Bink Bloesem
Brouwerij Kerkom in Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Summer|
Score
6.60
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Following the Blond and Brown Bink, the brewery launched a third type of beer: the Blossom Bink, on the occasion of the 50th consacration of the blossoms in 2000! We brew this seasonal beer every year in the same period (spring-summer). The ingredients are: five types of malts, one type of Belgian hops, brewing water, yeast, honey from Sint-Truiden and pear syrup from Vrolingen. It has a fruity taste with a slightly sweet tone and a long fruity and soft bittery aftertaste.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at "Tokyo Ratebeer Dark Tickers of The World Unite or AJB tasting volume 1" event. Thanks Jay! Honey with some floral notes along with brown sugar and bready, raisin bread like malt character. Hides the 7.1 fairly well with average carbonation and a medium body. More honey as it warms. Some apple and pear notes on the palate as well. Sweet, but not cloying. Finish is sweet with some light hop bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2016
at 09:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy dark reddish brown color with a 1 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of plum, cherry, pear, apple, caramel, honey, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, peppercorn, light chocolate, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aroma with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, pear/honey, and dark/bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of plum, cherry, pear, apple, caramel, honey, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, peppercorn, light chocolate, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Moderate amount of earthy yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of plum, pear, apple, honey, toasted biscuit, light chocolate/nuttiness, peppercorn, herbal, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity and solid robustness of fruity/spicy yeast, pear/honey, and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, fairly crisp, and slightly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Light-moderate dryness after the finish. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this was a nice fruited Belgian dark ale. All around good balance and solid robustness of fruity/spicy yeast, pear/honey, and dark/bready malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. The aromas were more impressive than the flavors, but this was still a nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2015
at 19:09
6/10
Tried
on 04 Sep 2015
at 14:54
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bink Bloesem (by Brouwerij Kerkom):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 4/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 9/20, MyTotalScore: 2.3/5
1/VIII/15 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ holidays - BB: X/2016 (2015-1027)
Clear deep amber beer, irregular off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet, lots of chlorine, honey pretty oxidized (already?). MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: oxidized, bit metallic, some caramel, bitter touch. Aftertaste: metallic, oxidized, chlorine, slightly sweet. Meh.
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 4/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 9/20, MyTotalScore: 2.3/5
1/VIII/15 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ holidays - BB: X/2016 (2015-1027)
Clear deep amber beer, irregular off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet, lots of chlorine, honey pretty oxidized (already?). MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: oxidized, bit metallic, some caramel, bitter touch. Aftertaste: metallic, oxidized, chlorine, slightly sweet. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2015
at 14:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(tap 0,25l @ Moeder Lambic (Brussels))
Aroma: Dark malts, dark fruits.
Appearance: Hazy amber color. Medium, beige head.
Taste: Medium sweet, light alcohol, caramel, light spicy.
Palate: Medium body. Light warm, bitter finish.
Overall: Interesting aroma, sweet taste.
Aroma: Dark malts, dark fruits.
Appearance: Hazy amber color. Medium, beige head.
Taste: Medium sweet, light alcohol, caramel, light spicy.
Palate: Medium body. Light warm, bitter finish.
Overall: Interesting aroma, sweet taste.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2015
at 09:05
Tried
at
Le Poechenellekelder
on 13 May 2015
at 14:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Nice light Belgian with a lot of floral aroma. Pours murky brown without much head or lacing. Easy drinking. Light sweet finish. Tap at monks cafe.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 May 2015
at 13:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fles 33cl thuis. Honing, perenstroop. Zoet, fruitig, caramel, ook ergens een bittertje. (4-2015).
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2015
at 17:49
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, Cloud red amber colour. Medium carbonation. Notes of caramel and honey. Fruity (apple, pear) with light bitter finish. Rather sweet. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2015
at 07:01
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is honey, malt, pear, sugar, syrupish. Flavour is the same. Weird beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2014
at 03:41