pFriem Family Brewers Belgian Blonde Ale

Belgian Blonde Ale

 

pFriem Family Brewers in Hood River, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating
Score
7.07
ABV: 7.5% IBU: 30 Ticks: 24
Flemish etiquette implores you to wait and see if your host offers a toast before sipping your drink. Where Belgian Blonde Ale is concerned, pFriem sees things differently. Waiting to taste a perfect harmony of strength and elegance, while sniffing its pear and clove bouquet is like torture. Clean maltiness, invigorating effervescence and just enough bitterness wait for no one.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at the brewery. Pours a yellow color with a large white head. A big fruity banana nose, sugary. The flavor is husky malts, banana, sugary candied citrus. Quite nice. Smooth.

Tried from Draft on 13 Jun 2016 at 15:14


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

375mL cork&cage bottle poured into old school Hoegaarden tulip glass. Empty spot on the "bottled on" space. But this seems to be the most recent batch to come to Seattle, and likely just a recent release. Pours thick golden, can’t see through it. Aroma is thick Belgian pie crust, not sweet but baked bread malts. A little pear-like esters. Flavor is flip flopped with a sharper pear ester character followed by lighter doughiness. A lighter mouthfeel than the aroma indicates. Though its still a thicker, heavier beer. That is one of the aspects that throw me off. Its a 7.5 abv beer that is thicker, heftier like a 9ish. I either want it pumped up a little more or more spritzy and lighter with a spicy/peppery character. Though, I still generally enjoy this beer.

Tried from Bottle on 26 May 2016 at 02:24


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle thanks to Chow. Pours a hazy yellow gold with medium frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is yeast, funk, bubblegum. Medium mouth, bubblegum, pure sugar, yeast, light fruity finish, good.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2016 at 19:20


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Clear gold with a white head. Sweet candied fruit, some yeast spice, a bit of sweet dough. Smooth, medium body with plenty of carbonation. Crisp finish. Very good brew.

Tried from Can on 10 Jan 2016 at 19:15


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

12.7 oz corked and caged bottle. Bottled in July. Aroma is lemony, dusty, doughy, apple, peppery. Pours cloudy pale yellow with a collapsing white head that laces a little. Taste is dry, faint tartness; flavors of Belgian yeast, apples, clove. Foamy mouthfeel. Not bad, but probably the least impressive beer I’ve had from this brewery.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2015 at 02:18


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

At the Portland International Beerfest, Saturday June 25, 2015.Clear straw yellow color, white head. Spicy, herbal, sweet taste. Spicy aftertaste. Fizzy mouthfeel, low bitterness. Malty, crisp scent.

Tried on 05 Jul 2015 at 10:48


7.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at pfriem pub hood river. Pours out a crisp golden topped with a white head. Nose is belg yeast coriander and some cereal malts. Taste is more of the spice and yeast notes.

Tried from Draft on 18 Apr 2015 at 15:59


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft - Nice intense citrus and peel. Hazy yellow with a decent white head. Sweet lemon, grassy bitterness and a long finish. Nice and grassy with and underlying citrus peel.

Tried from Draft on 28 Nov 2014 at 13:47


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Very pale, clear, has a light pear and ester nose with a touch of gum, has a dry finish with some pale malt sweetness, a dash of alcohol and some more of those phenols.

Tried on 17 Aug 2014 at 15:58