hints of stale sweat, green olive, raw horseradish, lemon zest, green apple peel. Crisp, fruity onset, some banana and unripe peach but generally low in sweetness, some ’dim’ unripe gooseberry sourishness, hints of green apple and yellow plum, rounded and (too) well-carbonated, bit minerally, souring a bit, resulting in a slightly coarsened but otherwise smooth, still ’full’ mouthfeel, appropriate for this particular style. Lightly bready middle with sharper grainy edges, some retronasal spicy yeastiness enhanced by a certain - but not too excessive - coriander seed soapiness, leading to a mildly drying finish involving ’bright green’ grassy and moderately herbal (green tea) hop bitterness, more so than in many other Belgian blondes with an abbey beer image coming from more industrial producers; ends juicy and softly hoppy at the same time, quenching and easy-going, while the expected coriander presence lingers as well as a trace of indifferent soapiness. Soft, ’herbal’ and a bit more hoppy than usual, this is quite alright actually, obviously not very ambitious and very simple, but there is a kind of ’greenness’ to it which I can appreciate. The whiff of sulfuric cooked vegetables is easily forgotten under somewhat more ’flattering’ - yet still shy - hints of unripe fruit and greenish hops. Just another pointless addition to the indistinct and vast range of Belgian blondes, for sure, but in comparison with its direct competitors in the same segment - think Leffe Blonde, Grimbergen Blond and Tongerlo Blond - this is very clearly above average. If you must try a simple ’blonde’ (basically Belgium’s equivalent to the British golden ale) when here in the Low Countries, this would not be the worst choice to make. Have a point for that - but obviously it remains a straightforward thirst quencher with no higher ambitions whatsoever. As a starting point for Belgium’s top-fermented beers, this is quite alright and feels very natural and trustworthy, though I would recommend e.g. Witkap Pater Stimulo or - if you can get it - Westvleteren Blond and Westmalle Extra far above this.

Fajne swiezoscia pachnace piwo, ze spora i trwala pianka. Koloru zlotego lekko metnego. Smak zbozowy lekko slodowy owoce brzoskwin i nektarynek. Chmielnosc dajaca lekka wytrawnosc przy zakonczeniu. Przyjemne i nisko alkoholowe jak na Belgie oczywiscie

Bottle. Hazy blond with a large white head. Aroma of blood orange, sherbet, sugary dough, some herbs. Light bodied, excessive carbonation.Sweet sugary dough, some peach bubblegum and that’s about it until a somewhat obvious and crude citrusy dry-hopping kicks in. Decent bitterness. OK.