Belgian Strong Blonde Ale

Belgian Strong Blonde Ale is an Belgian and French Ale beer style. It typically presents as straw to light amber. Malt character is low to medium. A complex fruitiness is often present. Medium-low to medium-high.

Notes: These beers are often brewed with light-colored Belgian candy sugar. Herbs and spices are sometimes used to delicately ﬂavor these strong ales. These beers can be malty in overall impression or dry and highly attenuated. They can have a deceptively high alcohol character and a relatively light body for beers of high alcoholic strength. Some versions may be equally high in alcohol with a more medium in body.

ABV: 7.1%-11.2%
IBU: 20-50
COLOR / SRM SCALE: 2-7
OG: 1.064-1.096
FG: 1.008-1.024

Alcohol & Bitterness

ABV:7.1%-11.2%

ABW:5.6%-8.8%

IBU:20-50

Perceived Bitterness:

Medium-low to medium-high

Color & Appearance

Color:

Straw to light amber

SRM:2-7

EBC:4-14

Clarity:

Chill haze is acceptable at low temperatures

Gravity & Body

Original Gravity:1.064-1.096

Original Gravity °P:15.7-22.9

Final Gravity:1.008-1.024

Final Gravity °P:2-6.1

Body:

Very low to medium

Flavor Profiles

Malt Profile:

Malt character is low to medium. A complex fruitiness is often present.

Hop Profile:

Medium-low to medium-high

Fermentation Character:

Low to medium fruity esters are present. Yeast-derived phenolic spicy ﬂavors and aromas should be present at low to medium-low levels. Diacetyl is usually absent in these beers but may be present at very low levels.

Style info provided entirely or in part by the Brewers Association beer style guidelines.

No beers have been reviewed in this style.