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Blond
Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal
- From:
- Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.93 | pDev: 10.18%
- Reviews:
- 62
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 25, 2021
- Added:
- Jun 21, 2010
- Wants:
- 12
- Gots:
- 17
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Ratings by RuudJH:
Reviewed by RuudJH from Netherlands
4.2/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.2/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Small bottle with a cork on it. 37.5 cl. bottle.
Colour is golden with an orange glow, hazy, with an active carbonation, creating a huge head and nice lacing.
Smell is fresh hoppy (citric and floral), clean yeast and malts.
Taste is malty, spicy and earthy. The hops are pronounced without being agressively bitter.
Sweetbitterness aftertaste, very smooth medium to full body. Some dryness too. Easy alcohol. Clean and sweet.
Not too carbonated.
All in all a great example of strong belgian ale.
Sep 26, 2010Colour is golden with an orange glow, hazy, with an active carbonation, creating a huge head and nice lacing.
Smell is fresh hoppy (citric and floral), clean yeast and malts.
Taste is malty, spicy and earthy. The hops are pronounced without being agressively bitter.
Sweetbitterness aftertaste, very smooth medium to full body. Some dryness too. Easy alcohol. Clean and sweet.
Not too carbonated.
All in all a great example of strong belgian ale.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
4.07/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.07/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Blind-tasted except for the beer's name and brewery/country, zero reviews below read (yet!)...
... I suggest you **slowly** ease off the cap and have a glass right at hand. My bottle was well rested and chilled, yet it turned out to me a bit lively and over-flowed some foam.
L- Hence I expect I've more sediment in the pour than wished for. Pond-water cloudy, pours with 15mm cream coloured head. ps@+10mins=foam holds very well.
S- Mild, but I might be sensing some bright or apple notes.
T- Big Belgian ester notes which bring fruity facets.
F- Nice rounded estery + decent ABV% feel!
O- Great example of Belgian ester notes. I could drink this style until the cows came home. Lovely example.
The lable shown^ looks the US export version. Either way the main colour on the bottle I have is mostly a bright/vivid green.
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed!
330ml bottle 'THT: 02/2021' printed at neck, unsure what that means. Euro 2.95. Bought from BeerMania/Belgium as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
May 25, 2021... I suggest you **slowly** ease off the cap and have a glass right at hand. My bottle was well rested and chilled, yet it turned out to me a bit lively and over-flowed some foam.
L- Hence I expect I've more sediment in the pour than wished for. Pond-water cloudy, pours with 15mm cream coloured head. ps@+10mins=foam holds very well.
S- Mild, but I might be sensing some bright or apple notes.
T- Big Belgian ester notes which bring fruity facets.
F- Nice rounded estery + decent ABV% feel!
O- Great example of Belgian ester notes. I could drink this style until the cows came home. Lovely example.
The lable shown^ looks the US export version. Either way the main colour on the bottle I have is mostly a bright/vivid green.
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed!
330ml bottle 'THT: 02/2021' printed at neck, unsure what that means. Euro 2.95. Bought from BeerMania/Belgium as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
Reviewed by Mindcrime1000 from South Dakota
4.17/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.17/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured from a caged 12.7 into a tulip.
Pours a hazy, but not quite murky light brown with limited head and lacing.
Aromas of white grape, white pepper, grass, green apple.
Mild sweetness on the tip of the tongue--white grape, winter apple, pear. Grassy, lemon, white pepper/yeast, and clove in midstream. The finish is mildly tart, slightly briny, and brings a bit of booze. Extremely well balanced and flavorful.
The brew has a nice medium feel. Nice carbonation; it has a drying finish.
A very tasty representation of the style.
Aug 09, 2020Pours a hazy, but not quite murky light brown with limited head and lacing.
Aromas of white grape, white pepper, grass, green apple.
Mild sweetness on the tip of the tongue--white grape, winter apple, pear. Grassy, lemon, white pepper/yeast, and clove in midstream. The finish is mildly tart, slightly briny, and brings a bit of booze. Extremely well balanced and flavorful.
The brew has a nice medium feel. Nice carbonation; it has a drying finish.
A very tasty representation of the style.
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a semi-light brown color with a subtle transparency about it. Slim cap of a little white semi-foamy head slid off at a nice pace. Sly sticky lace.
The aroma had sweet freshly cut grass, funky sweet mushrooms, sweet to funky earthiness, hay, basement, and some dried floral qualities.
The flavor yields to the funky sweetness and comes to bring in a slight tart edge. Clean floral, hay and cheese-like aftertaste with a touch of twang and enough Belgian malts for an added complexity.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair amount of sessionability. Good carbonation and ABV felt right. Funky sweet earthy to mushroomy then cheesy and a welcoming earthy clinginess in the finish.
Overall, really nice Belgian Blond, I'd have again.
Aug 30, 2018The appearance was a semi-light brown color with a subtle transparency about it. Slim cap of a little white semi-foamy head slid off at a nice pace. Sly sticky lace.
The aroma had sweet freshly cut grass, funky sweet mushrooms, sweet to funky earthiness, hay, basement, and some dried floral qualities.
The flavor yields to the funky sweetness and comes to bring in a slight tart edge. Clean floral, hay and cheese-like aftertaste with a touch of twang and enough Belgian malts for an added complexity.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair amount of sessionability. Good carbonation and ABV felt right. Funky sweet earthy to mushroomy then cheesy and a welcoming earthy clinginess in the finish.
Overall, really nice Belgian Blond, I'd have again.
Reviewed by Czequershuus from Minnesota
4.08/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.08/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This beer pours a rather hazy light brown with a very large head. The aroma offers up a touch of banana and brown sugar, complemented with a great deal of wet hay, dirty rag, and parmesan cheese. The flavor leads with bitter lemon and orange flavor, some barnyard funk, and finishes on a dirty caramel flavor. The mouthfeel is very full and fizzy, light and yet substantial. Overall this is a very nice farmhouse beer, crisp but nice and dirty as well.
Apr 16, 2016
Blond from Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
142 ratings
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