Blauw
Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste (Bockor) in Bellegem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
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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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5.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Omer Vander Ghinste Blauw (by Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste (Bockor)):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5
3/IV/14 - 33cl bottle @ Bockor brewery bar (Bellegem) during TV recordings for Vlaanderen Vakantieland - BB: n/a (2014-329)
Clear blond beer, creamy white solid head, very stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: some grains, chlorine. MF: ok carbon, medium body, smooth creamy texture. Taste: soft bitterness, bit sweet, fruity touch. Aftertaste: grains, soft bitterness, bit sweet, fruity touch.
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5
3/IV/14 - 33cl bottle @ Bockor brewery bar (Bellegem) during TV recordings for Vlaanderen Vakantieland - BB: n/a (2014-329)
Clear blond beer, creamy white solid head, very stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: some grains, chlorine. MF: ok carbon, medium body, smooth creamy texture. Taste: soft bitterness, bit sweet, fruity touch. Aftertaste: grains, soft bitterness, bit sweet, fruity touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2014
at 12:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle @ benzai. Clear pale yellow with a small to medium white head. Smells malts, grains, herbs. Tastes sweet, malty, herbs, slightly fruity. Thin to medium body, soft carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2014
at 12:43
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bouteille: Pale golden, a bit unclear, small stable white head with a little lace, grainy-grassy-strawy nose; dryish bitter-sweet flavour, quite light bodied; astonishingly dry bitter-hoppy finish. Excellent Lager, by Belgian standards…
Tried
on 17 Nov 2013
at 01:16
4.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
33cl bottle, BB 09/01/2013. Another great pils gem to add to the Belgian landscape. Dorée, col blanc crémeux. Arôme est ennuyant avec tout ce qu’il faut pour rester dans une lager des plus banales. Citronné et houblonné sur un côté presque épicé. Palais, pils-cara malt, houblon amer, aspect grains doux riz, effervescente, le tout étant insipide au mieux. Reste une alternative pour tout le reste des autres bières médiocres belges.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2012
at 06:02
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
33cl bottle @ home shared with dad. Clear golden color, full sized white head that diminishes quickly and leaves fair lacing. Smell malts, grains, lightly wort. Taste malts, grains, lightly bitter. Little bit sticky texture, low body, low to medium carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2012
at 13:58
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. Pale yellow color, medium white head. Aroma of straw and white pepper. Taste is cardboard, hay. Mediocre.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2012
at 05:16
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(bottle, 33cl) Clear, pale golden colour with a blond and dense medium-sized foamy head. Mildly grainy malty nose with herbal, hay-like hops. Slightly bitter flavour, light to medium bodied with a moderate carbonation. Grainy pale malt profile with herbal hoppy accents; mildly bitter and slightly herbal hoppy finish with traces of metal. 04.VI.11
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2011
at 16:51
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow to orange with a huge, white and dense head. Aroma is mild cornish and slight grassy. Bitter, slight cornish and mild grassy. Medium dry and grassy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2011
at 14:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Okay aroma of grains, decent flavour that is heavy on malt and grain with a mid-dry finish. Appearance was average. A better lager.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2010
at 07:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Den Bras in Kortrijk. Pours gold with a creamy white head that laced decently. Medium plus body with spritely carbonation. Flavor of bready pale malt withs lots of grassy hop. Flavors are pretty strong. Finishes dry and nicely bitter. Touches of light fruit off and on. Refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2009
at 03:46