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Straffe Hendrik Blonde
Brouwerij De Halve Maan
- From:
- Brouwerij De Halve Maan
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.65 | pDev: 11.23%
- Reviews:
- 36
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 01, 2016
- Added:
- Jun 16, 2002
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 3
No description / notes.
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Ratings by cokes:
Reviewed by cokes from Wisconsin
4.13/5 rDev +13.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.13/5 rDev +13.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Semi-transparent peach. Moving towards opaque amber as the dregs are introduced. Glacier-esque head is explosively white, well-formed and slow-moving. Looks damn good.
A mixture of apricot fuzz and bread dough in the nose. Peppery too.
Enters the mouth with a dry, crackery pale malt base. This is more than simply a foundation, rather a feature flavor in itself. Solidly bready and crusty a la sourdough. Fruit is present, though never explicit. Peach, mangoes and apricot add intrigue. Doughiness remains, but turns in a cookie direction. Spicing enters with tempered cloves and white pepper. Some mustiness is carried along and shows up with chalkboards and basement floors. Hopping is noteworthy. Persuasively bitter with roots and brittle herbs. Ends grassy and bone dry.
Medium-light bodied. Downable in gulps despite its rapid carbonation. Tasty and mucho sessionable.
More of "ummm..guzzle..guzzle" than "wow! sip...sip". And I have no problem with that.
A dead-ringer for a "milder" version of Unibroue's La Fin du Monde. The yeast traits are nearly identical.
Nice one here.
Nov 14, 2003A mixture of apricot fuzz and bread dough in the nose. Peppery too.
Enters the mouth with a dry, crackery pale malt base. This is more than simply a foundation, rather a feature flavor in itself. Solidly bready and crusty a la sourdough. Fruit is present, though never explicit. Peach, mangoes and apricot add intrigue. Doughiness remains, but turns in a cookie direction. Spicing enters with tempered cloves and white pepper. Some mustiness is carried along and shows up with chalkboards and basement floors. Hopping is noteworthy. Persuasively bitter with roots and brittle herbs. Ends grassy and bone dry.
Medium-light bodied. Downable in gulps despite its rapid carbonation. Tasty and mucho sessionable.
More of "ummm..guzzle..guzzle" than "wow! sip...sip". And I have no problem with that.
A dead-ringer for a "milder" version of Unibroue's La Fin du Monde. The yeast traits are nearly identical.
Nice one here.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.81/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Glad that I could review this.
From my notes... this beer did not have a subtle yeast and all that fruitiness, funkiness that we come to love from those Belgians. But I bought this ale at an exclusive wine store near a BYOB Guatemalan restaurant... and the ale went great with the half-spicy food.... I'm guessing because of the dryness made by the hops.
MJ's "Great Beers of Belgium" said it has "a earthy, fruity hop aroma, a creamy fresh-tasting start and a crisp, very dry finish."
He lists it among the Liefmans breweries and that it got its start at the Halve Maan Brugges brewhouse.
Apr 01, 2016From my notes... this beer did not have a subtle yeast and all that fruitiness, funkiness that we come to love from those Belgians. But I bought this ale at an exclusive wine store near a BYOB Guatemalan restaurant... and the ale went great with the half-spicy food.... I'm guessing because of the dryness made by the hops.
MJ's "Great Beers of Belgium" said it has "a earthy, fruity hop aroma, a creamy fresh-tasting start and a crisp, very dry finish."
He lists it among the Liefmans breweries and that it got its start at the Halve Maan Brugges brewhouse.
Reviewed by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania
3.38/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This poured out as a lightly hazy yellow color with a pretty good sized head on top. The lacing is light and the retention is a decent. The smell of the beer gives off some light sour notes but mostly had some grains and Belgian yeast on the nose. The taste of the beer is similar to most Belgian Tripel's and Pale Ales. The mouthfeel is light bodied and easy to drink. Overall this brew isn't too bad.
Nov 19, 2011Reviewed by ThaCreep from Belgium
3.77/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5
3.77/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5
Very fresh nose that recalls dairy products and especially lactic acid. The attack is equally fresh with quality hops and a touch of yeast valuable. Mouth rather small, very hoppy and dry. The finish is clean and good sharpness. Easy to drink and very pleasant in the mouth, it can only give pleasure to the lover of good beer.
Jan 26, 2010Reviewed by rodenbach99 from Canada (QC)
4.02/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
330 bottle, the first time I drank this bottle was in Brugges 15 years ago.
A: yellowish, golden with a white head, some head retention but thin.
S: some bitterness on the nose, some hops
T: fizzy on the tongue, nice bitterness, a lot of caracter
M: medium-bodied ale
D: nice refreshing belgian ale, I like this one
Feb 24, 2009A: yellowish, golden with a white head, some head retention but thin.
S: some bitterness on the nose, some hops
T: fizzy on the tongue, nice bitterness, a lot of caracter
M: medium-bodied ale
D: nice refreshing belgian ale, I like this one
Reviewed by hopdog from Pennsylvania
3.37/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.37/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Bottle shared courtesy of fatty (thanks!).
Poured a medium yellow color with a small sized white head. Very small floaters that were suspended throughout the beer. I initially got aromas of yeast, citrus and spices until Eric ruined it by the power of suggetion by saying it smelled like a beach ball. Tastes of citrus, spices, yeast and a little fruity. Lively body with a crisp and clean finish.
Notes from: 9/30/05
Jan 07, 2009Poured a medium yellow color with a small sized white head. Very small floaters that were suspended throughout the beer. I initially got aromas of yeast, citrus and spices until Eric ruined it by the power of suggetion by saying it smelled like a beach ball. Tastes of citrus, spices, yeast and a little fruity. Lively body with a crisp and clean finish.
Notes from: 9/30/05
Reviewed by sstackho from Canada (ON)
3.26/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.26/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Four 12oz bottles purchased at Jovi in Gatineau. Best before date of October 2008, consumed in July 2008. Pours a nice pale cloudy gold with a large billowing head. Light yeasty aroma. Taste is on the light side with a mild spice feel from the yeast.
Aug 18, 2008
Straffe Hendrik Blonde from Brouwerij De Halve Maan
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
49 ratings
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