Wendelinus Blonde
Brasserie Meteor
- From:
- Brasserie Meteor
- France
- Style:
- Belgian Blonde Ale
Ranked #111 - ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 79
Ranked #37,124 - Avg:
- 3.41 | pDev: 12.9%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 25
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 25, 2025
- Added:
- Mar 01, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
79
Okay
79
Okay
Another idea from the abbey...
Brewed in the tradition of the monks of Wissembourg, who had their beer made on the current site of the brewery, Wendelinus is the result of a centuries-old know-how. Beneath its amber colour and creamy head is an abbey beer with a range of flavours that mature on the palate with every mouthful. Strong, with a pleasant touch of bitterness, this is a beer to be savoured for its persistent mellowness and caramelized fruity flavours. Take your time with it!
Brewed in the tradition of the monks of Wissembourg, who had their beer made on the current site of the brewery, Wendelinus is the result of a centuries-old know-how. Beneath its amber colour and creamy head is an abbey beer with a range of flavours that mature on the palate with every mouthful. Strong, with a pleasant touch of bitterness, this is a beer to be savoured for its persistent mellowness and caramelized fruity flavours. Take your time with it!
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.6/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
I am finding meteor pils to be more and more enjoyable when I have french cuisine, so I wanted to change it up this time at a bistro with meteor's blonde instead. Smells has sweet flowers and honey but the yeast is so weak for the style, buttery malts and vague fruity esters. Taste has a bit more sweetbread to it but otherwise the same. Feel is thin and bland, yeast definition is so limited, springy notes are short lived, it is airy verging on watery. But hey it looks nice with a large white head atop a pale golden body. Stick to the pils
Dec 21, 2024
Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
3.26/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.26/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Draft: Poured an orangey color ale with a medium size foamy head with OK retention and some lacing. Aroma of sweet malt notes with some fruity and honey notes. Taste is also a mix of sweet malt notes with some fruity undertones and some honey notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Too sweet for the style with a definite lack of attenuation.
May 01, 2024
Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland
3.1/5 rDev -9.1%
3.1/5 rDev -9.1%
From BeerAdvocate magazine Issue #70 (November 2012):
Why would a beer need E150c aka caramel coloring and ascorbic acid? The whole abbey theme is lost on us with these additives. We feel like we are guinea pigs nursing this “beer”. Absolutely baffled why this beer exsists, while it not be a horrible mess it is just an oddity, a hollow beer … lifeless. Excuse our French but Meteor should get their shit together and brew a real beer.
STYLE: Belgian Pale Ale
ABV: 6.8%
AVAILABILITY: Year-round
LOOK: Clear pale copper color, good head retention
SMELL: Taffy, banana peels, dried grass, earthy, clove, herbal, toasted bread, chemical
TASTE: Crisp, creamy, chemical, grainy, fruity, phenolic, buttery, very grassy, dry, muted hops, odd sweetness, slightly spicy, estery, very dry spicy finish
Oct 31, 2014Why would a beer need E150c aka caramel coloring and ascorbic acid? The whole abbey theme is lost on us with these additives. We feel like we are guinea pigs nursing this “beer”. Absolutely baffled why this beer exsists, while it not be a horrible mess it is just an oddity, a hollow beer … lifeless. Excuse our French but Meteor should get their shit together and brew a real beer.
STYLE: Belgian Pale Ale
ABV: 6.8%
AVAILABILITY: Year-round
LOOK: Clear pale copper color, good head retention
SMELL: Taffy, banana peels, dried grass, earthy, clove, herbal, toasted bread, chemical
TASTE: Crisp, creamy, chemical, grainy, fruity, phenolic, buttery, very grassy, dry, muted hops, odd sweetness, slightly spicy, estery, very dry spicy finish
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