Blauw
Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste (Bockor) in Bellegem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
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5.80
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BLAUW is an export beer, a beer type of bottom fermentation that was very popular in the 1950s. At that time, heavy manual labor was very important and the workers drank beer regularly.
At that time, export had a lower alcohol percentage than the regular lager and it was always offered in 33cl. That way they could drink more beer, without their work performance having to suffer.
Today, the export beer from Brewery Omer Vander Ghinste is called "BLAUW", because it was the color of the clothing that the workers were wearing to work. It is still offered in bottles of 33cl, but now has the same alcohol percentage as the lager. (5.2% alc.vol.)
BLAUW is brewed exclusively with natural raw materials: water, corn, barley malt, hops and yeast. Without the addition of preservatives, BLAUW therefore has a limited shelf life (9 months) and is preferably consumed as fresh as possible.
At that time, export had a lower alcohol percentage than the regular lager and it was always offered in 33cl. That way they could drink more beer, without their work performance having to suffer.
Today, the export beer from Brewery Omer Vander Ghinste is called "BLAUW", because it was the color of the clothing that the workers were wearing to work. It is still offered in bottles of 33cl, but now has the same alcohol percentage as the lager. (5.2% alc.vol.)
BLAUW is brewed exclusively with natural raw materials: water, corn, barley malt, hops and yeast. Without the addition of preservatives, BLAUW therefore has a limited shelf life (9 months) and is preferably consumed as fresh as possible.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Fles 33cl thuis. Grainy, hoptonen, licht maltig, grassig, carameltonen, bittertonen, licht honing, zoetje. (16-6-2026).
Tried
from Bottle
from Mr. Hop (webshop)
on 16 Jun 2026
at 16:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is grainy malt with straw and some mildly grassy noble hops. Flavour is moderate bitter with a light sweetness. Medium body. Not bad, especially for a Belgian Lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2025
at 06:58
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 0,33ltr: Golden clear coloured brew with an fine malty sweetbitter taste. Pretty fin Belgian Lager this Blauw means blue.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fles thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is een helder goudgeel bier met een volle witte schuimkraag. Het heeft een moutige wat grassige geur en smaak.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2021
at 12:58
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
helder lichtgeel bier met mooie schuimkraag. Smaak is bitterzoet met iets van gras en graan. Gewoon een goed biertje.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2021
at 11:58
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle, 330 ml courtesy of kajser27. Shared with Kova. Clear golden, white head. Malty, bit grainy, sweetish, bland. Light bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2020
at 18:51
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bière en bouteille 33 cl bue chez Greenway à Gand. Blonde dorée transparente. Nez sur les céréales. Bouche de blonde standard, beaucoup de céréales, rien d'extraordinaire.
Tried
on 15 Sep 2019
at 17:57
7/10
Tried
on 23 Jun 2018
at 00:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
F: big, white, average retention. C: pale gold, clear. A: grainy, bit grassy, metallic, bit caramel. T: grainy, light caramel/grassy, metallic tones, easy drinkable yet nothing special, medium body, soft carbonation, 33cl bottle from Bierwinkel De Hopduvel in Gent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2018
at 19:46