Belle & Elegante Blond
Brouwerij La Fontaine in Sas van Gent, Zeeland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Brewed at/by: De GraalBelgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.38
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from LDW. Hazy blond colour, white foam. Citrussy, some spices. Bit unbalanced. Boring beer.
TBone (30380) reviewed Belle & Elegante Blond from Brouwerij La Fontaine 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottled 330ml (from BBF, BB 06/2016)
Golden color, bubbles, small white head. Aroma is fruity apricot, grapes, lychee. Medium-bodied, even a bit watery. Front has apricot, banana but then quite strong grassy and citrus hoppyness. Fruity and hoppy but not sweet. Light for its ABV. Evidently yeast is Belgian and hops from America.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
The blonde one in this small series, bottle from Van Eetvelde. Relatively thin and quickly opening, irregular, yellowish white head over a lightly hazy golden blonde beer with peachy hue. Aroma of gooseberries, sweaty grains, soap, very clear DMS (overcooked cauliflower) to the point where it becomes disturbing, bubblegum, grass, sugarloaf, hints of green apple, field flowers, vague iron and grass. Crisp and somewhat spritzy onset, carbonation distracting a bit but not becoming bothersome, restrained fruitiness of apple peel, apricot and pineapple, ’Belgian bubblegum’ and white candi sugar effect with a sweetness that becomes even slightly aspartame-like at some point, smooth and lightly oily mouthfeel but somewhat thinnish body, grainy with a light sweetish breadiness, minerally and even a tad metallic, slick with a fading finish not adding a lot to the whole, except for an echo of leafy hops, failing to provide any true bitterness against the initial sweetness, which lingers in the mouth; the lack of hops render the finish even a bit watery. This is far from flawless to begin with, and even if it were correctly executed (without e.g. the DMS), it would still be another sweet Belgian ’outdoors café’ blonde to drink carelessly, not adding anything whatsoever to its style. What a disappointment compared to its amber brother...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Helder donker geel bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is zoet en kruidig, licht zuur en licht bitter met sporen van vanille en abrikoos. Erg goed bier, smaak blijft helaas gemiddeld lang hangen.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle 330ml. @ home. [ As La Fontaine Belle & Elegante Blond ].[ Trade by Benzai ]. Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy and light open, fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate yeasty, fruity, belgium yeast. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, fruity, belgium yeast, sugary. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is lively. [20150114]
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cloudy medium golden colour, good frothy white head, recedes slowly, good lacing. Aroma malty, caramel, orange peel, peach, grapefruit, toffee, grass. Taste medium sweet and bitter, spicy hints. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, aftertaste is mild bitter and slightly sweet, overall a nice and pleasant ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 9
at beerweekend de lambiekstoempers 2014 Pours unclear yellow . OK white head . Smell is yeasty , too sweet . Taste is bitter , yeasty , dry , grainy . definetly ok , but overcarbonated . Bit sweet ( honey ) in the aftertaste .
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
33 cl. bottle sampled @ Streekbierweekend 2014. thx! for sharing people. Hazy orange citrus, solid white head. Nose is mineral, malty, sweet sugar, bread, caramel,..; Taste is sweet caramel, malt, sugar, yeast, spices, light peel,.. Malty body. Nothing special but solid enough beer & enjoyable.