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Abbaye Blonde [Shepherd Neame]
J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Brasserie de l'Abbaye du Val-DieuBrewed at/by: Shepherd Neame
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.14
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This version of the beer is exclusively brewed in the UK for the J D Wetherspoon Real Ale Festival.
This is pale yellow in colour and slightly cloudy in appearance, with a beautifully perfumed, slightly piquant aroma. Its flavour is initially sweet, before developing a refreshing bitterness and fruitiness, resulting in a hoppy finish.
This is pale yellow in colour and slightly cloudy in appearance, with a beautifully perfumed, slightly piquant aroma. Its flavour is initially sweet, before developing a refreshing bitterness and fruitiness, resulting in a hoppy finish.
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Tried
on 01 Nov 2022
at 11:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ Windmill (JDW), Airside, Stansted Airport, Stansted, Essex, England CM24 1QN. [ As Shepherd Neame / Abbaye du Val-Dieu Abbaye Blonde ].Clear medium yellow color with a small to average, frothy to fizzy, good to fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, pale malt, sugary - candy, light to moderate yeasty, UK yeast, candy - fruity sweet, belgium yeast. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, belgium yeast, fruity - candy sweet, sweet fruit yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141014]
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Apr 2016
at 16:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried at JDW the Royal Hop Pole, Twekesbury. Golden hazy colour with a thin white head. Aromas of fruits. Taste is slighty sweet, with fruit and a bitter finish.
Tried
on 05 Nov 2014
at 14:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Bankers Draft, Bedford. Light to mid-gold, very clear. Hello, other side of the glass, I can see you! Aroma is sulphurous and a bit yeasty. Taste is... sulphurous and a bit yeasty, a muddled sour/bittersweet which neither really satisfies nor refreshes. A bit of citrus and tropical fruit in the aftertaste. Not quite an epic fail but certainly a waste of good alcohol.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2014
at 16:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Willow Walk, JDW - London. Pours perfectly clear yellow-gold with a creamy white head. The nose holds cereal, lager malts, soft yeast and straw. Light-medium sweet flavor with lots of cereal and biscuits, faint honey, apple, very mellow Belgian yeast, some gooey lemon. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation; decent condition. OK balance at the finale, with more cereal sugars, slight ripe citrus, some pale grains, hay, mild yeast, dough. Nothing wrong here. Pretty drinkable stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2014
at 12:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22nd October 2014
Shrewsbury Hotel Spoons. Cask. Almost clear gold beer, small white head. Smooth palate, light and semi dry with mild fine carbonation. Smooth pale malts, sweet. Sweet but mild floral mid. Light sweetish citrus on the back end, traces of orange and lemon. Light semi dry finish. Smooth and drinkable.
Shrewsbury Hotel Spoons. Cask. Almost clear gold beer, small white head. Smooth palate, light and semi dry with mild fine carbonation. Smooth pale malts, sweet. Sweet but mild floral mid. Light sweetish citrus on the back end, traces of orange and lemon. Light semi dry finish. Smooth and drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2014
at 10:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The White Lady. Pours clear pale yellow, thin white head. Aromas of pale malt, fruits. Taste is light sweet, some light bitterness at the back. Texture is surprisingly thin, forgettable finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2014
at 08:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Lloyd’s bar. Pours pale golden, nose is sugary, toffee, caramel, taste is dry toffee, rich, sweet.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2014
at 14:44
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask @ Montgomery’s Tower, Shrewsbury. Pours clear gold with thin head. Light floral aroma. Taste is a rather weak, subdued blonde with distant fruity, almost yeasty, moments. Poor.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2014
at 13:24
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the playfair... Golden amber... Thin white lacing... Soft sweet fruits.. Musty yeast fruits nose... Soft herbal fruits.. Soft canfi duger
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2014
at 08:27