Cazeau Tournay Blonde
Brasserie De Cazeau

Cerveza de color dorado, con un dedo de espuma jabonoso de buena retención. Cuerpo y carbonatación media. Aroma a malta, caramelo y cilantro. En boca es dulce con un ligero amargo en el final.

From the bottle, it pours a a nice hazy amber with a long lasting white head that leaves lacing. In the nose, it is nicely pleasant. In the mouth, it is smooth and creamy with malt and a light bitterness. Nice beer, easy to drink. Mine is labeled at 6.7 % alcohol.

L- Mid>dark amber, very slight haze, pours with 5mm white head.
S- Just some quite toasty malts.
T- I'm enjoying this. It initially has quite a bright and hoppy dry side, but also quite a toasty-dry aspect that I'm noticing more as I continue.
F- So to add to ^ bright/hoppy/toasty-dry the Feel brings in good balance; it's quite 'meaty', ie you get a clear sense this is a higher than typical (in UK say 5%) ABV% beer.
O- I like it, it's superbly balanced. Despite being a somewhat heavier 6.7% it goes down veeery easily. I might suggest that this could make a sessionable beer in colder months.
Nice, I'd happily buy and/or drink this one again
330ml bottle bought from BeersOfEurope (UK). BB: printed on the cap! 04/2021

I almost always is a good experience to find a Belgian brewer I have not had. Turnay Blonde was a pleasant surprise.
While its cloudiness from being unfiltered takes away from its Looks, the foam is sufficient and it sticks around. Smells are full-on yeast making the most of its malts producing a nice blend of citrus and honey and whatever flowers the bees were pollenating. Tastes are good and complex, but not great. While it finishes a bit happier than I like, it also is soft.
Enjoyable, but not a classic. And well-concealed alcohol.

Cazeau is a fifth generation family brewery that offers only five brews... and I'd like to try all of them. (That may be hard as they have only two U.S. distributors, one on each coast. I found this bottle at The Cave in Glasgow.) Focussed on quality, Cazeau supports their claim with this Blonde. They also focus on innovating their recipes. But with only five brews, they must not let out too many experiments. For all their history and dedication, I give them big OA Hugs.

Had on tap. Smell is flower themed, with citrus, honey, grass, and grain coming through, but all accompanied by flowers. The taste is much more typical for style, with golden grains, yeast, and biscuit malt providing the standard base with some light lemon accenting. Finishes crisp. Decent but forgettable.

 

 

 

 

01/30/14 From bottle at Rattle n HUm, NYC. Extremely smooth. The balance seems to be a battle between sweet/bitter/sour in equal proportions. Really good. Better as it warms. Beware the deceptive 7% ABV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance is a nice honey with a one finger head. 15 minutes later, there is still quite a bit of lace. Smell is very faint in general, some white grape, yeast, biscuit. Tournay`s taste is a bit sweet with fruits present and some bitterness. MF is leaning towards soft with less carbonation than I expected. It actually takes some characteristics from a farmhouse ale. An interesting beer from what I presume is a relatively small production brewer.