Bellerose Biere Blonde Extra
Brasserie des Sources

Copenhagen 13/10 2018. 75 cl bottle from Meny, Østerfælled torv, Kbh Ø. Lady in black and white with a red rose in her hair. The ABV in very big types on the label.

Pours slightly hazy golden yellow with fairly big white head. Dense. Settles as 1,5 cm thick layer of compact foam completely obscuring the surface of the beer. Substantial lacing.

Aroma is not terribly intense. Sourish and spicy. Sweet, malty backbone. A little candy-like. Acidic overtones of unripe berries.

Light carbonation. Slightly thick, lightly prickly and soft texture. A little sticky.

Flavor is medium sweet followed by medium tart sourness. Aftertaste is sour bitter. Lingers shortly.

Fine tart Ale. Reminds me of a malty Saison.

Sold as a ‘generously hopped pale ale’.
Bready malt and light hop on the nose.
On the palate, sweet malt and yeast flavours that give way to a slight metallic note, then a very bitter finish. A little bit of everything on offer here

Yellow color, with big white head. The aroma of Belgian yeast, spices, and flowers. The same notes in a rather sweet taste. Typical and very drinkable blond Belgian ale. Well done.

June 2013: 750 ml corked & caged bottle, from Voldby Købmandsgård. ABV is 6.5%. Golden colour, decent white head. Pleasant aroma of bière de garde yeast and citrussy and herbal hops. Refreshing and fairly sophisticated and crisp bière de garde flavour, with well balanced herbal hops throughout. Enjoyable.

 

Dorada, con una espuma que desaparece en poco tiempo. Cuerpo y carbonatación ligera. Aroma afrutado y a levadura. En boca es agradable debido a la fruta y al leve especiado que presenta.

Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a medium golden amber with a fine, two finger white head with great retention and thick lacing. Aroma of mild grainy malt, Belgian yeast, lemon, apples and light orange. Flavor is grainy malt, lemon, light stone fruit, apple; flavor drops off suddenly into a grainy, mild grassy hop finish with residual fruit esters. A little cardboardy oxidation lingers. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess. This bottle is within, but at the terminus of its "best by" time period (and kudos to the brewery for providing that!). That may have an impact on the somewhat underwhelming flavor drop off during the taste and the mild oxidation. This is a pleasant enough biere de garde, with good graininess to the malt and an interesting mix of fruit flavors, some of them on the edge of tasting authentically like fruit juice. The hops are a little tired, as expected from a little shelf life, but taste like classic Continental grassy hops. I like this, but would have liked a little more continuing flavor depth in the taste. The profile seems exactly what I want in a biere de garde. I will definitely pick up another bottle of this in the future if I see a fresh one. I'd like to see more from this brewery.

Reading some of the reviews I'll say drinking this fresh makes all the difference. The bottle I had was acquired direct from brewery and well handled / cellared.No date but on bottle, roughly 8 months from being brewed and held up well.

Pours a copper blonde , light citrus earthy, herbal , aroma ..
Solid bitterness,lasting . Slight minty, fairly dry . Moderate carbonation, some bubblegum on initial pour.

Overall a solid beer . I could see older bottles being unimpressive when bitterness drops out but fresh the beer is well brewed and well worth a try. I'll drink again given the chance.

 

Not a big deal

 

 

 

Multi Award Winner Blonde, so figured worth a try.

The beer pours a super fresh looking blonde body with a cracking head. The glass used is a Brasserie D'Achouffe so aid the head retention.

Mildly houblon/hopped aroma gives off a soft citrus scent.

Taste is surprisingly sweet, and not as hoppy as expected, although the aftertaste does carry quite a lot of artificial sweetness.

Overall I give this a 'pretty good', perhaps two booofs on the bujon spectrum, certainly worth snapping up if you see it.

Great balanced flavor and goes down really easily.

 

 

From Alcampo. In Teku glass. After dinner. Typical notes of a biere de garde but with a much smoother feeling that makes it feel less alcoholic and more drinkable. Herbal, grassy, with belgian yeast esters

Clear dark straw. Plenty of effervescence. Thick lasting head.
Light spice and fruit aroma.
As above with added sweetness.
Rather cloying.
Apart from the extra sweetness it tastes the part.

Pours clear light amber with voluptuous head. settles fairly quick

some nice typical belgian yeasty notes on the nose, sweet, doughy. Not bad


Bit too sweet for me, ok malty and yeasty flavours.

nice body and carb


really needs a tad of bitterness