Belgian Blonde
Brewery Ardennes

 

Sampling a cellar temp 12 oz can poured into my chalice. No date stamp on the label or the can. The beer pours a light golden color with only the faintest haze to the beer. A fizzy bleached white head of 1 cm foams up and is faded to nothing very quickly after the pour.
Aroma is slightly fruity with pears and white grape, a little bready note, with hints of floral honey too. Not really boozy and not much of a hop note that I detect on the nose.
First sip reveals a light body and fairly mild carbonation and the beer drinks very easy and smooth.
Flavor is similar to the nose, with some light fruit notes and a bit of bread and again some floral honey notes. The sweeter honey lingers after each swallow. Never any hint of hop character nor any booziness with this easy drinking blonde.
glad to have picked this one up when I visited the brewery in Geneva, NY.

 

Can date smudged
Pours a frothy semi dense almost 1 finger head with moderate retention, foamy lacing, clear tan deep golden tan color

Nose sweet Belgian blonde malt little biscuity bready, honey, light fruity esters, pastry

Taste brings more sweet Belgian blonde malts, little biscuity bready like, some sweet honey bread and candy sugar, light bitterness from mild spicy hop, more candied fruit like pear and apricot, slight sticky sweet finish

Mouth is med bod, touch sticky, higher effervescent carb

Overall nice Belgian blond.