Bedankt Kraddel – 33 cl. fles gedeeld. Ook een van die flessen die al meer dan een jaar lang in zijn frigo staat te rijpen omdat dit soort Belgische bieren hem niet echt interesseren. Deze is nog houdbaar – maakt mij absoluut niks uit. Ziet er amber uit met een melk witte kraag. Geur is echt wel vreemd, rottende natte hooi met een toets natte bladeren, nat gras, kandijsuiker, hoestsiroop en wat curry. Nodeloos te zeggen dat dit niet echt werk, wel iets anders, dat wel. Smaak is meer van hetzelfde, niet even extreem, dat wel, mout, bittere kandijsuiker, hoestsiroop, rottende karamel appels, natte hooi, bittere aluminium, alcohol toets en bam kurry. Lichtjes waterig. Yeah…

Bottle. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty aroma. Sweetish malty spicy yeasty flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy yeasty finish.

Thx for girthing this one Tim (tderoeck) // odd label // 33 cl. bottle @ home // bright cleqr amber, millions of bubbles rising, big fluffy white head // nose, sweet lots of grass, floral mixed with biscuit malt, burned caramel, grains, something strong farmland // taste is sweet grass, floral, bitter mixed with burned caramel, biscuit malts, bitter tad synthetic lingering aftertaste, bitter spices and grains // bit oily ok body // a bit weird but not all bad

33cl bottle: best before 19 Oct 2012, poured into a ’Hougaerdse DAS’ badged tumbler on 7 Aug 2012. Slight haze to this pale yellow/light golden beer: on top a swiftly leaving white head that started thin and soon became a wisp and collar. Wheaty smell, with yeast esters and some coriander hints: add citrusy notes too. The taste is typical Belgian Witbier (I default towards Hoegaarden for this): refreshing and semi-bitter/sour with orange/coriander thoughts. Not a huge fan of this style, but this is one of the best I’ve come across.

33cl Bottle: best before 4th Oct 2012, poured into a ’Coors Banquet’ badged flute on 2nd Aug 2012. Another beer brewed for a Beer Shop on the Belgian coast. Left quiet a lot in the bottle, so fairly clear body of a reddy/light brown colour with a large white (with a rosey tint) head of foam on top. Apples and berries in the nose along with something sugary. The taste was also sweet fruits: too sweet for my liking, so my wife finished the glass. Scored it as objectively as I could!

33cl bottle: best before 18 Apr 2013, poured into an ’Augustijn’ chalice on 18 July 2012. Brewed for a beer shop in Wenduine (where I got it). Lovely amber body with a thin but full off-white head. The head stayed throughout the tasting. The nose is malty and semi-sweet with a yeast kick as it warms in the chalice. The taste is also a semi-sweet malty molasses flavour with both toffee and caramel in the mix. The beer however isn’t just about the sweetness, there is a dry, bittering, hop undertone too. Easy drinking beer: glad I found the tasting room and shop this beer is brewed for. The bottle and blurb I got from the shop both claim 6.5% ABV.

25cl bottle @ home shared with Thompson. Nice deep red color, medium sized beige head that lasts for awhile. Smell sweetness, strawberries, lightly cherries. Taste sweetness, cherries, strawberries. Low to medium carbo and body.

Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow color with a white head. Has a fruity wheat malty spicy citrus aroma. Citric spicy wheat malty flavor. Has a fruity wheat malty spicy citrus finish.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Strubbe Vlissegems Blondje den Haene (by Brouwerij Strubbe):
Aroma: 4/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5

10/VI/2012 - 33cl bottle @ my parents' place - BB: 22/V/14 (2012-613) Thanks to my dad for getting me the beer!

Clear deep blond to orange beer, big rocky off-white head, very stable, adhesive. Aroma: lots of grains, cow fodder, sewer, little fruity, dough. MF: ok carbon, light to medium body. Taste: grains, malts, bit sweet, bready, nice bitter hops, little floral. Aftertaste: bitter, grains, hoppy, spices. Definitely not bad for such a light beer, only the smell is pretty nasty.