Belgian Blonde
Waitrose in Bracknell, Berkshire, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: Brasserie du BocqBelgian Style Regular
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Score
6.40
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jerseyislandbeer (5817) reviewed Belgian Blonde from Waitrose 1 week ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
330ml bottle from Waitrose, 'Belgium Blonde' 6.3%. Pours golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, flora, spices & yeast, Medium body. Light bitter finish
Stuu (34926) reviewed Belgian Blonde from Waitrose 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle at home. Pours clear golden amber, nose is honey, floral, citrus, biscuity, taste is sweet, sickly, sugary, musty.
Vignale (8348) reviewed Belgian Blonde from Waitrose 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Flaska från Waitrose på Gloucester Road, London. En välgjord och trevlig om än inte jätteupphetseande belgisk blond. Stiltypisk med tydlig jästsmak, måttligt kryddad med apelsinskal, anisen kunde jag inte spåra, relativt frisk. Trevlig.
bhensonb (22552) reviewed Belgian Blonde from Waitrose 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from the Waitrose at Gloucster Road. Pours light, bright gold with a foamy/fizzy white head. Aroma of yeast, spice, herb. Med + body - likely due to the impressive carbonation. Flavor is bubble gum, anise, yeast/spice, but no identifiable fruit ester. Maybe the flavors aren’t particularly strong, but they are hard to ignore. Think there’s a phenolic aspect towards the finish. Nothing wrong here, it’s just that the flavor is a bit off the Belgian median. Works.
fonefan (84235) reviewed Belgian Blonde from Waitrose 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle 330ml. [ As Waitrose Belgian Blonde ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, light hoppy, light moderate yeasty, sweet yeast, fruity yeast. Flavor is light moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, belgium yeast, fruity notes. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20140811]
allmyvinyl (20966) reviewed Belgian Blonde from Waitrose 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
330ml bottle from Waitrose, Morningside. Pours clear gold, thick white head. Aromas of orange, yeast, toast, dried herbs, light yoghurt going on. Taste is very herbal, dry. Decent enough.
McCash (15986) reviewed Belgian Blonde from Waitrose 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - golden with a nice fluffy head. Nose - oranges and dry herbs. Light yoghurt. Taste - more tangy orange, dried herbs and light spice. Palate - medium bodied at least with a creamy yet tangy texture and a long tangy dry finish. Overall - substantial structure considering it’s only 6.3%.
BlackHaddock (17179) reviewed Belgian Blonde from Waitrose 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Live rate on 23rd Feb 2015: not a big fan of Du Bocq brews usually, but always fair in my scoring. 33cl dumpy bottle: BBD 22rd Apr 2016, poured into a Duvel glass and shared with no one. Huge (Duvel like) white head on top of a slightly hazed golden body, carbonation bubbles rising through the beer. The nose is on the spicy side with a mild orange trace and a yeasty feel. The taste is similar with a good bitter bite to the whole thing: a lot better than I was expecting to be honest. Credit where credit is due, this is a fine Belgian Blonde and would hold it’s own against many of the ’upper echelon’ brews within that sub-style. I would have no problem offering this to guests during a Belgian tasting evening.
Mr_Pink_152 (17035) reviewed Belgian Blonde from Waitrose 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Part of my 2013 backlog. Colour is gold amber with a tick white head. Aroma has spice, citrus. The taste is orange marmalade with a decent bitter finish.
Fergus (31281) reviewed Belgian Blonde from Waitrose 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at home shared with Sarah. This was a Christmas present from Sarah’s grandparents. Clear light golden coloured pour with a lasting frothy white head. Some lace. Aroma is earthy straw, orange and coriander, light honey sweet and some mixed spice. Flavour is composed of semi sweet honey, light earthy straw, light spice, coriander. Palate is very highly carbonated, semi-sweet. Carbonation attacks the tongue. A little lingering metallic note.