New Years Blond
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Brasserie CaulierBelgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.96
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Kraddel (15844) reviewed New Years Blond from De Struise Brouwers 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
WHALES , BRO ! at rampkrot ( via kulminator ) shared by me , with a great gang , who all payed their share . 2005 vintage, magnum bottle, almost no wax left... GUSHER! lost some beer, poured out 20-30 cl, still gushing! damn ! pours hazy yellow, small white foam. smell is too old . very much carbo ( even after gushing the hell out of things ! ) , honey, way to old. not complex ( or good) anymore. almost reminds at a fresh gaverhopke.. prob. not the best beer to age, yet still very, very glad to have tried this !
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed New Years Blond from De Struise Brouwers 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
1.5L magnum courtesy of Kraddel @ Post Toer de Geuze tasting. Vintage 2005, bottle #81, BB 2008. Dorée trouble laissant qcq sédiments, col blanc épais. Arôme de grains tirant vers le maïs, houblon frais pour un fruité moyen. Palais de grains avec ce côté vieille bière belge typique que l’on retrouve dans ces bières qui ont passés l’age. Malt caramel pour un houblonné encore bien présent. Les 10% assurent une fin de bouche réchauffante tout en ne venant pas dominer. Ok, mais une bière qui à vraiment passé l’age et ne vaut certainement pas les 55€. Au final, se vaut encore malgré l’age. Heureusement que cette dernière était à 10% car une simple blonde n’aurait certainement pas survécu.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed New Years Blond from De Struise Brouwers 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Struise New Years Blond (by De Struise Brouwers):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
22/IV/13 - 1.5L bottle from Kulmintor (Antwerpen) @ Rampkrot (Deurne) - BB: 2008, bottle #81 (2013-353) Split cost with Kraddel and others.
GUSHER ALERT! Cloudy yellow beer, big fluffy white head, little stable, non adhesive, yeasty or protein chunks floating around. Aroma: lots of yeast, yoghurt, floral, dairy, hay, some honey, bit funky, saison like. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: honey, orange peel, bit spicy, herbal, some alcohol, honey, pretty oxidised, but not bad at all! Aftertaste: alcohol is clearly present, cookie dough, honey, spices, very floral, little bitter, yeasty. I was very surprised at the high drinkability of this aged beer!
77ships (14506) reviewed New Years Blond from De Struise Brouwers 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
H U G E G U S H E R. This thing never ended gushing. 2005 Vintage bottle. 1500 ml. bottle shared cost / sampled. Bottle nr. 81/250. BBF 2008. Hazy bright golden with a creamy white head. Plaster, light lactic nose, thick yeast, lots of yeast, signs of age, light alcohol, sweet spices, light wheat,… Sweet thick yeast taste, light yeast, sweet spices, grains, light alcohol, light lactic, quite sweet, light Madeira, lightly bitter, sweet flower, nectar,… Nice full yeast body. Actually very good considering the age.
Travlr (30173) reviewed New Years Blond from De Struise Brouwers 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Magnum, bottle 81, courtesy of kraddel, thank you! Gusher. Cloudy yellow color, massive white head. Aroma of rising raw bread dough, lemon, honey. Taste is sweet lemon, straw. A shadow of its former self, still very drinkable, but it’s evident it was a good one while young.
Scopey (25115) reviewed New Years Blond from De Struise Brouwers 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
2005 Magnum at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011. It pours cloudy yellow (my pour was from towards the bottom of the bottle), with a thin white head. The nose is quite sweet - caramelised banana, peach and pear, as well as spice and honey. The taste is similarly sweet, lots of sweet over-ripe banana, as well as spice, herb and white sugar, with a massive boozy finish (deep burn). Interesting and I am glad to have tried this, but this blond was a bit over the hill......
Anders37 (30296) reviewed New Years Blond from De Struise Brouwers 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle vintage 2005 @ chriso. Pours a hazy yellow color with a white head. Has a sweetish malty spicy yeasty aroma. Sweetish malty spicy yeasty flavor. Has a sweetish malty yeasty finish.
Leighton (34941) reviewed New Years Blond from De Struise Brouwers 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle (Magnum from 2005!) at ChrisO’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011. Pours clear yellow with a big, white head. Plenty of sweet dough in the aroma, some boozy licks. Flavor is very sweet, some yeast and dough, faint hay bitterness. Medium to full in body with average to lively carbonation. Light warming finish, notes of dough, yeast and candi sugar. Has stood up reasonably well.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed New Years Blond from De Struise Brouwers 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
2005 Bottle at Chriso’s. Medium blonde color. Soft aroma of lemon and honey. Sweet flavor of an aged tripel, with citrus, honey, biscuits, and a soft body. Nice but maybe better a couple years back.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed New Years Blond from De Struise Brouwers 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
31st July 2010. ChrisOs Pre GBBF - ’Raise The Roof’ tasting. Hazy pale gold beer, foamy white head. Light citrus in some creamy malt. A dash of spice. Finishes dry. Very drinkable. Has aged well.