Blonde Du Brasseur (Bière Blonde)
Brasserie de Saint-Omer
- From:
- Brasserie de Saint-Omer
- France
- Style:
- French Bière de Garde
- ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.16 | pDev: 7.91%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 08, 2007
- Added:
- Nov 23, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England
3.41/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.41/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
65cl flip-top bottle as shown in the photo and as described by my friend Yau, the only other reviewer so far! My bottle was best before Jan 2008 and drank in May 2007. Part of a mixed four pack, this is the first to be reviewed.
Poured into a Hoegaarden Grand Cru tulip glass which holds 33cl (so used it twice).
Large pop, as I opened the bottle, lots of pressure in there then, it frightened the dog, he doesn't like champagne being opened either.
Clear golden amber, not a light straw colour blonde, this one has highlights. A good solid white head sat on top, the beer looked impressive.
A slight citrus aroma, not much else for my nose, although I rarely smell much when sniffing lagers and blondes.
The taste was OK, no great flavours hit you, but for a blonde-lager it is well above average for the mouthfeel and drinkability. The 6.4% alcohol gives it a little kick, all in all, not a bad beer.
May 08, 2007Poured into a Hoegaarden Grand Cru tulip glass which holds 33cl (so used it twice).
Large pop, as I opened the bottle, lots of pressure in there then, it frightened the dog, he doesn't like champagne being opened either.
Clear golden amber, not a light straw colour blonde, this one has highlights. A good solid white head sat on top, the beer looked impressive.
A slight citrus aroma, not much else for my nose, although I rarely smell much when sniffing lagers and blondes.
The taste was OK, no great flavours hit you, but for a blonde-lager it is well above average for the mouthfeel and drinkability. The 6.4% alcohol gives it a little kick, all in all, not a bad beer.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
2.91/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.91/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Got this bottle from the ASDA supermarket. The 650ml sized bottle is flip-topped, with a BBE date of 14/12/06. On the beer label the English translation says "Lager Beer" for the French "Bière Blonde", but I really doubt it should be the correct translation. Let's see.
A: served in a half-pint slim lager glass, it pours an extremely clear, light straw hue, coming with a rocky and fluffy white beer head sustaining extremely well, supported rather well by the semi-fierce carbonation. Looking quite enticing and thirst-quenching, like a lager.
S: lightly sour, lemony as well as grassy hops plus honeyish and green apple-ish malts approach my nose at the same time, enhanced with the kind of special smell--yeasty, buttery and flowery--which is imparted to quite a few biere de garde I've tried. Overall very pleasant and if it's a lager, it's an unusually fruity one...
T: light-bodied sour-sweet flavour of grainy malts hits the palate upfront, followed by equally light fruity residual taste like that of ripe lemons; the finish has a thin-bodied malt-extract kind of unclean and sweetish aftertaste with very little hoppyness or bitterness to follow. The overly thin body is the biggest down-side for a beer at 6.4%abv., rendering the beer's drinkability much lower than it could've scored.
D: although it mentions on the label that three hops are used, they're just partly shown on the nose while being very weak on the palate. Slightly disappointing beer it is, with a flavour falling short of its rather enticing aroma.
Nov 23, 2005A: served in a half-pint slim lager glass, it pours an extremely clear, light straw hue, coming with a rocky and fluffy white beer head sustaining extremely well, supported rather well by the semi-fierce carbonation. Looking quite enticing and thirst-quenching, like a lager.
S: lightly sour, lemony as well as grassy hops plus honeyish and green apple-ish malts approach my nose at the same time, enhanced with the kind of special smell--yeasty, buttery and flowery--which is imparted to quite a few biere de garde I've tried. Overall very pleasant and if it's a lager, it's an unusually fruity one...
T: light-bodied sour-sweet flavour of grainy malts hits the palate upfront, followed by equally light fruity residual taste like that of ripe lemons; the finish has a thin-bodied malt-extract kind of unclean and sweetish aftertaste with very little hoppyness or bitterness to follow. The overly thin body is the biggest down-side for a beer at 6.4%abv., rendering the beer's drinkability much lower than it could've scored.
D: although it mentions on the label that three hops are used, they're just partly shown on the nose while being very weak on the palate. Slightly disappointing beer it is, with a flavour falling short of its rather enticing aroma.
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