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Kwaremont Blond
De Brabandere
- From:
- De Brabandere
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian Blonde Ale
Ranked #72 - ABV:
- 6.6%
- Score:
- 80
Ranked #26,318 - Avg:
- 3.46 | pDev: 13.01%
- Reviews:
- 19
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 25, 2024
- Added:
- May 22, 2012
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 17
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Reviewed by d_d_tee
4.18/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Good look in the glass. Pleasing aroma, nice mouth feel and satisfying flavor. Definitely quaffable after a nice 40KM ride and a stopover at Musette Bike Cafe in Almadena..
Jan 25, 2024Reviewed by OlaB from Norway
3.55/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear golden color with a medium top of white head that dissolves quickly.
Aroma is of apples, citrus, grains and honey.
The taste is dry with fruity tones allong with some light malt tones in the back. Finish is quite bitter with grassy hop notes. Smooth and clean mouthfeel with a medium carbonation and a medium body.
A decent enough blond. Drinkable and enjoyable but far from being among the top.
Aug 05, 2023Aroma is of apples, citrus, grains and honey.
The taste is dry with fruity tones allong with some light malt tones in the back. Finish is quite bitter with grassy hop notes. Smooth and clean mouthfeel with a medium carbonation and a medium body.
A decent enough blond. Drinkable and enjoyable but far from being among the top.
Reviewed by gwynbleidd1002 from Massachusetts
3.64/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a dark somewhat cloudy amber. Notes of honey, cloves, and booze on the nose. Taste is less boozy than its smell would suggest. Lots of honey and spice comes though that’s sweet on the taste that lingers once draught.
Oct 04, 2022Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania
3.74/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
330ml bottle into a teku. No freshness dating.
Looks pretty good in the glass. Medium amber body. Small white head shrinks to a fat collar and covering, some scattered lacing.
Musty mixed fruit aroma.
On tasting, quite sweet, a little strong, with a delayed bitter note.
Mouth medium, finish a lingering slight bitterness.
Overall, just about okay for the style. Abv on the high side. Could do without the lasting bitter note.
Apr 17, 2022Looks pretty good in the glass. Medium amber body. Small white head shrinks to a fat collar and covering, some scattered lacing.
Musty mixed fruit aroma.
On tasting, quite sweet, a little strong, with a delayed bitter note.
Mouth medium, finish a lingering slight bitterness.
Overall, just about okay for the style. Abv on the high side. Could do without the lasting bitter note.
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
4.06/5 rDev +17.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +17.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Blind-tasted except for the beer's name and brewery/country, zero reviews below read (yet!)...
L- Pours a bright clear and almost 'glinting' deep amber. Good rising CO2 into an eager-to-form 4Cm just off-white head. It's filtered so a simple pour, just go easy as the head forms very swiftly. ps 10mins later, holds well.
S- The smell is a blend of leathery notes and aromatic timber.
T- First sip of beer today and this tastes good! The leather/timber follow through with major Belgian yeast estery notes and I get a real liquor-'ish zing crossed with mild but complex hops with hints of pepper across the palate into the finish.
F- ABV% zing, balanced trad hops bring a dry facet but the main of this is a pretty solid malty body.
O- This took me by surprise, it's lable is so under-stated. I like it, it's quite complex but the facets are not hard to ID. I'd very happily drink this again. Hard to guess the ABV%, it's quite impactful, about 8%?
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! Haha... lable isn't very PC, 'Kwaremont is brewed for men who lead where others follow'...[etc] hehe.
330ml bottle BB: 08/10/2022 £2.85 Bought from BeautifulBeers/BurySt.Edmunds as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
Feb 28, 2021L- Pours a bright clear and almost 'glinting' deep amber. Good rising CO2 into an eager-to-form 4Cm just off-white head. It's filtered so a simple pour, just go easy as the head forms very swiftly. ps 10mins later, holds well.
S- The smell is a blend of leathery notes and aromatic timber.
T- First sip of beer today and this tastes good! The leather/timber follow through with major Belgian yeast estery notes and I get a real liquor-'ish zing crossed with mild but complex hops with hints of pepper across the palate into the finish.
F- ABV% zing, balanced trad hops bring a dry facet but the main of this is a pretty solid malty body.
O- This took me by surprise, it's lable is so under-stated. I like it, it's quite complex but the facets are not hard to ID. I'd very happily drink this again. Hard to guess the ABV%, it's quite impactful, about 8%?
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! Haha... lable isn't very PC, 'Kwaremont is brewed for men who lead where others follow'...[etc] hehe.
330ml bottle BB: 08/10/2022 £2.85 Bought from BeautifulBeers/BurySt.Edmunds as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain
4.5/5 rDev +30.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +30.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
De Belgiuminabox. En copa Grimbergen. Estudiando Hadoop. Belgian blonde muy bien hecha, con un feel especialmente suave en la boca y las notas tipicas del estilo bien marcadas y llenas de sabor. Además, no resulta nada cabezona
Oct 20, 2020Reviewed by Steve555 from Wales
3.33/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Light orange, generous white head. Smells of grains, fruit and esters. The taste is yeasty and malty with a sweetness but a slightly bitter ethanol aftertaste comes through, not entirely pleasant. Feel is a light body with medium high carbonation. This is apparently what cyclists drink after a long ride. Surely a lager or even water rather than a strong blonde ale at 6.6%! It's okay but would not drink after exertion .
Aug 17, 2020Reviewed by BelgianHops from Belgium
3.86/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Well balanced beer with notes of black pepper, citrus, fresh yeast and sugar. Crisp and copper colored. A good standard beer that wont offend one. Best served at 8°C.
Aug 13, 2020Reviewed by eric5bellies from Australia
3.43/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A - Pours a clear copper colour with large White foamy head that stays the distance
S - Heavy grain and some sweet/citrus hop after tones
T- Well not much going on . Some malty flavours that possess some apple flavours . The finish is sticky and sweet.
M - Light body and medium carbonation.
O – Not the best example of the style. But would match a Curry well.
Jul 24, 2020S - Heavy grain and some sweet/citrus hop after tones
T- Well not much going on . Some malty flavours that possess some apple flavours . The finish is sticky and sweet.
M - Light body and medium carbonation.
O – Not the best example of the style. But would match a Curry well.
Kwaremont Blond from De Brabandere
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
78 ratings
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