Affligem Blonde is a hearty “Abbey” beer from Belgium. Founded in 1072, Affligem is the oldest abbey (place where monks live) in Flanders. According to the label, Belium’s Abbey beers are the “Burgundies of Belgium.” Whatever that means. It is very tasty, with a hint of chicken noodle soup flavor. Reading the label though, I am informed that is a “yeasty” flavor. So yeah. Yeasty. In fact there is so much yeast that you are instructed, with the help of the diagram, to decant the beer and leave the solid yeast in the bottom of the bottle. Thank god I read that before I poured all that crap into the glass.
Affligem Blonde is a good beer. And there is a lot of good reading on the label.
