Adelshoffen Blonde Beer Spéciale

Flip-top 65cl brown bottle, picked up during a beer raid into Europe at a Channel port booze warehouse (Pidou in Dunkirk actually, don’t you know?). Best before Aug 2009, drank Aug 2008. Poured most into a Duvel glass and the rest (for the wife) into a Veltins Pilsner stemmed tulip glass. Looked good in both glasses, large white head, which stayed for a while before fading to a clingy covering until the end. Mid amber body with good carbonisation rising through the beer. Yeast, straw and hops vie for a place in the aroma, none of them winning, so a mixed bag for a smell. Very dry and bitter taste, not what I was expecting at all. I had been cutting logs and generally getting sweaty before I had this and wanted something refreshing, wrong choice. Not sure what to add, without slanging it off, which would be a bit unfair. Strange beer, looks good and is well packaged. It just doesn’t deliver what it appears to promise. Nothing wrong with it, but it didn’t Rock my Boat.