Friday 9 March 2012

Beer #69 - La Binchoise Blonde

La Binchoise Blonde
www.brasserielabinchoise.com

La Brasserie Binchoise is located in Binche, Belgium and has been brewing since 1836.  This particular brew, Blonde, is a blond Belgian ale.

It has a slightly cloudy appearance with a straw-yellow colour with a nice white foamy head which goes down to about a half inch and retains quite well.

It smells strongly of yeast and citrus, with floral, malt and bitterness also there but a little more subdued.

The yeastiness comes right away, with floral and malt joining in at the same time, the bitterness overtakes the floral notes but leaves the yeastiness and malt, then the citrus joins in and all of it just fades away, the malt and bitterness fade a little faster than the citrus and yeast.

A nice complex blond ale, typical of other abbey style ales.  Great flavour profile and quite refreshing.  Certainly worth a try.

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