Augustijn Blond
(has 7 batches)
Brouwerij Van Steenberge in Ertvelde, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
6.60
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One of Van Steenberge's core beers, brewed for the Augustijnenpaters (Augustinians) of Ghent since 1978 and since 1982 in its current bottle-conditioned form. The mother beer of countless aliases.
The brewery describes it commercially as follows:
Augustijn wordt al sinds 1295 gebrouwen door de paters Augustijnen in hun klooster in Gent. In de middeleeuwen brouwden en commercialiseerden veel paters en monniken hun eigen bier. Water was dikwijls verontreinigd en dus was het veiliger om bier te drinken omdat het water wordt gekookt tijdens het brouwproces.
Toen de paters Augustijnen in 1978 op zoek gingen naar een nieuwe partner voor het brouwen van hun bier, was Jozef Van Steenberge volop aan het experimenteren met hoge gistingsbieren. Jozef won de uitgeschreven wedstrijd van de paters Augustijnen. De brouwerij kreeg zo toegang tot de receptuur van dit historisch kloosterbier, maar ook tot de kennis van receptuurbeheerder Janus Jeremanus. Janus was meer dan 25 jaar lang adviseur van Brouwerij Van Steenberge en introduceerde de originele giststammen van de Augustijnen die we tot op vandaag nog steeds gebruiken.
The brewery describes it commercially as follows:
Augustijn wordt al sinds 1295 gebrouwen door de paters Augustijnen in hun klooster in Gent. In de middeleeuwen brouwden en commercialiseerden veel paters en monniken hun eigen bier. Water was dikwijls verontreinigd en dus was het veiliger om bier te drinken omdat het water wordt gekookt tijdens het brouwproces.
Toen de paters Augustijnen in 1978 op zoek gingen naar een nieuwe partner voor het brouwen van hun bier, was Jozef Van Steenberge volop aan het experimenteren met hoge gistingsbieren. Jozef won de uitgeschreven wedstrijd van de paters Augustijnen. De brouwerij kreeg zo toegang tot de receptuur van dit historisch kloosterbier, maar ook tot de kennis van receptuurbeheerder Janus Jeremanus. Janus was meer dan 25 jaar lang adviseur van Brouwerij Van Steenberge en introduceerde de originele giststammen van de Augustijnen die we tot op vandaag nog steeds gebruiken.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Small bottle, 3 years old (bottled in 2008, tasted in 2011). Pours a hazy golden blond with a white head. Very carbonated. Aroma of spices, flowers, yeast. Taste of sweet malt, spices (clove & coriander), yeast. Very good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2016
at 19:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle as St Stefanus blonde. Slightly cloudy, golden colour with a big white head. Yeasty aroma, taste is banana, spice, malt
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2016
at 12:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle as St Stefanus Blond from Waitrose. Dark gold and hazy with a fluffy white head. Smells of yeast, brown sugar and bubblegum, but there is also a fairly prominent vegetal/plastic note. Sweet and malty, with some umami from the yeast. Buttered toast and a suggestion of tangerine. Nicely carbonated with a medium to full body. A decent and accessible Belgian beer at a low price.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2016
at 15:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Waitrose. As St Stefanus Blonde. 7%. Golden colour with a white thick head. Aroma and taste have citrus hops. Taste is also a touch yeasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2016
at 00:00
5/10
Redelijk zoet voor een blondje. En flets in afdronk --- Beer aliased from original tick of Zwijntje on 08 Oct 2016 at 21:49 - Score: 6
Tried
at
STUKcaf??
on 14 Jan 2016
at 21:52
8/10
Big bready flavour. Loads of Belgian yeast. Super clean. Coriander. Belgians do it good
Tried
on 30 Dec 2015
at 18:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
As St. Stefanus Blonde:
Appearance: Burnt golden orange, clear. Good amount of off-white head.
Aroma: Fruit, slight yeast. Citrus.
Taste: Lots of fruit, spices, some sweetness. Hint of alcohol.
Bought: Saveur-Biere.com, 330 ml, €2.90
Info: 24/12-2015, 100/300M, BB: 30/7-2016
Appearance: Burnt golden orange, clear. Good amount of off-white head.
Aroma: Fruit, slight yeast. Citrus.
Taste: Lots of fruit, spices, some sweetness. Hint of alcohol.
Bought: Saveur-Biere.com, 330 ml, €2.90
Info: 24/12-2015, 100/300M, BB: 30/7-2016
Tried
on 29 Dec 2015
at 03:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Clear golden color with white to off white head. Malty, light hoppy, and yeasty aroma, caramel, grassy, spicy, light citrusy fruity, light alcohol. Sweet and light bitter taste. Light to medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2015
at 12:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
BOTTLE 33 CL as St. Stefanus Blonde at 7% abv. Clear amber with a small sediment, off-white sticky head. Aroma: white bread, astringent fruit, more phenolic than spicy, nutty. Taste: very dry, almost devoid of malts and fruity esters, warming alcohol, fruit stone and nutty notes. A bit harsh, but decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2015
at 08:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Drinkshop. A kind of trippely candyish green apple flavour here, which makes it exactly the kind of Belgian beer which I do not enjoy very much. Other than that it is pretty clean with alcohol hidden well. Also rather easy drinking. Overall not bad, just not exactly my stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2015
at 15:35