Grottenbier Flemish Ale Blond
St. Bernardus Brouwerij in Watou, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.76
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Blond version of Grottenbier, discontinued in 2010.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours amber into a tulip. Fluffy white conglomerate head leaves sheet lacing as it recedes. Lemon and herb aromas. Crisp with tingly orange peel upfront and a dry, lasting pepper and hop finish.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2007
at 17:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
A dark gold color and a very tall and thick white head. Aroma has sweet malt and Belgian yeast, just a little fermenting fruit. Flavor is sweet with more fruit. Not quite as good as the other Grottenbier, but still nice.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2007
at 13:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pale amber beer with a huge cream coloed head. Malty, earthy, oaky aroma with floral tones. Sweet malt flavor with floral/grass and lots of breadiness. Bready/slight caramel malt lingers. Medium, slightly fuller body. High carbonation. Nice velvety mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2007
at 19:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
750 mL corked bottle. Massive bubbly head covers a pale golden body that has just a hint of haze about it. Aromas are sharp and sour with clove notes. They will come at you from half way across the room. With the obvious tart notes I’m half expecting a Flemmish sour type first sip, but things are different than anticipated. The sour kick comes through on the backside and is sandwiched between bookends of banana/cloves/yeast that open and close the session. Not nearly as complex or fulfilling as I would have hoped, but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2006
at 20:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled this as Grotten Flemmish Ale. A hazy yellow beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of lemon, and a slight acidity. The flavor is sweet malty again combined with an acidic note. A quite simple beer. Had expected more, since I really enjoy the brown version.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2006
at 16:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Malty, spicy and citric aroma. Very cloudy, grey/golden colour. Small stable head. Flavour much like aroma.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2006
at 13:23
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 75 cl) Comes as "Grotten Flemish Ale - Pierre Celis Signature Collection" - no less! Pours a hazy golden with an off-white head. Aroma of yeast and sweetish malt. Quite full-bodied with some alcohol presence and a surprisingly solid bitterness that holds all the way through. 200506
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2006
at 15:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy orange beer; good white head. Perfumed, some Curaçao and nutmeg in the nose. Very strange, nearly adstringent malt taste, followed by some fizzy, sweetish main taste, finishing in diacetyl (in a CAVE-AGED beer??). Slightly burning MF, surprisingly light body. I’m disappointed by this. The "bruin" is much more complex and subtle. This is just another dumb blonde. ( tasted under the experimental name of "Grottenbier Blond" )
Tried
on 26 Jun 2005
at 02:34