Grand Hops Mistral d'Alsace
Brouwerij Corsendonk in Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Brasserie du BocqBelgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular
|
Score
6.64
|
|
Exclusively brewed for Colruyt supermarket
Sign up to add a tick or review
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy and yeasty aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Yearly special edition of the classic Belgian blonde abbey ale Corsendonk Blond (formerly Agnus), this time (2023) with Mistral d’Alsace, an Alsatian hop variety; 75 cl bottle from the Colruyt in Sint-Denijs-Westrem. Moussey, snow white, opening, bit irregular head, crystal clear warm golden robe with ‘old gold’ tinge. Aroma of sweetish cereals, grass, red apple, straw, sweetclover, honey, vague grapefruit zest, green pear peel, dried field flowers. Clean onset, sweetish ripe pear, some kiwi and vague banana ester but sleek and straightforward, with lively carbonation and smooth, slick body; cereally middle, a basic pale maltiness with a layer of honeyish residual sugars on top, working towards a mildly grassy, floral hoppiness in the end with a bit of soft lingering bitterness, but still quite dominant general malt and residual sugar sweetness too – lasting longer than the hops, in fact. Granted, the aroma and aftertaste are indeed a bit hoppier than is the case in the regular Corsendonk Blond from what I remember, but ‘grand’ is definitely an overstatement here… Decent enough, though – for a very ‘commercial’, mass-marketed blonde Belgian ale, that is.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Towering, dense white head over darker, crystal clear golden beer, very well-carbonated leaving textbook lace. Fresh hops jumping out upon pouring. Leafy, green herbs. Some good malts backing it would seem. Dry-ish to mildly sweet malts, partly toasted. Fresh hops imperceptible in the taste, unfortunately. Good carbonation. Quite slick, medium bodied, bit sticky. The nose, fantastically hoppy, is the exception on the general Corsendonk rule: boring.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
22/X/23 - 75cl bottle from Colruyt supermarket, shared @ Arno’s place, BB: 8/VIII/26, T5 17:42 (2023-860)
Clear gold orange beer, big solid creamy white head, stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: very yeasty, lots of banana, a little floral, soapy impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, lots of ripe banana, gentle bitterness, fruity, more sweetness, soapy. Aftertaste: more banana, very yeasty, soapy, floral, bah.