Blonde / Bière de Flandre / Originale (prev. St. Sylvestre Bière de Flandre)
Brasserie des 3 Monts / Saint-Sylvestre in Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel, Hauts-de-France, France 🇫🇷
Farmhouse - Bière de Garde Regular|
Score
6.37
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A refreshing ale with a strong character; its fruity taste comes from barley grown in the Nord department of France and its highly aromatic yeast, its bitterness from a specific variety of hops.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
750ml bottle in Paris, Nov. 2006. Average golden color. Slight head. Malt aroma, dry and grassy, rather dry, hoppy flavor, a touch of sweetness, alcohol warmth. A touch of citrus as well as a strong aroma and flavor of apples. Very fruity, rather spicy as well. It has high carbonation, but a medium body. The alcohol is there, but nothing like you expect in an 8.5% brew. It masks it well. The sweetness is really very well under control. Very nice, understated, dry, strong finish. Malt in there too. A great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2008
at 05:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Appearance: Gold, dark yellow. Champagne-like bubbles. Lots of head, not lasting long. Aroma: Very fruity, winey. Taste: Very vinous, bitter, fresh. "Champagne beer" Info: 750ml bottle, 5/2-2006, 68/300, 43/500
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2008
at 11:48
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from offy near the other place, Merseyside. Pours a deep golden Colour. Whoa ! what an amazing head ! Malty sweet hop aroma. Full bodied and warming. Some zingy malt and bitter hopiness. Nice fruit. Incredibly flavoursome and rich. Tres bien !
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2008
at 10:07
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. 75cl. Clear medium to dark yellow color with a large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, moderate to heavy yeasty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (120308) --- Beer merged from original tick of Biere de Flandre Blonde on 08 Mar 2025 at 18:31 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6. Original review text: EB - Bottle 330ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 ❄☃️ [ As 3 Monts Bière de Flandre Blonde ]. ABV: 8.5%. [20250308]. 6/3/6/3/-12
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2008
at 10:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 8.5%. Standard lager aroma. Not bad, but grainy and quite refreshing. Hazy golden colour. Nice, big, stable white head. The flavour is also grainy and lagery. Slightly bready, but not enough. An ale which has some OK lager properties.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2007
at 11:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Waagstuk, Antwerp, Belgium Blond, clear body. Creamy off-white head. Good lace. Aroma of hops, yeasts, cereals, caramel. Quite ok aroma. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour. A strong but more tasteful pils. Not very special, but quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2007
at 04:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bouteille 750ml. De couleur dorée jaune et transparente. Nez de grains de malt pâle et herbeux (gazon mouillé), de houblon floral parfumé et herbeux (notes de foin), léger de biscuits au miel avec des notes de levures fruitées (zest d’agrumes). Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement plutôt fort et un peu croustillant ainsi qu’une texture moyennement crémeuse. Goût moyennement amer de houblon herbeux (foin terreux et gazon mouillé) et floral (présent toute la gorgée) avec un léger goût de grains de malt pâle croustillants et des notes de levures fruitées (zest de citron, traces de pommes et de bananes) aux faibles notes boisées lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un goût léger goût malté sucré de biscuits au miel et de malt herbeux (gazon mouillé) accompagné d’un léger goût d’alcool aux notes métalliques et de petites notes de pain puis en finale l’on assiste à un léger regain d’amertume de houblon plus floral et asséchant ainsi que de petites notes de levures épicées (poivre doux). Post-goût moyen et sec, moyennement amer de houblon floral et herbeux (gazon mouillé, notes de foin), d’alcool doux avec un léger goût fruité (zest d’agrumes).
Tried
on 16 Jul 2007
at 20:24
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottle consumed on 3/17/07
Not sure how old the bottle was upon arriving in the States, but it’s from a batch that got here probably in the late Spring/early Summer of 2006. So somewhere between 1 and 1.5 years old, most likely.
I don’t know what it is about this beer that so many people seem rather put-off in their ratings. I remember 4 or so years ago, this stuff was considered a pretty high tier beer. But recently, I’ve seen a lot of comments of it being too sweet (it’s a biere de garde), lager-like (it’s an ale), overly estery or fruity (again, a biere de garde, with a Belgian yeast) and too spicy (hops, come on people, the hop profile on this is about as traditional as it gets). And the rest of the people seem to have nothing bad to say, but still give it a poor score.
Well, anyways, I like it, obviously. I liked it quite a lot. Not overdone on the hoppiness, and seems to allow plenty of fun yeast nuance. Quite stinky when you first open the bottle, signs of a healthy yeast and quite a strong fermentation. It comes out with breathing and leaves behind it rich honey dough, almonds, lemons, sugar cookies and light caramel. Very zesty lemon-orange bitterness and hop flavor on the finish is delightful and very cleansing on the palate, though the beer never gets too sticky/sweet, being well-atteuated. Wonderful carbonation levels when given time to breath properly, allowing for a creamy, engaging carbonation, full lacing and strong head retention. Not thin in the least, despite what some people say.
Wonderful take on the style, without all the breadiness/earthiness that can sometimes muddle the style. Many similarities to a Belgian Strong Golden, but without some of the obnoxious alcohol apparency or dominant phenol character. I’m sure this takes to the cellar wonderfully. Now if they’d just bring back the Biere Nouvelle my part of town.
Not sure how old the bottle was upon arriving in the States, but it’s from a batch that got here probably in the late Spring/early Summer of 2006. So somewhere between 1 and 1.5 years old, most likely.
I don’t know what it is about this beer that so many people seem rather put-off in their ratings. I remember 4 or so years ago, this stuff was considered a pretty high tier beer. But recently, I’ve seen a lot of comments of it being too sweet (it’s a biere de garde), lager-like (it’s an ale), overly estery or fruity (again, a biere de garde, with a Belgian yeast) and too spicy (hops, come on people, the hop profile on this is about as traditional as it gets). And the rest of the people seem to have nothing bad to say, but still give it a poor score.
Well, anyways, I like it, obviously. I liked it quite a lot. Not overdone on the hoppiness, and seems to allow plenty of fun yeast nuance. Quite stinky when you first open the bottle, signs of a healthy yeast and quite a strong fermentation. It comes out with breathing and leaves behind it rich honey dough, almonds, lemons, sugar cookies and light caramel. Very zesty lemon-orange bitterness and hop flavor on the finish is delightful and very cleansing on the palate, though the beer never gets too sticky/sweet, being well-atteuated. Wonderful carbonation levels when given time to breath properly, allowing for a creamy, engaging carbonation, full lacing and strong head retention. Not thin in the least, despite what some people say.
Wonderful take on the style, without all the breadiness/earthiness that can sometimes muddle the style. Many similarities to a Belgian Strong Golden, but without some of the obnoxious alcohol apparency or dominant phenol character. I’m sure this takes to the cellar wonderfully. Now if they’d just bring back the Biere Nouvelle my part of town.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2007
at 22:40