Bink Blond
Brouwerij Kerkom

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From:
Brouwerij Kerkom
 
Belgium
Style:
Belgian Blonde Ale
Ranked #30
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
86
Ranked #19,796
Avg:
3.8 | pDev: 10.26%
Reviews:
92
Ratings:
151
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 19, 2023
Added:
Mar 26, 2003
Wants:
  11
Gots:
  12
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Ratings by sraimondi:
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Reviewed by sraimondi from Connecticut

3.95/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Had this one on draught at My Place tonight, a day after the beer tasting with the brewer. Hautacam's previous review is right on. This one is quite special IMO; as there are many flavors working here, but nothing really stands out. They all combine to create a wonderfully balanced blonde. Mark at My Place told me that the brewer said that this draught is the first draught available in the USA. If you like Belgian Blondes, do what you can to get to Newtown and try this, before it's gone.
Mar 29, 2007
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.05 by GedH from England

Dec 19, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

May 03, 2023
 
Rated: 3.82 by Silke_Neryn from Sweden

Apr 22, 2023
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Rated by LukeGude from Iowa

2.62/5  rDev -31.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Bottle from John’s poured into stein. Lacks head. Somewhat off-putting, not what I was expecting in a style I’d typically savor. Skunked?
Jan 11, 2022
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Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England

3.58/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
L- Deep amber, very slightly hazy, pours with very pale tan 5mm head. (ps holds well).
S- Some toast and bready notes.
T- Quite a punchy hoppy dry taste upon the broad darker (pale ale/bitter etc) foundation.
F- Complimenting the Taste is a suitably robust heft.
O- End result is like a hefty bodied pale ale, or a lager + notably extra body+ ditto hops. It's nice enough, with 'zero wrong' but not really doing enough for me to ship this one in from Belgium.
Bought from BelgiumInABox Antwerp/BE for home delivery to London/UK. 330ml bottle BB: 03/09/2021.
ps The lable is now different showing a more 'trad scene' of 4 horses pulling a cart in front of a building, likely the brewery.
May 06, 2020
 
Rated: 3.85 by Quafftastic from Virginia

May 15, 2019
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Reviewed by OlaB from Norway

3.81/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a cloudy golden-orange color with a small top of white head that dissolves rapidly. Aroma is of apples,banana,honey, caramel,light bread, spices and floral hops. The taste starts of sweet and fruity with notes of light malts in the back. The flavour then turns more dry with notes of spicy yeasts, before finish of with a good amount of bitterness. Is quite bitter for a blonde ale but is balanced quite good with the other flavours. Mouthfeel is soft and clean, with a moderate carbonation and a medium body.
A good tasting blonde ale, a good alternative if you want a ale with a little lower abv.
Oct 20, 2018
 
Rated: 3.68 by KensWorld from Florida

Apr 17, 2018
 
Rated: 3.99 by steverx8 from England

Sep 03, 2017
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Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Clear golden color with fluffy off-white head. Aroma is a combination of bready malt, candi sugar and some yeast esters. Taste follows with a light sugary sweetness, grainy/bready malts and some earthy yeast notes with a good amount of bitterness. Light body, really dry, well carbonated but feels somehow smooth on the palate at first. Overall this is a really decent and easy drinking beer.
Aug 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by mishi_d from Romania

Jul 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.79 by dcmchew from Romania

Jun 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.53 by wisrarebeer from Wisconsin

Feb 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.93 by kevinpd58 from Louisiana

Feb 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.74 by shelby415 from Oregon

Aug 25, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Jul 13, 2016
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.63/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
i understand a skunky or oxidized beer in a bottle coming over from belgium, but that shouldnt be the case in the kegs. this beer was weird to me in that it tasted stale and sort of old, despite being poured on tap. i thought kegs were more resilient to that stuff. still not bad, but i was excited to see one of these on draft, and higher expectation. a hazy darker graham cracker colored pour to this, definitely a shade or two darker than what i think when i think "blonde". the head is very dense and thick, just off white, over an inch high, and lasting in the globe the entire time it takes me to drink the hazy beer beneath it. the nose is slightly stale belgian pils malt, or something like it, should be lighter than it is. maybe a hint of slightly toasted bready malt, but its minimal. yeast is tame for what it is, but there is still some nice spiciness to it, with a sort of white pepper and clove complexion, still behind the grain. some bubblegum notes in here as well, a little sweeter than normal for the style, and absolutely richer. its full bodied for what it is, a little sweet, and creamy as can be. an interesting take on the style i suppose, for me it tasted old and tired, not sure why in the keg. my least favorite of their beers so far.
Jun 06, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by DrewSnyc667 from Massachusetts

Jun 04, 2016
 
Rated: 2.91 by JamesGrove from Pennsylvania

May 13, 2016
Bink Blond from Brouwerij Kerkom
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