yespr (55501) reviewed Tournay Wohlenberg Blond from Brasserie de Cazeau 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a small lacing head. Light wheat and minor citric nose. Slight wheaty and fruity note and a bit citric. Mellow finish. I need to rerate this at some point. Thanks to Papsoe for saving a sample of this and other beers from the tasting 2007-08-31.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Hazy golden color. Quite light and refreshing beer, flowery, spoiled by a light infection that gives also a light soapy character and light apricot fruitness.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Tournay Blonde from Brasserie de Cazeau 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Best Before 2007 750mL bottle drunk on 5/26/07
Thankfully pale malts don’t oxidize as quickly and/or poorly as dark ones do because here is yet another example of my previous infatuation with aging beers gone bad. I waxed the cap, so I’m thinking that helped lock in some carbonation, and certainly this was well-carbonated with a fluffy white head. But it just seemed tired, with lots of dustiness and a fair amount of vanillin.
Though, it’s interesting to note that perhaps giving a beer a few years really allows you to see what it’s made of. Fresh Belgian strong goldens are (usually) quite liberally hopped and so full of overt phenols/esters that you cant get the full story of the malt intricacies. Or maybe that’s just a bunch of schlock. Either way, I know this would have been quite different fresh. Very sugary, with lots of honey and sweet cookie dough, it has a fair amount of breadiness with a trailing esteriness (heavy banana and peach, some nectarine). Carbonation is mostly tight, but there is a bit of looseness near the finish. Aroma has some powderiness and lots of adjunct sugar apparency hiding behind the big ester bouquet. Surprisingly still spicy (white pepper and coriander) despite there being no spice addition.
I’ll probably score it for how it was in this aged condition. I’d imagine that fresh, it must be very sweet (it’s quite sweet as is here) so that would probably balance the extra points I’d give it for a more presumed bright flavor/aroma. No alcohol noted.
yespr (55501) reviewed Tournay de Noël from Brasserie de Cazeau 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
CBF07 sample from bottle. Presented as Tourney Brune, should have been named Black Hole according to Ralf from Det Belgiske Hus. Pours deep brown. Nose is liqourice and malty, clear yeast presence with raisins and prunes, classical belgian. Flavour is malty, coffee and roasted malt with a vague uplifting note. Good spicy and sweet finish.
2007-08-18 33 cL bottle (as Tournay de Noël). Pours deep brown with a red hue and light brown head. Chocolate note, slight spiced and minor liqourice nose. Liqourice finish to a beer that starts with a chocolate smoothness. Slight bitterhops note. Spiced. Nice and slight warming. 7 4 7 3 14 = 3,5.
I’m in doubt if the Tourney Brune is identical to the Tournay de Noël
HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed Tournay Blonde from Brasserie de Cazeau 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Creamy white excellent mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Fantastic hoppy flowerycomplex aroma. Alas not so grteat flavor. Moderate bitter. Very acetic bitter finish. Creamy palate. Not my favorite.
saxo (29721) reviewed Tournay de Noël from Brasserie de Cazeau 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Nice big tan head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma is roast malt and some chocolate. Taste is raost malt and chocolate as well, but also some smoked malt.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Tournay Blonde from Brasserie de Cazeau 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle: Poured a golden amber with white head. The aroma was citrus and hoppy. The taste was bitter citrus fruit that continued through the finish.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Tournay de Noël from Brasserie de Cazeau 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a fast disappearing tan head. Sweet malty spicy alcohol aroma, also hints of dark fruits. Fruity malty flavor with hints of licorice and also some spicy hints. Sweet malty finish with some chocolate hints in the aftertaste.
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Tournay Blonde from Brasserie de Cazeau 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Hazy blond yellow/orange with a fine white head. Fruity malty yeasty aroma. Fine filling body and a taste of fruits (orange/citrus) easy sweet. Nice light bitter finish. Great!
HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed Tournay de Noël from Brasserie de Cazeau 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Dark redbrown colour. Beautifull beer. Moderate malty and heavy hoppy aroma. Light bitter and sweet flavor. Lots of chocolate and slightly smokes flavor, not the best combination but still interresting powerfull tasting. Average bitter finish and nice oily palate.