Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
(Bottle 75 cl) Name on label reads "Mechelse Reuzenbier". Pilsener golden, slightly hazy with a huge and stable head, that never really collapses. Extremely potent, solid and full-bodied beer with lots of malt, sweetness and (well hidden) alcohol. Fruity and yeasty nose. Very complex flavours that almost "explode" in your mouth leaving you with all sorts of wonderful impressions. 290602
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
(Bottle 75 cl) Vintage 1999 at 8,5% ABV. I bought this at the brewery at the day of it’s release. Great show with some sort of reenactment of the arrival of Keizer Karel in Mechelen. Wonder if that happens every year at this beers release or if was a one off? Anyways, this is an excellent brew. Dark brown with a huge, frothy, light-brown head. Extremely full-bodied, full of good ingredients. Loads of roasted malt with notes of syrup and dried fruits - dates in particular. Sweetness indeed, but more fruity and fresh - which is unusual for it’s kind. a great beer indeed. 070500
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Blusser from Brouwerij Het Anker 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Comes in a lovely swing top bottle with a "painted" label. Fully golden, slightly sweetish beer with a lovely, full head with good retention. Very smooth and easy to drink with a good, malty body without much bitterness in the finish. Bought at the brewery the day they released their first "Cuvée de Keizer" - great show! 061099
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Amber coloured. Rich head. Malty toffee aroma. Sweet malt flavour with too much alcohol in the finish.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Blond from Brouwerij Het Anker 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
A yellow beer with a huge white head. The aroma is very spicy - with coriander standing out. The flavor is spicy again with coriander standing out - but also some musky flavors, leading to dry end. Not my beer - it is too much like a deodorant I wouldn’t use.
Earlier Rating: 8/10/2004 Total Score: 3
[At Fete de la Biere 2004, Lausanne] A hazy amber beer with a fine head. The aroma is sweet with notes of coriander - and so is the flavor. An OK beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Clear red-brown color, off-white head. Aroma of licorice, some roasted malt. Strong taste of malt, some caramel and licorice. Some anis. Very obvious Gouden Carolus brew. Almost like they used the leftovers of the Christmas version to get this beer.
caesar (10848) reviewed Blond from Brouwerij Het Anker 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Rerate: Tap, Beer passion 2006. Hoppy and flowery aroma, quite strong. Good strong taste, bit alcoholic even. Better than the bottled one. Original rating: 2.7. Bottled. Hazy yellow color, big white head. Aroma is bit sweet, very sour fruity of apple, citrus/lemon and a hint of pineapple. Taste is slightly sour, moreover bitter. Bit off-balanced and disappointing for Brewery Het Anker.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Blond from Brouwerij Het Anker 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 75 cl) Beautiful fully golden beer with a fine, creamy head and a rather high carbonation. Lightly fruity and perfumy nose with a touch of yeast. Lightly sweet malt and pronounced notes of coriander. Rather dry and slightly sulphurous finish. No real bitterness. Huge yeast sediment clouds the last inch or so of this beer. 080705
Earlier Rating: 7/3/2005 Total Score: 3.1
(Bottle 33 cl) Slightly hazy, golden ale with a small, white, creamy head. Very perfumy nose. Rather sweet and spicy and again very perfumy flavours. Interesting. 030705
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Blond from Brouwerij Het Anker 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Good white, dense head; well-carbonated beer, golden with a cold haze. Soapy, a little spicey nose. Lots of malts figuring here already. Bitterish onset, quite dry, spices seemingly creeping up slowly, but never getting outspoken. Generally quite sweet, but with surrounding bitterness and a toasted flavour that reaches into a burning MF. Some body, obviously, flashing more alcohol than its ABV. Not bad, as they come. I seriously doubt this would be a label clone from Margriet - but it is... says the brewery. Good balance overall.Earlier Rating: 7/2/2005 Total Score: 3.3 under the name of "Margriet"Huge just off-white head, whipped cream-like, slowly collapsing; pale golden clear beer. Very wheaty nose, slightly spiced - coriander - pale malts. Toasted, roasted malts flavour, ad odds with the colour; some coriander but not overly so. Quite some sweetness, but nowhere the raisiny kind usual for Gouden Carolus. More neutral, soft-spiced finish. Some burning, medium bodied, fluffy MF, rather dry after all. Hmmm... will be trying Anker blond one of these days. Really curious as how much they differ... Reasonable blonde, nothing more.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
This starts with a dark amber color under a creamy, thick, off white head. Lacing is incomplete, but it tries hard. Lightly sweet, spicy and well done, but I tried the Jolly Pumpkin Firefly just previous and this was the looser of the two although it had a spicier flavor.