Bierridder (4318) ticked Lutgarde Blanche from Abbaye d'Aywiers 1 year ago
JaKeAFC (2242) reviewed Lutgarde Blanche from Abbaye d'Aywiers 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Conad. Murky pale yellow color bif fluffy persistent head. Flavor is floral and fruity midl pungent and citrusy, silky texture, lots of wheat malt, yeast and spices. Taste is balanced, sweetish, sour, delicately bitter. Solid body. Some herbs (spupposedly the cactus) and stuff for a spicy perfumed finish.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Lutgarde Blanche from Abbaye d'Aywiers 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
The 'blanche' or wit in this series of beers dedicated to the holy Lutgarde, who was venerated at the Abbaye d'Aywiers, a former nunnery and abbey in Lasne (Walloon Brabant). Steinie bottle from the Delhaize supermarket in Lokeren. Egg-white, thick and foamy, membrane-lacing, firm and regular, dense head on a hazy straw-yellow blonde beer with greenish tinge - the looks of a witbier for sure. Aroma of dried ginger upfront (why add this?), dried lemon zest (retronasally even lemon-scented soap!), lots and lots of ground coriander seed, spice crackers, oxidized green apple slices, lime juice, gypsum, soggy white bread, sorrel, puddle water, raw radish, soap, flour. Fruity onset with sweet and sourish elements, some green banana overruled by Granny Smith apple and unripe pear; the sourish element, though soft in acidity, reminds almost of sorrel or gooseberry as well, though in a less 'colourful' way, if you get my drift. Carbonation is quite sharp - certainly for a wit - and adds minerality that only accentuates the sour aspect; medium-bodied slick middle consisting of a white-bready graininess on the one hand and a soapy wheatiness on the other hand, the latter strong enough to convincingly evoke an all-round witbier feel and flavour. Before long, the spicing sets in, with a ton of coriander seed reinforcing the soapiness of the wheat, competing fiercely with equally strong (dry) ginger and dried lemon peel; even a whiff of cardamom seems to be present, though this is not mentioned anywhere. Soft but effective floral hop bitterness ensues, still drenched in all this dried spiciness, while the fruity banana and green apple slowly fade away and the ginger remains all-dominant, with that heap of coriander on its tail. I get the idea of playing with the curaçao-coriander spice department classically seen as obligatory in this style (though it was added to it only in the sixties by Pierre Celis), from replacing curaçao by lemon over adding all kinds of other spices (I have seen anise, mint, cardamom and others) to leaving the spicing out altogether (Blanche des Honnelles), and ginger has been done at some point by some brewer too; but I still wonder why, as it overwhelms everything so strongly that the typical elegance of a good witbier is roughly disrupted. I have nothing against ginger 'per se', but in this case it is just too much 'in your face' - I could just as well have enjoyed a ginger beer... Technically okay in its basic structure, with the wheat upfront, but it would have been a lot better without ginger, a bit less coriander and just plain old curaçao - had these Lutgarde guys stuck to the original Hoegaarden recipe, this might have become a very decent example of its style. That said, this style has long lost its popularity of the seventies and eighties and is only rarely consumed these days, so I was quite happy to encounter one I had not yet seen before; but maybe some clever artisan brewer in the Hoegaarden region should stand up and recreate the late Pierre Celis' recipe from the late sixties and seventies, when it was still unsullied by Interbrew (now AB InBev)? The original drinkers of Oud Hoegaards, inasmuch as they are still alive and actively enjoying beer, will certainly applaud this, and to the hordes of Untappd youngsters of the present day it may well be quite the revelation...
mkcmagico (1522) reviewed Lutgarde IPA from Abbaye d'Aywiers 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
0,33 bottle. In a classic Belgian bottle with a nun label, a light amber beer with a huge white head. It looks good! Grassy, resinous, yet fruity, appropriately intense, delicate aroma. Carbonation is adequate, body is medium. It opens with a tart, sour taste. The 6.5 alcohol is hidden. It has a slight yeastiness, quite a complex taste besides the sourness being the dominant one. Interesting, medicinal aftertaste. Well-put together, delicious bee
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Klasszikus belga üvegben apácás címke mögött világos borostyán sör hatalmas fehér habbal. Jól néz ki! Füves, gyantás, mégis gyümölcsös, megfelelően intenzív, finom illat. Szénsavasság megfelelő, testesség közepes. Fanyar, savanykás ízzel nyit. A 6,5 alkohol elbújtatva. Pici élesztősség, elég összetett íze van amellett, hogy a savanykás az uralkodó. Érdekes, gyógyszeres utóíz. Jól összerakott, finom sör!
rumore (5447) reviewed Lutgarde IPA from Abbaye d'Aywiers 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
33cl bottle. Pours amber gold, scarcely transparent, with medium grained white foam. Aroma is citrus peel and herbaceous. Body and carbonation are average. Taste has medium sweetness and quite decent bitterness. Final is average, still bitter.
daniele (14510) reviewed Lutgarde IPA from Abbaye d'Aywiers 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
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Camons (21577) reviewed Lutgarde IPA from Abbaye d'Aywiers 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle from AFFI @ Camping IdeaLazise. Pours almost clear golden with a white head,lacings. Aroma of malt, yeast, fruit, sweet citrus, a soapy note. Flavor is sweet, malt, yeast, sweet fruit, sweet citrus, a strong soapy piney note. Medium body, average carbonation, sweet mildly bitter finish. 250724
Camons (21577) reviewed Lutgarde Blanche from Abbaye d'Aywiers 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from AFFI @ Camping IdeaLazise. Pours slightly hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma of malt, yeast, artificial lemon. Flavor is sweet, malt, wheat, yeast, artificial citrus. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, sweet finish. 250724
Camons (21577) reviewed Lutgarde Blonde from Abbaye d'Aywiers 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from AFFI @ Camping IdeaLazise. Pours clear light golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, yeast, sweet fruit, parfumey. Flavor is sweet, malt, yeasty, sweet fruit, parfumey, some alcohol. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, sweet finish. 230724
rumore (5447) reviewed Lutgarde Blanche from Abbaye d'Aywiers 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
33cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours blonde, fairly transparent, with medium grained white foam, cloudy. Aroma is fruity and yeasty, apricot. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is moderately sweet. Final is average.