Gambrivinus Blond

Unclear, golden colored, medium frothy white head, nice lacing. Aroma is of malt and brewing sugar, spicy and Belgian yeast, bit fruity. Taste is medium sweet malt, caramel and brewing sugar, spicy Belgian yeast, some fruity notes medium- spicy bitterness. Medium bodied, average carbonation, bit oily. Good Belgian.(On tap, Cambrinus, Brugge)

On tap at Cafe Cambrinus Brugge. Clear gold colour lasting white head. A little soap and then decent tangerine fruit. Light bitterness. A little sweet. Lacked some carbonation. Soft blond. Ok.

Van tap bij Cambrinus in Brugge. Typisch Belgisch gist, wat scherpig, ergens een zoetje. (6-2017).

The blonde house beer of Cambrinus in Brugues, also by Van Steenberge and also claimed to represent an original recipe so not an alias. Very thick, stable, off-white head, clear ’old gold’ colour, fizzy. Aroma of unmistakable DMS (cooked cauliflower), honey, caramel candy, powder sugar, dried mango, straw, coriander, apricot, dried banana. Sweet onset, banana and peach with a basic sourishness underneath, minerally carbo, smooth caramelly and somewhat honeyish malt sweetness, bit metallic, soft floral hoppiness in the end with some soapy coriander but more than anything, lingering malt sweetness. Boring and stereotypical, intended for the big masses like its brown counterpart, but more metallic. --- Beer merged from original tick of Cambrivinus Blonde on 10 Jan 2018 at 13:48 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5. Original review text: The blonde one of the Cambrinus' house beers, rating from old notes - haven't been there in a few years but fortunately I was able to retrieve the notes I took back then. Never entered it here and frankly, I am still pretty much convinced that this is not at all brewed at the premises (never saw anything even close to brewing equipment there) - in fact I'm convinced that this is some or other standard Van Steenberge beer sold under an alias. Anyway: very thick, egg-white, lacing, stable head, clear 'old gold' robe with fierce sparkling. Aroma of honey, apricot jam, strong DMS (cooked cauliflower), banana mush, coriander, powder sugar, cereals, stewed apple, dough. Sweet onset, lots of banana ester, lingering residual white candi sugar, sourish note, strong minerally carbonation, slick cereally malt sweetish body with honeyish and caramelly side notes, some soapy coriander and restrained floral hop bitterishness in the finish, with a vague metallic note and residual sweetishness lingering. As boring and cliché as it gets for a Belgian blonde and, due to that DMS, below average for me even within this totally worn-out style. The Bierbrasserie should know better.

Draught@Cambrinus, Bruges. Deep golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is floral, fruity, some toffeeish and mild wooden notes. Flavour is rather similar. Balanced, but as such nothing special. Still a good stronger Session beer, which is easy to drink.

Draught @ Cambrinus, Bruges as "Cambrivinus Blond." Aroma is mild with grain and sweet apricot tones. Flavour has sweet apricot, fruit candy and mild alcohol notes. A tad too sweet. More rich than the bruin one.

Draft. Hazy golden yellow color, creamy yellow head. Aroma of peach and banana. Taste has spiced banana, citrus. OK.

Tap @ Cambrinus, Brugge. Pours hazy golden with a white head. Yeast, fruit and a whiff of metal. Full bodied. Smooth and dry.

Standard Belgian blond beer. Good to drink with some food, but nothing interesting.