Charles Quint / Keizer Karel Ommegang
Brouwerij Haacht NV

Bottle 0.33L.
Clear pale yellow body with a large, frothy, white head, mostly lasting with some nice lacing; high density of tiny particles.
Moderate malty (bread) and hoppy (citrus) aroma with notes of spices (coriander) and yeast.
Moderate sweet and bitter flavour; bitter finish.
Medium body with watery-to-oily texture; lively carbonation.

 

As of Sep-2020, the lable is entirely unachanged from the 2012 photo that features above.
L- Very pale straw, clear, pours with 5mm snow white head. ps 10mins later the head holds very well.
S- There is a curious sort of musky leathery note to it. I expect it might be clearer from the taste.
T- ... yet it's not. The taste is more straightforward than the smell. It tastes like a pretty full-on Belgian Blonde. I've checked again it's 8% and it feels every bit of that and perhaps a touch more.
F- Trad yet pungent and full-on. It's an ideal slow-sipping or dessert beer.
O- One thing to note that's unexpected is that such a pale beer carried such clout (pungency), this beer is not shy of character, not for a second. Despite it's colour reminding me of a super-light (of colour and taste) beer like Rolling Rock!
I'd happily drink this againg. It's deep and pungent, and I realise that at no point has anything rich never mind sweet crossed my palate. If it weren't for how I sensed it's Smell then I'd have concluded an above-average review for this one...
Bought from BeersOfEurope/UK for home delivery. 330ml bottle BB: 18/12/2021.

 

Golden with a light haze, tonnes of carbonation, and 3 fingers of glassy, white head, with small and large bubbles.

Smells of phenols, pineapple, caramel and black pepper.

Tastes of pineapple, phenols, and caramel.

Light body, lots of carbonation, and a balance of sweet and dry.

Got online, drinking on Oct 22nd of 2017, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Solid brew for the style.

 

 

 

First point, make sure you have the correct drinking vestibule...I made the mistake of using what I had to hand, and this is a seriously top fermented brew.
Super foamy head and a very light blonde appearance.
Smells a tad pungent, but do not let that put you off, once this touches the tongue, your senses are heightened, my eyebrows actually levitated from my forehead and were suspended against gravity....Newton would have been sweating had he bore witness.
Anyhow, the beer is a super one, unusually velvety for a blonde with just a hint of the alcohol, which is representative of it's healthy 8%.
Nice warming aftertaste keeps you reaching for the next quaff!

Defo one for your collection!

 

 

Fizzy carbonation keeps the head thick, Color is dark golden and aroma of sweet grass. Mouthfeel is just about right, and fizziness leaves a lasting impression on the palate. Mild taste of hay, difficult to determine, as the fizziness distracts...but good nonetheless.

 

Color: light yellow, straw, a clear white foam, solid, long remains on the surface of beer.
Aroma: slightly guilty, dry, white grapes, grapefruits and pomelos.
Taste: exactly like aroma, pomelo and grapefruit later white grapes. Bitterness is unimposing, grapefruit, slightly spicy. Saturation although high, perfect.
Alcohol perfectly stowed away, even though their power is light beer.

 

From Hipercor. In La Trappe Chalice. Watching Breaking Bad 1x06. Not extraordinary but really nice taste. To but again if the price is good.

 

Clear golden colour, with a small head that holds and leaves some lace and a ring. Smell of cloves. And more cloves. And then some fruits, bananas, peaches, coriander. Medium carbonation, medium to full body, thick palate with noticeable alcohol, like rum or whiskey. Taste of spices, cloves, banana, fruits. Very good.