5.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Blonde ale with orange peel by this brewery in between Amersfoort and Arnhem in the northern Netherlands – a brewery aiming at reaching a large audience apparently, present in many Belgian beer shops as well these days. Foamy, snow white, cobweb-lacing, rocky head on a clear ‘old golden’ beer with pale orangey tinge and visible sparkling, turning misty with sediment. Aroma quite off-putting, with an enormous amount of overcooked broccoli and other vegetables – the DMS scent I always hate, but amplified by whatever sulfuric element the used orange has brought in, old rubber, rotting grass, halfripe banana, old leftover dough, moldy cereals, honey, coriander seed, old dishwater and kitchen cloth – but hardly anything refreshing, which is what an orange-flavoured beer should at least try to achieve. Sweetish, fruity onset, sourish edge from the orange – very clearly so, but again more like a moldy orange and hardly refreshing; very fizzy carbonation, very minerally; slick cereally and bit doughy malt body, some coriander and then, of course, that wave of rotting leaves and overcooked vegetables, very extreme. Back in the mouth, a floral and bit spicy hop bitterness, accentuated by the bitterness of the orange peel, lingers in the end. I have nothing against the use of citrus peel in beer, but this is not an easy ingredient to master and in this case it is the most likely cause of a very unpleasant sulfuric effect which totally ruined the whole beer for me. I think I am going to pass for these Heidebrouwerij beers next time.

4.8

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

AT LBS. Source unknown. Best before September 2018. Copper color. Malty, light fruity, fairly dry. So-so.

5

Kruidig en granig in de geur, wat zurige sinaasappel in de smaak. Matig

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Golden color, Malt, citrus, and a hint of honey in the aroma. Floral soft hopbitter flavor with hints of orange and honey. Fairly dry, not unpleasant.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at home. Sweet malts, light caramel, floral hop notes, soft herbal notes, citrus fruity notes, honey. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. Soft chalky and sweet resiny mouthfeel and a slightly cardboardy finish. Quite enjoyable. I like the floral notes and honey notes and how easy this still drinks. --- Beer merged from original tick of Vlinder Blond / Vincent Blond on 28 Apr 2019 at 23:44 - Score: 7. Original review text: Bloemig

7

CDMX!!!!

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap @ Brabants Bierfestival. Hazy yellow with a small white head. Smells sweet, malts. Tastes sweet, malts, some herbs. Medium body, soft carbo.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Albert Heijn Zwolle. Hazy yellow with a full white head. Yeasty fruity aroma. Taste is medium bitter and mouthfeel has some wheat creaminess to it. Nice Belgian blonde ale.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

helder gouden met witte kraag. aroma van mout, gist, citrus en koriander. Smaken van gist, koriander, citrus, mout, kruidig, goede smaken verder, vrij typisch blond bier, tarwe, sinaasappel, zwakke tot matige body, normale co2. ok