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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4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle, 5.2%. Clear golden colour. Big stable creamy white head. The flavour is mild, but clean. Hint of OK bread, slightly rough bitterness, but clean. Better than many other Belgian lagers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2009
at 07:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl bottle from the woman at our B&B in Kortrijk. Clear gold, thick rocky white head. it’s absolutely fine. A rather understated strong lager. I rather liked the cereal flavours and some fullness in mouth. Very drinkable, nothing to put you off. Needs a bit more hop on the finish perhaps to make it a bit more interesting, but if my local on the corner served this, as it would in Kortrijk, I wouldn’t complain
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2009
at 10:51
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is light malty, toasted. Flavor is light to moderate sweet with a short duration. Body is light, texture is watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic. (011007)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2007
at 11:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
I have a keen suspicion this beer was once known as Bockor Export and has been aptly renamed, nè? Very fine head with textbook lace over metallic golden beer. Dry-grainy nose; dusty, warm grainharvest. Very grainy pils (sorry, export), with some pale malt tones and a discreet just-not-bitter hoppy reference. A bit metallic, but excellently balanced. More than light bodied, if little slickness. Superb Pilsener for a session beer, drinks extremely light & well, without any lack of taste.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2007
at 00:54